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Research Bio

Professor John Chuang leads the iceberk Lab to tackle societal challenges at the intersection of climate, people, and informatics. Previously he led the BioSENSE Lab in studying brainwave authentication using passthoughts, affective biosensing, embodied decision-making, and privacy of ubiquitous sensing. His earlier work investigated strategic cybersecurity investments, incentives for peer production, and scalability of multicast trees.

Research Expertise and Interest

climate informatics, biosensory computing, brainwave authentication, information economics and policy

In the News

Computers that can identify you by your thoughts

Instead of typing your password, in the future you may only have to think your password, according to School of Information researchers. A new study explores the feasibility of brainwave-based computer authentication as a substitute for passwords.

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring

  • Individual Study  [INFO 299]  

2025 Fall

  • Special Topics in Information  [INFO 290]  

  • Directed Group Study  [INFO 298]  

  • Individual Study  [INFO 299]  

2025 Summer

  • Information Management Practicum  [INFO 293]  

  • Individual Study  [INFO 299]  

2025 Spring

  • Special Topics in Technology  [INFO 290T]  

  • Directed Group Study  [INFO 298]  

  • Directed Group Study  [INFO 298]  

  • Directed Group Work on Final Project  [INFO 298A]  

  • Directed Group Work on Final Project  [INFO 298A]  

  • Individual Study  [INFO 299]