Kenneth Holstein

Kenneth Holstein is an assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where he directs the CMU CoALA Lab.

Holstein's research focuses broadly on participatory and expertise-driven approaches to AI design, development, and evaluation, with a particular interest in AI's impacts on human workers. He draws on approaches from human–computer interaction (HCI), AI, design, cognitive science, learning sciences, statistics, and machine learning, among other areas.

He is deeply interested in: (1) understanding the gaps between human and artificial intelligence, and (2) using this knowledge to design systems that respect human work, elevating human expertise and on-the-ground knowledge rather than diminishing it. To support these goals, his research develops new methods and tools to incorporate diverse human expertise across the AI development lifecycle.