Marti Hearst
Marti Hearst studies how people search, read, and interact with information and language technology. Hearst’s research combines computational linguistics, information visualization, search engines, and information-rich interface design. It connects language analysis with the ways people find and use information. Hearst’s book Search User Interfaces was published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. A freely readable online edition is available.
- Works
- 279
- Citations
- 28,768
- h-index
- 62
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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2009
Search User Interfaces
Hearst’s book Search User Interfaces was published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. A freely readable online edition is available.
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2022–2024
School leadership
Hearst served as interim dean and head of Berkeley’s School of Information from 2022 to 2024. This historical role accompanied her work in language technology and information interfaces.
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2022
Research recognition
ACL elected Marti Hearst as a Fellow in 2022.
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2024
Human-AI interaction tutorial
Hearst, Diyi Yang, and Sherry Wu gave a NAACL 2024 tutorial on human-AI interaction in the age of large language models.
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As of October 2026
Search and language interfaces
Hearst’s research combines computational linguistics, information visualization, search engines, and information-rich interface design. It connects language analysis with the ways people find and use information.
Sources and credits
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