Burcin Becerik-Gerber

Burcin Becerik-Gerber is a Turkish American engineering educator and Professor in the [https://cee.usc.edu Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering] at the University of Southern California. She is known for her work in human-building interaction, a new field she pioneered, which researches the design and use of technology that focuses on the interfaces between buildings and their users. She is the founding director of the Innovation in Integrated Informatics LAB and the director of USC’s Center for Intelligent Environments (CENTIENTS). She puts a specific focus on human-building communication to change both user behavior and building behavior through trust in automation. Her research puts a deliberate emphasis on people-centric artificial intelligence for the built environment, for example smart workstations to improve well-being in the workplace. Provided by Wikipedia