Menna El-Assady

Professor Dr. Menna El-Assady is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, where she directs the Interactive Visualization and Intelligence Augmentation Lab and is a core faculty member of the ETH AI Center. Her research lies at the intersection of data analysis, information visualization, computational linguistics, and explainable artificial intelligence. Her work focuses on designing interactive human-AI collaboration interfaces that support human reasoning, decision-making, and sense-making. This approach emphasizes building AI systems that foster transparency, co-adaptation, and human agency—moving beyond passive automation to empower users with meaningful control and understanding. Her key contributions include developing innovative visual analytics tools for complex textual data and discourse analysis, promoting human-centered AI, and integrating visualization techniques to enhance the explainability and trustworthiness of machine learning models. She is globally recognized for this pioneering work, with awards like the IEEE VIS 2024 "Visualization Significant New Researcher Award."