Majeed Kazemitabaar
/majeed/
Personal Website: https://majeed.cc/
Contact
Incoming Assistant Professor (Winter 2026), Faculty of Science - Computing Science
- majeedkazemi@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Human-Computer Interaction Computer Science Education AI-Assisted Programming
About
I'm an incoming professor at the University of Alberta, specializing in Human-Computer Interaction. I earned my PhD from the University of Toronto, where my research explored how generative AI is reshaping programming, with a focus on interaction and cognition. I design tools that promote thoughtful engagement with AI, reduce over-reliance, support independent learning, and improve steering and verification in human-AI workflows. My work has been published in top HCI venues, including CHI, UIST, and IUI.
Featured Publications
Majeed Kazemitabaar, Oliver Huang, Sangho Suh, Austin Z Henley, Tovi Grossman
IUI. 2025 March; 10.1145/3708359.3712104
Improving Steering and Verification in AI-Assisted Data Analysis with Interactive Task Decomposition
Majeed Kazemitabaar, Jack Williams, Ian Drosos, Tovi Grossman, Austin Henley, Carina Negreanu, Advait Sarkar
UIST. 2024 July; 10.1145/3654777.3676345
Majeed Kazemitabaar, Runlong Ye, Xiaoning Wang, Austin Z Henley, Paul Denny, Michelle Craig, Tovi Grossman
CHI. 2024 May; 10.1145/3613904.3642773
Majeed Kazemitabaar, Xinying Hou, Austin Henley, Barbara Jane Ericson, David Weintrop, Tovi Grossman
Koli Calling. 2023 November; 10.1145/3631802.3631806
Majeed Kazemitabaar, Justin Chow, Carl Ka To Ma, Barbara J Ericson, David Weintrop, Tovi Grossman
CHI. 2023 April; 10.1145/3544548.3580919
Majeed Kazemitabaar, Jason McPeak, Alexander Jiao, Liang He, Thomas Outing, Jon E Froehlich
CHI. 2017 May; 10.1145/3025453.3025887
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