Andrew Head

Andrew Head is a researcher at the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on human-computer interaction, the enhancement of academic documents, code interaction tools, and improving the experience of scientific reading. He has published papers at leading academic conferences such as CHI, UIST, and VLDB, and has received multiple Best Paper awards. His work aims to improve the productivity and experience of researchers and developers by creatively designing interactive tools.

• January 2022 – Present·University of Pennsylvania·Assistant Professor
  • Lead research on human-computer interaction and programming tools; teach related courses.
• July 2021 – December 2021·Allen Institute for AI·Researcher
  • Focused on developing and researching tools for enhancing scientific reading and document management.
• June 2020 – June 2021·University of California, Berkeley·Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Conducted research on enhancing academic documents and designing interactive tools.

• August 2014 – May 2020·University of California, Berkeley·PhD
  • Major in Computer Science, specializing in human-computer interaction and programming tools.
• May 2010 – August 2010·University of Pittsburgh·Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • Participated in research related to physics and computational sciences.