Computing platforms shape our interactions with each other: from social media, to team software, to massive-scale online collaborations, to the interplay of technology and society. Our research melds together insights from the social sciences with design and engineering to re-envision how these social platforms operate.
Michael Bernstein is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he is a Bass University Fellow. His research in human-computer interaction focuses on the design of social computing systems. This research has won best paper awards at top conferences in human-computer interaction, including CHI, CSCW, ICWSM, and UIST, and has been reported in venues such as The New York Times, Wired, Science, and Nature. Michael has been recognized with an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, UIST Lasting Impact Award, and the Patrick J. McGovern Tech for Humanity Prize. He holds a bachelor's degree in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, as well as a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT.
Publications
Joon Sung Park, Joseph O'Brien, Carrie Cai, Meredith Ringel Morris, Percy Liang, 
Michael Bernstein
Mitchell L. Gordon, 
Lindsay Popowski, Michael Bernstein
Michael Bernstein, 
Ranjay Krishna
Omar Shaikh, Hongxin Zhang, William Held, Michael Bernstein, and Diyi Yang
Michelle S. Lam, Zixian Ma, Anne Li, Izequiel Freitas, Dakuo Wang, James A. Landay, Michael S. Bernstein
Michael Bernstein
Michael Bernstein, Ranjay Krishna
Michelle S. Lam, Mitchell L. Gordon, Danaë Metaxa, Jeffrey T. Hancock, James A. Landay, Michael S. Bernstein
Joon Sung Park, 
Joseph Seering, Michael S. Bernstein
Joon Sung Park, Lindsay Popowski, Carrie J. Cai, Meredith Ringel Morris, Percy Liang, Michael S. Bernstein
Ranjay Krishna, Donsuk Li, Li Fei-Fei, Michael S. Bernstein
Mitchell L. Gordon, Michelle S. Lam, Joon Sung Park, Kayur Patel, Jeffrey T. Hancock, Tatsunori Hashimoto, Michael S. Bernstein
Durim Morina, Michael S. Bernstein
Amy X. Zhang, Michael S. Bernstein
Michael S. Bernstein
Joseph Seering, Brianna Dym, Geoff Kaufman, Michael Bernstein
Michael Bernstein, Margaret Levi, David Magnus, Betsy Rajala, Debra Satz, 
Quinn Waeiss
Ranjay Krishna, Mitchell Gordon, Li Fei-Fei, Michael Bernstein
Joon Sung Park, Chris Donahue, Mina Lee, Siddharth Karamcheti, Dorsa Sadigh, Michael S. BernsteinMichael Bernstein, Margaret Levi, David Magnus, Betsy Rajala, Debra Satz, Quinn Waeiss
Joon Sung Park, Michael S. Bernstein, Robin N. Brewer, Ece Kamar, Meredith Ringel Morris
Mitchell Gordon, Kaitlyn Zhou, Kayur Patel, Tatsunori Hashimoto, Michael Bernstein
Geza Kovacs, Zhengxuan Wu, Michael Bernstein
Mark Whiting, Michael Bernstein
Teaching 2023–2024
2022–2023
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Assistant Professor, MIT
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Senior Research Scientist, Google
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Co-founder, Vcreate
Research Scientist, Meta Core Data Science
UX Research, Instagram
Research Scientist, Adobe
Associate Professor, Emory
Postdoc alumni
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Assistant Professor, KAIST
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Senior Computational Social Scientist, University of Pennsylvania
Pi Network