CS&E Colloquium: How Do We Get There?: Toward Intelligent Behavior Intervention

Xuhai "Orson" Xu is a postdoc at MIT EECS. He received his PhD at the University of Washington. Xu develops intelligent behavior intervention systems to promote human health and well-being. Xu's research covers two aspects -- 1) building deployable human-centered behavior models and 2) designing interactive user experiences -- to establish a complete system to improve end-users' well-being. Moreover, his research also goes beyond end-users and supports health experts by designing new human-AI collaboration paradigms in clinical settings. Xu's research straddles multiple disciplines, including human-computer interaction, applied machine learning, and health. Xu has earned several awards, including 9 Best Paper, Best Paper Honorable Mention, and Best Artifact awards. His research has been covered by media outlets such as The Washington Post, Communication of ACM, and ACM News. He was recognized as the Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award Winner at UbiComp 2022, the 2023 UW Distinguished Dissertation Award, and the 2024 Innovation and Technology Award at the Western Association of Graduate Schools.