Parastoo Abtahi

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Research interests: Human-computer interaction.

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Erasing the seams between the virtual and physical worlds

A person (face not visible) wearing a white lab coat and blue disposable gloves holds a square lab plate in their left hand. Their right hand holds a pair of tweezers which they are using to pick up one of several small green plants on the plate. — Jonathan Conway, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, received an innovation grant for the project “Engineering symbiotic plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

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Computer Science

Computer Science

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