My research applies a computational lens to helping groups achieve their collective goals. I design, build, and study social computing systems at scales from teams to crowds.
Michael Bernstein is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and STMicroelectronics Faculty Scholar at Stanford University, where he is a member of the Human-Computer Interaction group. His research focuses on the design of social computing and crowdsourcing systems. Michael has received eight best paper awards at premier computing venues, and he has been recognized with an NSF CAREER award and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship. His Ph.D. students have gone on both to industry (e.g., Adobe Research, Facebook Data Science, entrepreneurship) and faculty careers (e.g., Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley). Michael 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
Mark Whiting, Irena Gao, Michelle Xing, N'godjigui Junior Diarrassouba, Tonya Nguyen, and Michael S. Bernstein
Sharon Zhou*, 
Mitchell Gordon*, 
Ranjay Krishna, Austin Narcomey, Li Fei-Fei, Michael Bernstein
Mark Whiting, Allie Blaising, Chloe Barreau, Laura Fiuza, Nik Marda, Melissa Valentine, and Michael Bernstein
Mark Whiting, Grant Hugh, and Michael Bernstein
Ranjay Krishna, Pranav Khadpe, Li Fei-Fei, Michael Bernstein
Ranjay Krishna, Michael Bernstein, Christopher Re, Li Fei-Fei
Ranjay Krishna, Michael Bernstein, Li Fei-Fei
Ali Alkhatib, Michael Bernstein
Geza Kovacs, Drew Mylander Gregory, Zilin Ma, Zhengxuan Wu, Golrokh Emami, Jacob Ray, Michael Bernstein
Geza Kovacs, Zhengxuan Wu, Michael Bernstein
Ranjay Krishna, Ines Chami, Michael Bernstein, Li Fei-Fei
Niloufar Salehi, Michael Bernstein
Sharon Zhou, Melissa Valentine, Michael S. Bernstein
Ethan Fast, Binbin Chen, Julia Mendelsohn, Jonathan Bassen, Michael S. Bernstein
Daniela Retelny, Melissa Valentine, Michael BernsteinTeaching
Ph.D. students
Post-docs and research scientists
Ph.D. alumni
Senior Research Scientist, Lilt
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
CTO, NEX
Research Scientist, Facebook Core Data Science
Director of Product, B12
Research Scientist, Adobe
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon