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Andrew Howes

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4251-1127

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Andrew Howes's research interests are in adaptive cognition, looking at how people find new and better ways to achieve their goals. He studies the limits that social and cognitive mechanisms impose on adaptation. He is interested in questions such as how and why people seek and provide information, how they make personal healthcare decisions and how they choose to stay in touch with colleagues, friends and family. He is particularly interested in computational cognitive modelling.

Professor Howes's recent work has explored the implications of assuming that people are boundedly optimal decision makers for testing theories of cognition. He very much welcomes applications from potential doctoral researchers who have a background in computer science, psychology or a related discipline. Previous PhD projects have answered questions concerning how people search for information, the hierarchical structure of memory, the role of consumer reviews in purchasing decisions, and how people use a healthcare forum to support decision making.

20082023

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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

External positions

Aalto University

1 Aug 2020 → 31 Jul 2021

University of Michigan

1 Jan 2016 → 30 Apr 2016

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  • Amortised experimental design and parameter estimation for user models of pointing

    Keurulainen, A., Keurulainen, O., Westerlund, I. & Howes, A., 19 Apr 2023, CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Schmidt, A., Väänänen, K., Goyal, T., Kristensson, P. O., Peters, A., Mueller, S., Williamson, J. R. & Wilson, M. L. (eds.). New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-17 17 p. 772. (CHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems).

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  • Towards machines that understand people

    Howes, A., Jokinen, J. P. P. & Oulasvirta, A., 4 Sept 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: AI Magazine.

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  • Breathing Life Into Biomechanical User Models

    Ikkala, A., Fischer, F., Klar, M., Bachinski, M., Fleig, A., Howes, A., Hämäläinen, P., Müller, J., Murray-Smith, R. & Oulasvirta, A., 28 Oct 2022, UIST '22: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Agrawala, M., Wobbrock, J. O., Adar, E. & Setlur, V. (eds.). New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 14 p. 90. (UIST: User Interface Software and Technology).

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  • Cognitive Modelling: From GOMS to Deep Reinforcement Learning

    Jokinen, J. P. P., Oulasvirta, A. & Howes, A., 28 Apr 2022, CHI EA '22: Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Barbosa, S., Lampe, C., Appert, C. & Shamma, D. A. (eds.). New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-3 3 p. 121. (CHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems).

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  • Computational rationality as a theory of interaction

    Oulasvirta, A., Jokinen, J. P. P. & Howes, A., 29 Apr 2022, CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Barbosa, S., Lampe, C., Appert, C., Shamma, D. A., Drucker, S., Williamson, J. & Yatani, K. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 14 p. 359. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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