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Lev Tankelevitch @lev_tank

Behavioural science research @MSFTResearchCam. Previously @B_I_Team, and cognitive neuroscience @UniofOxford.

Joined April 2016
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Majeed Kazemitabaar@MajeedKazemi
6 Dec 2025
Please RT: Reminder that I'm recruiting MSc and PhD students to join my lab at UAlberta focusing on Human–AI Interaction. Come shape the future of AI-assisted programming tools for better productivity and learning! Apply here: ualberta.ca/en/computing-sci… Deadline: December 15
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Can't think of a better time for this talk... My teammate @AdvaitSarkar has made a powerful case for why we should design AI to augment our🧠 rather than think for us. Moreover, we have a vision for how we might get there. If you want to know what our team has been up to...👇
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@MSFTResearch
13 Nov 2025
Microsoft senior researcher, Advait Sarkar, recently presented at @TEDAIVienna, where he spoke about AI’s role in elevating human thought. His talk explored how AI transforms knowledge work, creativity, and human thought – and how, if we design AI to make us think, and not think for us, we can greatly benefit as a society. Check out Advait’s presentation to learn more: msft.it/6018tOP38
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Second time in 2 months @Ocado has cancelled my order at the last minute. No longer recommending this service to anyone.
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At #CHI2025, we ran a workshop on 🧠Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with #GenerativeAI What are the #HCI research design opps in this space? 👉Read our new synthesis of the workshop: arxiv.org/abs/2508.21036

Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with...

Generative AI (GenAI) radically expands the scope and capability of automation for work, education, and everyday tasks, a transformation posing both risks and opportunities for human cognition....

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...and see this 📢 new call for articles for the forthcoming HCI Journal Special Issue of Human-Computer Interaction: “Generative AI in Tools for Thought: Theory, Design, & Assessment.” tinyurl.com/t4tcfp Proposals due Oct 15 2025. Full papers due Jan 28 2026.

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@roboticwrestler @nkittur @MinaLee__ @SrishtiPalani @MajeedKazemi @GonzaloWorks @AdvaitSarkar @HariSubramonyam @seanrintel
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Hari Subramonyam@HariSubramonyam
26 Aug 2025
📢 AI is changing the way we create, learn, & reason. But is it augmenting human cognition, or dulling it? Please submit your ideas to our #HCI Special Issue: Generative AI in Tools for Thought. Abstract Deadline: Oct 10, 2025 → tinyurl.com/t4tcfp
Screenshot of the special issue website showing title, organizers and links to submit the article. Manuscript deadline is 28th January 2026. Organizers are Srishti Palani, Gonzalo Ramos, Sean Rintel, and Hariharan Subramonmyam

ALT Screenshot of the special issue website showing title, organizers and links to submit the article. Manuscript deadline is 28th January 2026. Organizers are Srishti Palani, Gonzalo Ramos, Sean Rintel, and Hariharan Subramonmyam
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Lots of great energy this past Saturday at the Tools for Thought workshop that we co-organised! 🧠 Come check out the rest of our work this week at #CHI2025 msft.it/6048qhMFQ #toolsforthought @MSFTResearch

Microsoft Research explores AI systems as Tools for Thought @ CHI 2025

Join us at CHI 2025 to explore how AI systems can be used as Tools for Thought as we reimage AI’s role in human thinking. Learn about new research, prototypes, and a workshop on designing AI that...

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🙌🏻 Getting everyone moving and sharing perspectives along our human spectrogram at our #CHI2025 workshop on Tools for Thought & GenAI 🧠 #toolsforthought ai-tools-for-thought.github.…
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Xinyue_Chen@XinyueChenn
21 Apr 2025
Meetings often drift off-track. Can AI help us reflect in the moment and realign? Our #CHI2025 paper explores how AI-assisted interventions influence goal reflection during workplace meetings. w/@lev_tank @rishivanukuru @PayodPanda @seanrintel @ava___scott
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Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee@hankhplee
28 Mar 2025
How does using GenAI tools reshape knowledge workers’ critical thinking? Our #CHI2025 paper studied 319 knowledge workers to dive into this question. w/ @AdvaitSarkar @lev_tank @iandrosos @seanrintel Richard Banks, and Nick Wilson @MSFTResearch @cmuhcii 📝microsoft.com/en-us/research…
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📢 per popular demand, we've extended our submission deadline for our #CHI2025 workshop to Thurs Feb 20th AoE 🙂
Lev Tankelevitch@lev_tank
13 Jan 2025
📢CHI'25 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI 🌐aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi20… 🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
Promotional flyer for the CHI'25 Workshop, "Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI," happening April 26, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan. Submission deadline: February 13, 2025, AoE. Workshop website: https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop. Key topics: theories and perspectives for understanding, protecting, and augmenting thinking with GenAI; challenges in designing GenAI systems; measuring GenAI's impact; its effect on human skills and workflows; and guidelines for designing protective and augmentative GenAI systems. Organizers include experts from Microsoft Research, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Tableau, University of Toronto, IBM Research, UCL, and Stanford. Logos of these institutions and the CHI 2025 logo appear at the bottom. The flyer features an illustration of a pensive person with a crowned bird on their head and the text "TOOLS FOR THOUGHT."

ALT Promotional flyer for the CHI'25 Workshop, "Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI," happening April 26, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan. Submission deadline: February 13, 2025, AoE. Workshop website: https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop. Key topics: theories and perspectives for understanding, protecting, and augmenting thinking with GenAI; challenges in designing GenAI systems; measuring GenAI's impact; its effect on human skills and workflows; and guidelines for designing protective and augmentative GenAI systems. Organizers include experts from Microsoft Research, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Tableau, University of Toronto, IBM Research, UCL, and Stanford. Logos of these institutions and the CHI 2025 logo appear at the bottom. The flyer features an illustration of a pensive person with a crowned bird on their head and the text "TOOLS FOR THOUGHT."
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Just over a week left to apply to our #CHI2025 #workshop on Tools for Thought 👇👇👇
Lev Tankelevitch@lev_tank
13 Jan 2025
📢CHI'25 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI 🌐aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi20… 🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
Promotional flyer for the CHI'25 Workshop, "Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI," happening April 26, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan. Submission deadline: February 13, 2025, AoE. Workshop website: https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop. Key topics: theories and perspectives for understanding, protecting, and augmenting thinking with GenAI; challenges in designing GenAI systems; measuring GenAI's impact; its effect on human skills and workflows; and guidelines for designing protective and augmentative GenAI systems. Organizers include experts from Microsoft Research, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Tableau, University of Toronto, IBM Research, UCL, and Stanford. Logos of these institutions and the CHI 2025 logo appear at the bottom. The flyer features an illustration of a pensive person with a crowned bird on their head and the text "TOOLS FOR THOUGHT."

ALT Promotional flyer for the CHI'25 Workshop, "Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI," happening April 26, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan. Submission deadline: February 13, 2025, AoE. Workshop website: https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop. Key topics: theories and perspectives for understanding, protecting, and augmenting thinking with GenAI; challenges in designing GenAI systems; measuring GenAI's impact; its effect on human skills and workflows; and guidelines for designing protective and augmentative GenAI systems. Organizers include experts from Microsoft Research, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Tableau, University of Toronto, IBM Research, UCL, and Stanford. Logos of these institutions and the CHI 2025 logo appear at the bottom. The flyer features an illustration of a pensive person with a crowned bird on their head and the text "TOOLS FOR THOUGHT."
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📢CHI'25 workshop: Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI 🌐aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi20… 🗓️Submission deadline: Feb 13, 2025 AoE
Promotional flyer for the CHI'25 Workshop, "Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI," happening April 26, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan. Submission deadline: February 13, 2025, AoE. Workshop website: https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop. Key topics: theories and perspectives for understanding, protecting, and augmenting thinking with GenAI; challenges in designing GenAI systems; measuring GenAI's impact; its effect on human skills and workflows; and guidelines for designing protective and augmentative GenAI systems. Organizers include experts from Microsoft Research, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Tableau, University of Toronto, IBM Research, UCL, and Stanford. Logos of these institutions and the CHI 2025 logo appear at the bottom. The flyer features an illustration of a pensive person with a crowned bird on their head and the text "TOOLS FOR THOUGHT."

ALT Promotional flyer for the CHI'25 Workshop, "Tools for Thought: Research and Design for Understanding, Protecting, and Augmenting Human Cognition with Generative AI," happening April 26, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan. Submission deadline: February 13, 2025, AoE. Workshop website: https://aka.ms/toolsforthought-chi2025workshop. Key topics: theories and perspectives for understanding, protecting, and augmenting thinking with GenAI; challenges in designing GenAI systems; measuring GenAI's impact; its effect on human skills and workflows; and guidelines for designing protective and augmentative GenAI systems. Organizers include experts from Microsoft Research, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Tableau, University of Toronto, IBM Research, UCL, and Stanford. Logos of these institutions and the CHI 2025 logo appear at the bottom. The flyer features an illustration of a pensive person with a crowned bird on their head and the text "TOOLS FOR THOUGHT."

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With amazing co-organisers: @roboticwrestler , @nkittur , @MinaLee__ ,@SrishtiPalani ,@MajeedKazemi , Jessica He, @GonzaloWorks , @AdvaitSarkar , Yvonne Rogers, @HariSubramonyam ( help from @seanrintel and Richard Banks)
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Daniela Massiceti@dannimassi
20 May 2024
Announcing the Microsoft Research Forum on 4 June! I'll be speaking on the challenges/opportunities of large AI models for blind users, and on what it will take to realise Equitable AI (alongside a panel of my wonderful colleagues). Register to join in!🤩 aka.ms/AAq6ybf
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Microsoft Research
@MSFTResearch
10 May 2024
Microsoft is looking for creative academic research that specifically explores the use of language models—small and large—in productivity scenarios. Learn more about the AI and the New Future of Work CFP and submit your proposal by June 3. msft.it/6010YpLPg

AI and the New Future of Work CFP | Spring 2024 - Microsoft Research

Language models are fundamentally changing how work gets done, and high-quality academic research is needed to ensure that the new future of work that they will help create is bright. Microsoft is...

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Sean Rintel@seanrintel
9 May 2024
Just in time for #CHI2024, #Microsoft has just announced new research funding for exploring how AI will shape the future of work! Could your CHI paper be the seed for an unrestricted grant of up to USD$50k? Proposals are due June 3rd. microsoft.com/en-us/research…

AI and the New Future of Work CFP | Spring 2024 - Microsoft Research

Language models are fundamentally changing how work gets done, and high-quality academic research is needed to ensure that the new future of work that they will help create is bright. Microsoft is...

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Microsoft Research
@MSFTResearch
30 Apr 2024
We are excited to announce that Microsoft Research has received 4 Best Paper awards and 7 Honorable Mentions at #CHI2024. Congratulations to our researchers and their fellow collaborators on these honors. Learn more about our researchers' work. 🧵 msft.it/6014YOr8M
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