Faculty

Umair Rehman is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Western University, where he directs the Human-Centered Computing Group (HCCG). His research develops methods for evaluating technology through a human-centered lens, spanning artificial intelligence, extended reality, cognitive systems, games, and human–machine interaction.

Together with his team, he designs innovative evaluation metrics that integrate predictive analytics, empirical performance tests, self-reported scales, and behavioral observations. These approaches travel across domains; clinical, computational, and social, while staying anchored to the same principle: evaluations must reflect not only how systems perform, but how they resonate with human cognition, values, and experience.

His current work advances statistical frameworks for explainable AI, dynamic benchmarks for large language models, and evaluation methods for immersive and intelligent systems. At its heart is a simple conviction: to understand technology, we must measure it in ways that account for people.

Contact

Department of Computer Science
Faculty of Science
Middlesex College, MC 365
Western University, London ON N6A 5B7
519-661-2111 ext. 86962
urehman6@uwo.ca