Presenter

Shabnam FakhrHosseini is a Postdoctoral Researcher with a PhD in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors. She has worked on a variety of topics such as distracted driving, in-vehicle auditory displays and gesture interfaces, user acceptance of social robots as companions, and adoption of assistive technology. Before joining the MIT AgeLab, she was a User Researcher at Bose and led projects evaluating usability and user experience for new products. Currently, her research focuses on technology adoption, uncovering unmet needs, and identifying technological solutions in the area of smart home and human-AI interaction.