Events: BBL Series

Talk Title: Welcome Back Event! Location: HCIL Lab (HBK 2105)  only Join us into welcoming everyone back to the HCIL for the 2026 Spring semester. Come chat with friends and enjoy some pizza! Note: this event will only be in person.

This week we’ll hear from two researchers about their UIST papers! Location: HBK 2105 and Zoom   Talk Title: EvalAssist: Insights on Task-Specific Evaluations and AI-Assisted Judgment Strategy Preferences Speaker: Zahra Ashktorab, Senior Research Scientist, IBM Research Abstract:Evaluating LLM outputs is now central to product reliability, alignment, and AI safety, yet existing workflows remain costly, ad hoc,…

This week we’ll hear from two researchers about their UIST papers! Location: HBK 2105 and Zoom     Talk Title: SustainaPrint: Making the Most of Eco-Friendly Filaments Speaker:Maxine Perroni-Scharf, Ph.D. student, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Abstract: 3D printing is widely used for prototyping and everyday objects, but it also generates significant plastic waste. Although…