My research applies a computational lens to help groups achieve complex 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 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's research has received 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.
Recent highlights
Publications
Sharon Zhou*, 
Mitchell Gordon*, 
Ranjay Krishna, Austin Narcomey, Li Fei-Fei, Michael Bernstein
Mark Whiting, Allie Blaising, 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 Bernstein
Rajan Vaish, Snehalkumar (Neil) S. Gaikwad, Geza Kovacs, Andreas Veit, Ranjay Krishna, Imanol Arrieta Ibarra, Camelia Simoiu, Michael Wilber, Serge Belongie,
Sharad Goel, James Davis, Michael S. Bernstein
Daniela Retelny, Alexandra To, Negar Rahmati, Tulsee Doshi, Michael Kim, Maxine Fonua, and Michael Bernstein
Ali Alkhatib, Michael Bernstein, Margaret Levi
Nicolas Kokkalis, Chengdiao Fan, Johannes Roith, Michael S. Bernstein, Scott R. Klemmer
Niloufar Salehi, Bowen Yao, Yiqi Chen, and Michael Bernstein
Ranjay Krishna, Yuke Zhu, Oliver Groth, Justin Johnson, Kenji Hata, Joshua Kravitz, Stephanie Chen, Yannis Kalantidis, Li Jia-Li, David Ayman Shamma, Michael Bernstein, Li Fei-Fei
Justin Cheng, Michael Bernstein, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Jure Leskovec
Nicolas Kokkalis, Chengdiao Fan, Thomas Breier, Michael Bernstein
Joy Kim, Maneesh Agrawala, Michael S. Bernstein
Joy Kim, Sarah Sterman, Allegra Argent Beal Cohen, Michael S. Bernstein
Niloufar Salehi, Andrew McCabe, Melissa Valentine, Michael Bernstein
Ranjay Krishna, Li Fei-Fei, Michael BernsteinTeaching
Talks and travel
Ph.D. students
Post-docs and research scientists
Ph.D. alumni
