👋 Hi, I’m Laura!

Welcome!

I’m Laura, a first-year PhD student in Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. I am co-advised by Mathias Unberath and Chien-Ming Huang. I’m grateful to be supported by the Percy Pierre Fellowship at the Whiting School of Engineering. My research focuses on human-robot interaction and human-centered AI, particularly in healthcare settings.

In June 2025, I graduated with a B.S. in Cognitive Science/Machine Learning and a minor in Mathematics from UC San Diego. At UCSD, I worked on several exciting research projects, some of which I continue to support through ongoing publications:

• At the Natural Computation Lab with Dr. Virginia de Sa, I completed my honors thesis on integrating Facial Expression Recognition with Large Language Models to create more emotionally aware educational AI systems.

• I explored human-robot interaction in musical settings with Dr. Shlomo Dubnov and Dr. Ross Greer, focusing on how robots can understand and respond to musicians’ nonverbal cues.

• At the Laboratory for Intelligent and Safe Automobiles with Dr. Mohan Trivedi, I contributed to research on driver behavior analysis using multi-modal machine learning approaches.

I’m always eager to learn from others working at the intersection of people and technology – so feel free to reach out! 🤖 🧠