John Chuang

Professor

chuang@ischool.berkeley.edu

ischool.berkeley.edu/~chuang

Focus

Biosensory computing; climate informatics; information economics and policy

Research areas

Data Science
Human-computer Interaction (HCI)
Information Economics
Information Policy
Privacy
Security
Technology for Developing Regions

Biography

John Chuang is Professor at the UCBerkeley School of Information. His research and teaching span the areas of climate informatics, biosensory computing, and incentive-centered design. He leads the BioSENSE Lab in studying brainwave authentication using passthoughts, affective biosensing, embodied decision-making, and privacy of ubiquitous sensing. His earlier work investigated strategic cybersecurity investments, incentives for peer production, and scalability of multicast trees. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and graduated summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.