Nick Alico

AI in Medicine, Explainable HAI, HCI.

Welcome! I'm Nick, a Research Engineer, Graduate Student, and Graduate Researcher. I am passionate about researching, designing, and developing AI-enabled biomedical tools that are explainable, human-centered, and trustworthy. My work focuses on the intersection of AI in Medicine, Explainable HAI, HCI, and education.

Experience

UX Engineer III - Charles River Analytics - Sept 2022 - Present
Software Engineer - Iterative Health - Jan - Aug 2022
Undergrad interships: GE HealthCare, Oracle, Rockwell Automation, & Bucknell University

Research

Graduate Research Assistant - Design Intelligence Lab - August 2024 - Present

Development of an Application to Support Competency-based Education in Human-Centered Design - Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Publications & Posters

Standardization of Task-Method-Knowledge Representations for Automatic Verification of Agent Self-Models - Advances in Cognitive Systems [Accepted! - Fall 2026]

[Poster] Verification and Validation of Open Source AI-Enabled Biomedical Tooling at Scale - AI Scientist Summer Workshop [August 2026]

[Chapter] Generative AI for Metacognition in AI Agents. - Handbook of Generative AI in Education: Integrating Research into Practice [August 2026]

[Poster] Conducting User-Centered Evaluations Across an Emerging Ecosystem of Prototype Bioinformatics Tools - 2025 HFES in Health Care

[Poster] Self-Explanation in VERA - 2025 OMSCS Conference

[Paper] Joint, Adaptive, Robust Visualization & Interaction System (JARVIS) - HCI International 2024

Education

M.S. Computer Science - Georgia Tech
- Anticipated: 2027
- AI Specialization
Graduate Certificate in AI in Medicine - University of Louisville
- Related Courses: AI in Radiomics, AI in Digital Pathology, Medical Image Computing, Wearables & Computer Vision (HES), Epidemiology and Biostatistics (HES)
B.S. Human-Centered Design & Development - Penn State University - IST & Schreyer Honors College
- Schreyer Honors Scholar
- User Experience Professionals Association PSU - Co-founder & PM
- College of IST Student Ambassador
- Undergraduate Research Ambassador

Teaching

Learning Assistant - HCDD 364W Methods for Studying Users (Fall 2021)

Volunteering

IST Alumni-Student Mentorship Program - Alumni Mentor
Penn State Schreyer Honors College Alumni Admissions Interview Program - Alumni Interviewer
Penn State Undergraduate Research Ambassador
College of Engineering Career Envoy - Mentor

Talks

UXPA Penn State Chapter - UXPA PSU
- UXPA Alumni Talk (April 2024)