Elena Glassman

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Harvard SEAS Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Harvard HCI co-PI.
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Websitehttp://glassmanlab.seas.harvard.edu/
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Show threadElena GlassmanDec 17
@pg @Zittrain @ianarawjo 😂
Show threadElena GlassmanDec 9
@pg @Zittrain @ianarawjo There might be some funding, but likely not. I'll do my best to keep fundraising in this new environment! It's still good to know who's out there, looking!
Elena GlassmanDec 8

We're admitting PhD students! (Possible co-PIs include @Zittrain @ianarawjo if interests align.) Here's what we're excited about pursuing with new students:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CTgkYFeM0JWyDfBiEkPl0LiIC0F81F9XGDyyCAiHDBA/edit?usp=sharing

If you are interested in joining our lab, read through the call, ideally fill out the linked Google form, and definitely apply to Harvard SEAS (listing me as a faculty of interest) by December 15th, 2025!

Feel free to re-share! #HCI #phdPosition

PhD advert

CS PhD openings @ Harvard HCI’s Variation Lab advised by Prof. Elena Glassman A little history Founded in the fall of 2018, our small group has been a home for some truly terrific interdisciplinary HCI researchers: our postdoctoral scholars Tianyi Zhang. Ian Arawjo, and writer-scientist Katy Gero...

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Show threadElena GlassmanSep 19, 2025

"Good. Because this is a very shitty first draft."

...and I got some really really great feedback. I also made it clear that whatever we're working on doesn't need to be perfect before we show it to each other.

Elena GlassmanSep 19, 2025

Demonstrated today that even professors can benefit from feedback early and often:

I scheduled myself a practice talk with a group of students in @harvardhci, and I hadn't had time to finish more than a partial script and even fewer actual slides.

I didn't want to cancel so I plugged my laptop into the projector and asked if anyone had a problem with profanity. The students giggled and all enthusiastically indicated their comfort with a little color...

Show threadElena GlassmanSep 14, 2025
@kgajos 💯
Elena GlassmanSep 14, 2025
@alarith Oh, yes, what kind of online access, if any, will be offered has to be clear at submission time! Yikes---sorry to hear about your experience with that recently. But I have yet to see a worthwhile online experience for an otherwise in-person event.
Elena GlassmanSep 14, 2025
@alarith Interesting---with regard to related work, if you're submitting to venue X, you need to explain how it related to prior work in venue X. But not at the exclusion of as much or more relevant work elsewhere.
Elena GlassmanSep 11, 2025

Sincere question for the HCI community (and all other international research communities who disseminate research primarily at conferences):

1. When any conference is in the US, will international folks risk coming? I already know prominent folks who say they won't.

2. When any conference is outside the US, will any international students within the states risk going? My PhD student has been advised not to, so I'm giving his talk overseas for him.

How will we all learn from each other?

Start monitoring (and submitting to) journals
38.5%
Pick conferences on the basis of location
30.8%
Paper recommendation engines like Google Scholar
0%
Something else---I'll reply with my ideas
30.8%
Poll ended at .
Elena GlassmanSep 9, 2025
Shriram KrishnamurthiSep 9, 2025
This year OOPSLA initiated a new Reserve Reviewer Policy to help keep reviewer loads manageable. We've written up the design principles, implementation details, and observations. We look forward to feedback and to continued experimentation by other venues!
https://blog.sigplan.org/2025/09/09/the-reserve-reviewer-policy/