Amy Pavel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science. Prior to joining UT Austin, Pavel was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University and a Research Scientist at Apple. She obtained her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. Her research in Human-Computer Interaction focuses on designing, building and evaluating new interactive systems driven by Artificial Intelligence. Her primary research goal is to make technology-mediated communication more efficient and accessible, especially for people with disabilities. She publishes her work at venues such as CHI, UIST and NAACL.