Hello, I'm DJ!

I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, with affiliated appointments in the School of Information and Michigan Medicine. My research advances human-centered, agentic AI for audio-driven applications in accessibility, healthcare, and entertainment. To learn more, visit my lab website.

I am a member of the AHA, CDHW, e-HAIL, and Precision Health groups at the University of Michigan, and I direct the Soundability lab. We are actively recruiting students and postdocs supported by generous funding from NIH, Google, William Demant Foundation, Oberkotter Foundation, and Michigan Medicine. See our posting for specific recruitment areas.

I completed my PhD at the University of Washington and MS at the MIT Media Lab. I have also worked at Microsoft Research, Google, and Apple. In 2023, I received the SIGCHI Outstanding Dissertation Award.

I teach Accessible Computing, Audio AI, and User Interface Design to undergraduate students, as well as Advanced Accessibility and Human Computer Interaction to graduate students. Additionally, I organize studio-style DIY workshops tailored for students with diverse educational backgrounds; to date, I have led seven global workshops in five countries. Beyond academia, I am a certified scuba instructor.

I also educate businesses on effective prompting strategies to incorporate generative AI into their workflow.

See my curriculum vitae, lab website, Google Scholar page, or contact me on profdj [at] umich [dot] edu.