i'm anthony maocheia-ricci, a masters student in human-computer interaction at the university of waterloo. i completed my bachelor's of computer science at uwaterloo specializing in human-computer interaction, minoring in psychology and cognitive science, and spending my elective time in various other social science and humanities courses. i'll be attending the university of toronto for my PhD in information this fall 2026!

my interests lie broadly in social/critical computing and design research. recently, i've caught an interest in understanding the technological needs or challenges faced by community organizers, and how we can use arts-based research or creative coding to surface them. in my free time, i enjoy creative coding and digital design.

i'm currently an researcher in prof. Edith Law's augmented intelligence lab, researching social computing technologies for participatory decision making in arts groups, have previous industry experience working as a student intern at the centre for community-based research, ux researcher at theScore, a ux designer at WSIB innovation labs and arctic wolf, and in development and instructional design at the university of waterloo's library. i also have experience with run-off sentences.

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