Mo Houtti

About Me

I’m a human-centered AI researcher who designs, builds, and evaluates AI systems to improve how people work together — be they small teams in workplace meetings, or massive online communities on platforms like Wikipedia. I recently joined Microsoft as a Senior Applied Scientist, where I bring this focus to Copilot experiences in Outlook Calendar.

My Research

Downloadable copies of my first author publications are available below. You can also find a comprehensive list of all my publications on my Google Scholar profile.

M. Houtti, M. Zhou, L. Terveen, S. Chancellor. 2025. Observe, Ask, Intervene: Designing AI Agents for More Inclusive Meetings. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713838. (PDF)

M. Houtti, A. Roy, N. Gangula, A.M. Walker. 2024. A Survey of Scam Exposure, Victimization, Types, Vectors, and Reporting in 12 Countries. Journal of Online Trust and Safety. https://doi.org/10.54501/jots.v2i4.204. (PDF)

M. Houtti, I. Johnson, L. Terveen. 2024. Leveraging Recommender Systems to Reduce Content Gaps on Peer Production Platforms. International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM). https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v18i1.31339. (PDF)

M. Houtti, M. Zhou, L. Terveen, S. Chancellor. 2023. “All of the White People Went First”: How Video Conferencing Consolidates Control and Exacerbates Workplace Bias. Proceedings of the ACM on Human‑Computer Interaction (CSCW). https://doi.org/10.1145/3579597. (PDF)

M. Houtti, I. Johnson, J. Cepeda, S. Khandelwal, A. Bhatnagar, L. Terveen. 2022. “We Need a Woman in Music”: Exploring Wikipedia’s Values on Article Priority. Proceedings of the ACM on Human‑Computer Interaction (CSCW). https://doi.org/10.1145/3555156. (PDF)

C. Zhang*, M. Houtti*, C.E. Smith, R. Kong, L. Terveen. 2022. Working for the Invisible Machines or Pumping Information into an Empty Void? An Exploration of Wikidata Contributors’ Motivations. Proceedings of the ACM on Human‑Computer Interaction (CSCW). https://doi.org/10.1145/3512982. (*co‑first authors) (PDF)