Dr. James Landay is a Professor of Computer Science and the Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He specializes in human-computer interaction. Landay is the co-founder and Vice-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). Prior to joining Stanford, Landay was a Professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech in New York City for one year and a Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington for 10 years.

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Marc E. Levenston
Talk Title: Extracellular matrix turnover in cartilage and meniscus tissues in response to adipokines
Event: 2013 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society - James's talk was particularly relevant in context of the current obesity epidemic; as a result, the ORS contacted him prior to the meeting to prepare a press release.