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Elena Glassman
@roboticwrestler
Human. Asst Professor of CS at Harvard University @HSEAS. @RadInstitute Fellow '21-22. MIT EECS PhD'16. hci.social/@eglassman @elglassman.bsky.social
Cambridge, MA
glassmanlab.seas.harvard.edu
Joined March 2009
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    Elena Glassman
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    Nov 22, 2020
    Inadvertently hopped into a wrestling stance to fit everyone into a selfie w/o getting too close. Today, we had particularly good turn-out, with students, staff, faculty deans, & professors converging on the Yard to enjoy the simple pleasure of running together.#harvarduniversity
    Community running group @ Harvard, gathering for a pre-run selfie
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    Elena Glassman
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    May 15, 2025
    My largest remaining NSF grant, which was awarded by a competitive process on the recommendation of national experts, was terminated yesterday. The money would have paid for PhD students to invent better AI systems for everyday people who need programs written for them but ...
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    Elena Glassman
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    Feb 15, 2023
    Thank you so much @SloanFoundation for recognizing all our research! And thank you to the mentors who have taken time out of their busy days to help me, collaborators who have wrestled ideas with me & intrepid students who have both trusted and challenged me. #SloanFellow
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    Sloan Foundation
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    Feb 15, 2023
    We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Sloan Research Fellowship! These outstanding researchers are shining examples of innovation and impact—and we are thrilled to support them. Meet the winners here: sloan.org/fellowships/20… 🎉 #SloanFellow #STEM #ScienceTwitter
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    Elena Glassman
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    May 15, 2025
    Replying to @roboticwrestler
    ...who can't or won't write them themselves (which is most people, in most situations). I'm sad that the rate of progress we make will slow down significantly, because all our progress is made public for everyone to benefit from. That's what #publiclyFunded research is.
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    Elena Glassman
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    Aug 18, 2020
    Teaching our first HCI+AI grad seminar here @ @Harvard @hseas. Looking forward to digging into characteristics of human cognition, how human+AI teams don't always work as you'd expect, & what might make computers *better* collaborators & supporters of human agency in the future!
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    Elena Glassman
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    Nov 3, 2021
    Are you interested in applying to a Computer Science PhD program but don’t know where to start? Would you like to hear from a variety of Computer Science PhD programs about what they look for in candidates? (1/3)
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    Elena Glassman
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    Sep 17, 2019
    A little more than one year after I arrived on @harvard's campus, I have a research group website that I'm proud of: glassmanlab.seas.harvard.edu Oh, and I'm looking for promising PhD students to help me further build this hard-working, curious community. Please apply to @hseas!
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    Elena Glassman
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    Dec 9, 2021
    [Retweets welcome!] We have bandwidth to take on new PhD students & postdocs. I updated the group website (glassmanlab.seas.harvard.edu) with instructions for interested applicants. Topics of current & future research: designing for “loophole” behavior in human-AI interaction, …[1/2]
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    Elena Glassman
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    Apr 11, 2018
    WTF, @united. For what possible purpose do you need access to my photos, phone call logs, calendar, etc. in order to give me access to free in-flight entertainment? #noreasonnodata
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    Elena Glassman
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    Oct 31, 2019
    If a professor with imposter syndrome dresses like a professor on Halloween, does it count as a costume? Asking for a friend.😂
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    Elena Glassman
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    Feb 5, 2019
    Keep getting mistaken for a student when I'm not wearing super-professional clothing, but I don't mind. Just happy to meet the students here, who are all pretty awesome. Paraphrased from tonight: "What year are you?" "I'm the new professor on your quals committee!"
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    Elena Glassman
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    Aug 4, 2015
    #iLookLikeAnEngineer even when I'm taking a break to wrestle my co-worker at @google for an Android watch.
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    Elena Glassman
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    May 28, 2020
    Today I'm helping edit several brilliant undergraduate students' theses into CSCW submissions, and I'm having a real "I love my job" moment.
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    Elena Glassman
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    Nov 25, 2020
    Me: "I love writing! I like my ideas--and writing is the best mental debugger in the world to make them better!" Also me: "Whelp, I wrote for a whole 9 minutes. Time to get more coffee/tea/another round of walking around the house, right? Right!"