2026 Michael Muller: 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	65	2427	2351	1216	1171	406	20492

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Michael Muller is affiliated with IBM in the United States and specializes in Computer Science, with significant contributions across several subfields. Their research primarily spans Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Safety Research, Information Systems, and Information Systems and Management.

Their work addresses key topics including Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing, Personal Information Management and User Behavior, Software Engineering Research, Data Visualization and Analytics, and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI).

Recent publications by Michael Muller include the following:

GenAICHI: Generative AI and HCI, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
Forgetting Practices in the Data Sciences, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Michael Muller has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Dakuo Wang (6 joint publications)
Justin D. Weisz (6 joint publications)
Soya Park (4 joint publications)
Philipp Geyer (3 joint publications)
Q. Vera Liao (3 joint publications)

Their articles have appeared across various venues with multiple publications in the following:

arXiv (Cornell University) - 8 publications
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction - 5 publications
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts - 4 publications
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media - 4 publications
interactions - 3 publications

Michael Muller has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Mohr Siebeck eBooks: Theorie der Verfassungsgeschichte (2023).

They have been recognized as an ACM Distinguished Member since 2012.

Best Publications

Participatory design

Michael J. Muller;Sarah Kuhn

2400
Citations
Participatory design: the third space in HCI

Michael J. Muller

2130
Citations
Motivations for social networking at work

Joan DiMicco;David R. Millen;Werner Geyer;Casey Dugan

1100
Citations
Make new friends, but keep the old: recommending people on social networking sites

Jilin Chen;Werner Geyer;Casey Dugan;Michael Muller

661
Citations
Getting our head in the clouds: toward evaluation studies of tagclouds

A. W. Rivadeneira;Daniel M. Gruen;Michael J. Muller;David R. Millen

555
Citations
Next steps for value sensitive design

Alan Borning;Michael Muller

412
Citations
Expanding Explainability: Towards Social Transparency in AI systems

Upol Ehsan;Q. Vera Liao;Michael Muller;Mark O. Riedl

393
Citations
Human-AI Collaboration in Data Science: Exploring Data Scientists' Perceptions of Automated AI

Dakuo Wang;Justin D. Weisz;Michael Muller;Parikshit Ram

376
Citations
PICTIVE—an exploration in participatory design

Michael J. Muller

373
Citations
Understanding the benefit and costs of communities of practice

David R. Millen;Michael A. Fontaine;Michael J. Muller

317
Citations
Participatory Practices in the Software Lifecycle

Michael J. Muller;Jean Hallewell Haslwanter;Tom Dayton

289
Citations
Taxonomy of PD practices: A brief practitioner's guide

Michael J. Muller;Daniel M. Wildman;Ellen A. White

272
Citations
How Data Science Workers Work with Data: Discovery, Capture, Curation, Design, Creation

Michael Muller;Ingrid Lange;Dakuo Wang;David Piorkowski

256
Citations
How do Data Science Workers Collaborate? Roles, Workflows, and Tools

Amy X. Zhang;Michael Muller;Dakuo Wang

247
Citations
How AI Developers Overcome Communication Challenges in a Multidisciplinary Team: A Case Study

David Piorkowski;Soya Park;April Yi Wang;Dakuo Wang

235
Citations
Multi-column user interface for managing on-line threaded conversations

Elizabeth A. Brownholtz;Werner Geyer;Bernard J. Kerr;David R. Millen

223
Citations
ICICLE: groupware for code inspection

V. Sembugamoorthy;M. Muller

191
Citations
Perfection Not Required? Human-AI Partnerships in Code Translation

Justin D. Weisz;Michael Muller;Stephanie Houde;John Richards

183
Citations
Retrospective on a year of participatory design using the PICTIVE technique

Michael J. Muller

164
Citations
Methods & tools: participatory heuristic evaluation

Michael J. Muller;Lisa Matheson;Colleen Page;Robert Gallup

164
Citations
CSCW'92 demonstrations

Michael J. Muller;Aita Salasoo

155
Citations
Method and apparatus for persistent real-time collaboration

Werner Geyer;Michael Muller;Elizabeth Anne Brownholtz;David Ryant Millen

154
Citations
System for controlling computer processing utilizing a multifunctional cursor with decoupling of pointer and image functionalities in space and time

Michael J. Muller

153
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner Geyer IBM (United States)

David R. Millen IBM (United States)

Thomas P. Moran IBM (United States)

John C. Tang Microsoft (United States)

Amy Bruckman Georgia Institute of Technology

Allison Druin University of Maryland, College Park

Manfred Tscheligi University of Salzburg

Martin Wattenberg Harvard University

Thomas Erickson Independent Scientist / Consultant, US

Bonnie Nardi University of California, Irvine

External Links

Personal website of Michael Muller Google Scholar page

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