Amama Mahmood

I am Malone Postdoc Fellow in Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare & Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. I am co-advised by Dr. Chien-Ming Huang, Dr. Ziang Xiao, and Dr. Paul Yi, MD.

My research, situated at the intersection of HCI and Health, focuses on enhancing human-machine interactions to support health and well-being. Specifically, I develop AI assistants-powered by LLMs-that enable seamless, adaptive interactions by understanding user behaviors in various real-world contexts. I design, develop and evaluate AI assistants that support personal health and well-being through continuous, personalized assistance and augment clinical practices effectively and seamlessly. With a focus on empowering special populations such as older adults in managing their health to facilitate aging in place, my work emphasizes situated, long-term, sustainable, “in the wild” human-machine interactions.

I am on the job market for tenure track academic and industry research positions. Please reach out if you know any opportunities! My CV may be viewed here.

Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction, Human-AI Interaction, Human-Centered AI, Human-Robot Interaction, Health, Assistive Technologies, AI assistants, Conversational Agents, Large Language Models, Human-Subjects Research