Prof. Melissa Densmore
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Melissa Densmore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, where she leads the Human Computer Interaction Lab, and the Hasso Plattner Institute Research School. Her research in human computer interaction for development (HCI4D) uses qualitative methods and co-design to understand community-based digital innovation for maternal and child health, and in community wireless networks. Melissa completed her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley in Information Management and Systems, has a MSc in Data Communications, Networks and Distributed Systems from University College London, and holds a BA in Computer Science from Cornell University.
