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Research Assistant

Center for Responsible AI at NYU

Worked on the 'University of Notre Dame - IBM' Technology Ethics Lab Grant Auditing AI Initiative on the project 'Expanding AI Audits to Include Instruments: Accountability, Measurements, and Data in Motion Capture Technology.'

• Collaborated with researchers from University of Michigan, Intel Labs, and New York University on an award-winning CHI publication
• Investigated bias in measurement standards for AI hardware
• Contributed to frameworks for auditing AI technologies

Ph.D. Candidate in Information Science

Cornell Tech

Working under the advisement of assistant professor Qian Yang and co-advised by associate professor Wendy Ju, focusing on transparent AI & autonomous vehicle interaction. Research focuses on enabling technology designers to develop for positive societal impact while navigating external influences.

• Developing frameworks for responsible and efficient design innovation methodologies
• Researching approaches to empower designers to navigate external influences in user-centered design processes
• Exploring ethical considerations in technology design with a focus on societal impact

UX Technologist

Volkswagen Group Future Center

Led the design of inclusive user experiences for fully autonomous vehicles and developed next-generation driver interfaces. Involved in the creation and transformation of CARIAD.

• Improved User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) benchmarks by 30% over state-of-the-art through inclusive design approaches
• Developed and implemented a next-generation digital cockpit that improved accessibility of steering wheel functions without affecting driving performance
• Created high-fidelity AI prototypes using cutting-edge research papers and custom computer vision pipelines that were adopted for production development
• Conducted on-road studies for ambient in-cabin lighting systems that identified critical safety, comfort, and motion sickness factors for AV passengers
• Designed and prototyped LLM-based digital assistant interfaces for in-vehicle use, now in final stages before market release
• Established GDPR-compliant research practices that were adopted across the VW Group
• Successfully transferred multiple vision projects to strategy teams, with implementations adopted by Porsche, Skoda, and Audi

Intern & External Master Theses

Robert Bosch

Designed V2X interfaces and researched interfaces for autonomous vehicles tailored for older adults and disabled users.

• Conducted research on autonomous vehicle interfaces for older adults and people with disabilities
• Designed Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) interfaces for future mobility solutions

Student Researcher

ELIXIER

Conducted usability testing of multimodal and augmented workbenches for educational purposes and developed an AR manual for chemistry experiments.

External Bachelor Theses

100%FAT

Designed, developed, and evaluated a prototype for a touchless interactive showcase in the DesignLab Twente. The prototype was permanently installed in the Design Hall.

Student Teacher

Twente Academy

Taught upper secondary school pupils programming using the Arduino microprocessor.

Teaching Assistant in Privacy in the Digital Age

Cornell Tech

Head TA in master level privacy class. Led assignments, in-class privacy policy exercise and a lecture on usable privacy. With Helen Nissenbaum and Vitaly Shmatikov.

Teaching Assistant in Interactive Device Design

Cornell Tech

Head TA in master level prototyping class. Maintained project code repository, labs and oversaw grading. With Wendy Ju.

ISGSA Liaison

Cornell University

Information Science Graduate Student Association Liaison for NYC to Ithaca campus collaboration.

Teaching Assistant in HCI Design

Cornell University

Assisted in teaching undergraduate and master level course in human computer interaction. Oversaw grading and individual sections. With Gilly Leshed.

Member

We Drive Proud

Member of the VW network to advocate being out at work.

M.Sc.

Cornell University, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science

Information Science

M.Sc.

Bauhaus Universität Weimar

Human-Computer Interaction

Semester Abroad

Czech Technical University

Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications

B.Sc.

Universiteit Twente

Creative Technology

Abitur

Gymnasium im Schloss

Science Branch (STEM)

DLI Doctoral Fellow

Cornell Tech

The Digital Life Initiative supports examining the complexities and tensions present in digital technologies involving ethics, policy, politics, and quality of life.

Siegel Public Interest Technology Impact Fellowship

Cornell Tech

Funded to work for not-for-profit organization YAI. YAI is one of the largest organizations in the U.S. providing children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) a comprehensive range of services.

Thesis of the Year

Universiteit Twente

Selected by jury to speak at graduation ceremony. Bachelor thesis presented on behalf of the creative technology program.

Modeling Social Situation Awareness in Driving Interactions

AutoUI '24 Proceedings

Klein, N., Sandhaus, H., Goedicke, D., Parush, A., & Ju, W.

Characterizing Cultural Differences in Naturalistic Driving Interactions

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2024

Di Pirro, R., Sandhaus, H., Goedicke, D., Calderone, D., Oishi, M., Ju, W.

Towards Quantifying Ethical User Experience: Evaluating User Perceptions of Dark Patterns in Social Media

Mobilizing Research and Regulatory Action on Dark Patterns and Deceptive Design Practices Workshop at CHI

Rhomberg, D.*, Sandhaus, H*. (* = equal contribution)

The Cadaver in the Machine: The Social Practices of Measurement and Validation in Motion Capture Technology

CHI '24 Proceedings

Harvey, E., Sandhaus, H., Jacobs, A.Z., Moss, E., & Sloane, M.

Regaining Trust: Impact of Transparent User Interface Design on Acceptance of Camera-Based In-Car Health Monitoring Systems

Adjunct Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Sandhaus, H., Choksi, M. Z., Ju, W.

Changing Lanes Toward Open Science: Openness and Transparency in Automotive User Research

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

Ebel, P., Bazilinskyy, P., Colley, M., Goodridge, C. M., Hock, P., Janssen, C. P., Sandhaus, H., Srinivasan, A. R., Wintersberger, P.

Towards Prototyping Driverless Vehicle Behaviors, City Design, and Policies Simultaneously

CHI '23 Workshop: Designing Technology and Policy Simultaneously, arXiv [cs.HC]

Sandhaus, H., Ju, W. and Yang, Q.

Promoting Bright Patterns

CHI '23 Workshop: Designing Technology and Policy Simultaneously, arXiv [cs.HC]

Sandhaus, H.

Job Interview Using a Gender-Swapped Avatar

CSCW Companion

Kim, J., Sandhaus, H., and Fussell, S.

A WOZ Study of Feedforward Information on an Ambient Display in Autonomous Cars

The 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Adjunct Proceedings

Sandhaus, H. and Hornecker, E.

Smart textiles in the performing arts

Textiles, Identity and Innovation: Design the Future, CRC Press

Martinez, A., Honauer, M., Sandhaus, H. and Hornecker, E.

Development of a 3D navigable interface for a touchless showcase

University of Twente

Sandhaus, H. Still visible in the design gallery of the University of Twente.

Benevolent User Interface Design

• Created brightpatterns.org to catalog and promote benevolent design solutions by corporations, seemingly acting against their short-term best interest.
• Created the survey tool UEEQ.org to quantify ethical user experience metrics to evaluate interface design.

Enabling Appropriate Dataflows

• Developing onboarding flows to encourage transparent data sharing that enables AI models for societal good.
• Researching large scale dataset privacy risks on groups and developing frameworks to enable use of them through contextual integrity.

Responsible AI Innovation

• Encouraging regulatory sandboxing in high-risk domains to enable innovation with appropriate guardrails.
• Exploring how startups can prototype policy, business models, and technology simultaneously.

Modeling Human Driving Interaction

• Developing frameworks for autonomous vehicles with enhanced social capabilities.
• Researching human-machine interaction patterns for mixed-autonomy traffic scenarios.