COCOA Research Lab
The COCOA (CO-designing COllaborations with AI) Lab explores how humans and AI can collaborate effectively, designing intelligent interactive systems that enhance human productivity and empower diverse users. We combine Human-Computer Interaction, AI, and accessibility research to create collaborative tools and adaptive interfaces that support real-world tasks and emerging virtual experiences.
We are part of the Graphics and Media at York (GaMaY) Hub.
Latest News
Our lab has seven new publications this semester, thanks to all our collaborators and students for their hard work and contributions! A common theme across these works is human-AI collaboration and visual analytics tools across different contexts, including UX evaluation, sensemaking, software engineering, and presentation authoring.
One full paper that I presented at CHI 2026 in Barcelona:
Two workshop papers at CHI 2026:
- “I’’m Not Reading All of That”: Understanding Software Engineers’’ Level of Cognitive Engagement with Agentic Coding Assistants
- Beyond One User and One Model: Rethinking LLMs as Mediators in Collaborative Sensemaking and Ideation
Two articles in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction:
- Standardizing the Evaluation of Usability Test Results: Criteria Development and Human-AI Collaborative Performance
- MultiUX: A Human-AI Collaborative Tool to Facilitate Multiple Usability Test Video Analyses
Two papers to be presented at DIS 2026 in Singapore:
Latest Publications
Our Sponsors
We thank the following sponsors for their cash and in-kind contributions to our research.
