LSU CSE Welcomes New Professor

Anaraky’s Research Includes Human-Computer Interaction

LSU’s Division of Computer Science and Engineering is proud to welcome their newest faculty member Reza Ghaiumy Anaraky to Patrick F. Taylor Hall. Anaraky hales from New York University, where he spent the last two years as a postdoctoral scholar and successfully acquired industry funding to support his research at the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), intersection of information privacy, and aging.  
 
“I am thrilled to be joining LSU, an institution with a strong research culture and a collaborative spirit,” Anaraky said. “With LSU’s wealth of resources and opportunities, I am excited to scale up my two major lines of research—technology use and health, and privacy and security management—contributing to the development of more inclusive and impactful technologies that help people live a better life.”  

"We are taking HCI to the next level at LSU by building teams that win, and Reza is an exemplary researcher and team player with relentless drive,” LSU Division of Computer Science and Engineering Chair & Roger Richardson Professor Ibrahim Baggili said. “His entrepreneurial spirit has enabled him to secure funding that supports impactful research, allowing him to publish—and continue publishing—in the top venues in HCI." 
 
Anaraky’s work explores cognitive and heuristic aspects of privacy decisions, particularly how these decisions are shaped by age, and investigates how technology use impacts the cognitive functioning and overall well-being of older adults. He collaborates with researchers in public health and psychology to develop scalable solutions for detecting cognitive decline, investigating whether and how changes in technology use patterns can serve as early indicators of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.  
 
“Current methods of diagnosing Alzheimer’s are invasive and costly, yet early diagnoses can go a long way, enabling us to implement interventions that slow the progression of the disease,” he said. “My work suggests that we can leverage technology usage data to predict Alzheimer’s. 
 
Additionally, I work with scholars in information systems within business school to explore the cognitive aspects of security and privacy decisions, particularly how these decisions evolve with age. Through this work, I aim to make privacy and security management more intuitive and tangible for technology users.”  
 
Anaraky’s ability to secure funding from Google and Facebook reflects the strong relevance and impact of his work. His research has been recognized with several awards, including a Facebook Fellowship, three Best Paper awards, and Innovative Research for Aging Award from the Mather Institute, and an Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award. Additionally, Anaraky contributed to grant narratives that secured $700,000 in research funding during his Ph.D. studies.  
 
Anaraky looks forward to engaging with academics and local communities across Louisiana. 
 
“During my campus visit, I immediately clicked with the incredible faculty and was inspired by the college’s visionary leadership, which reinforces my excitement about becoming part of LSU’s community,” he said.  
 
To read more about Anaraky’s work, visit:  
 
https://research.facebook.com/blog/2022/6/meta-research-phd-fellowship-spotlight-empowering-older-adults-and-combating-bias-in-tech-development/ 
 
https://research.facebook.com/fellows/anaraky-reza-ghaiumy/ 
 
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7P6cYpIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao 
 
Twitter: https://x.com/Reza_G_Anaraky?mx=2 
 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reza-gh/ 

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