2026 Carl DiSalvo: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	39	9589	9313	4062	3893	120	8886

Overview

Carl DiSalvo is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily situated at the intersection of technology, society, and design. The main topics covered in their work include:

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
Crafts, Textile, and Design
Data Quality and Management
Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
ICT in Developing Communities
Information Systems Theories and Implementation

DiSalvo's scholarly output includes frequent contributions to various academic venues, with a notable presence in the following:

Design Issues
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts

The scientist has worked extensively in several subfields, such as:

Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science
Human-Computer Interaction
Museology
Management Science and Operations Research

Some of the recent research papers authored or co-authored by Carl DiSalvo include:

When Workers Want to Say No: A View into Critical Consciousness and Workplace Democracy in Data Work, 2024, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Embodied Traces: Multispecies Entanglement in Urban Spaces, 2024, Designing Interactive Systems Conference
Interrogating Data Work as a Community of Practice, 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Careful Data Tinkering, 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
The Work of Infrastructural Bricoleurs in Building Civic Data Dashboards, 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include:

Richard Buchanan
Bruce Brown
Ramia Mazé
Kipum Lee
Teal Triggs

Carl DiSalvo has also contributed to academic literature through book publication. One such work is titled Design as Democratic Inquiry, published by The MIT Press in 2022.

Best Publications

Mapping the landscape of sustainable HCI

Carl DiSalvo;Phoebe Sengers;Hrönn Brynjarsdóttir

918
Citations
Service robots in the domestic environment: a study of the roomba vacuum in the home

Jodi Forlizzi;Carl DiSalvo

709
Citations
All robots are not created equal: the design and perception of humanoid robot heads

Carl F. DiSalvo;Francine Gemperle;Jodi Forlizzi;Sara Kiesler

685
Citations
Adversarial Design

Carl DiSalvo

684
Citations
Infrastructuring and the formation of publics in participatory design

Christopher A Le Dantec;Carl DiSalvo

633
Citations
Sustainably unpersuaded: how persuasion narrows our vision of sustainability

Hronn Brynjarsdottir;Maria Håkansson;James Pierce;Eric Baumer

608
Citations
Design and the Construction of Publics

Carl DiSalvo

397
Citations
Assistive robotics and an ecology of elders living independently in their homes

Jodi Forlizzi;Carl DiSalvo;Francine Gemperle

278
Citations
Communities: Participatory Design for, with and by communities

Carl DiSalvo;Andrew Clement;Volkmar Pipek

242
Citations
From seduction to fulfillment: the use of anthropomorphic form in design

Carl DiSalvo;Francine Gemperle

226
Citations
Making public things: how HCI design can express matters of concern

Carl DiSalvo;Jonathan Lukens;Thomas Lodato;Tom Jenkins

212
Citations
The Hug: an exploration of robotic form for intimate communication

C. DiSalvo;F. Gemperle;J. Forlizzi;E. Montgomery

203
Citations
Adversarial Design

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202
Citations
The Neighborhood Networks project: a case study of critical engagement and creative expression through participatory design

Carl DiSalvo;Illah Nourbakhsh;David Holstius;Ayça Akin

152
Citations
Expanding and Refining Design and Criticality in HCI

James Pierce;Phoebe Sengers;Tad Hirsch;Tom Jenkins

145
Citations
More-than-human participation: design for sustainable smart city futures

Rachel Clarke;Sara Heitlinger;Ann Light;Laura Forlano

134
Citations
Data, Design and Civics: An Exploratory Study of Civic Tech

Kirsten Boehner;Carl DiSalvo

133
Citations
On the Relationship between Emotion, Experience and the Design of New Products

Jodi Forlizzi;Carl Disalvo;Bruce Hanington

94
Citations
Designing Speculative Civics

Carl DiSalvo;Tom Jenkins;Thomas Lodato

93
Citations
Nourishing the ground for sustainable HCI: considerations from ecologically engaged art

Carl DiSalvo;Kirsten Boehner;Nicholas A. Knouf;Phoebe Sengers

85
Citations
The Hug: a new form for communication

Francine Gemperle;Carl DiSalvo;Jodi Forlizzi;Willy Yonkers

80
Citations
Object-Oriented Publics

Tom Jenkins;Christopher A. Le Dantec;Carl DiSalvo;Thomas Lodato

69
Citations
The collective articulation of issues as design practice

Carl DiSalvo;Thomas Lodato;Laura Fries;Beth Schechter

69
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jodi Forlizzi Carnegie Mellon University

Phoebe Sengers Cornell University

Illah Nourbakhsh Carnegie Mellon University

Marcus Foth Queensland University of Technology

Reid Simmons Carnegie Mellon University

Shaowen Bardzell Georgia Institute of Technology

Eric Paulos University of California, Berkeley

Ellen W. Zegura Georgia Institute of Technology

William Gaver Northumbria University

Jeffrey Bardzell Pennsylvania State University

External Links

Personal website of Carl DiSalvo

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