Alex Mariakakis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. He runs the Computational Health and Interaction (CHAI) lab, which leverages ubiquitous and emergent technologies to address problems related to people’s health and wellbeing. As an Affiliate Scientist at KITE Research Institute and an Education Faculty Affiliate within T-CAIREM, he leverages his passion for digital health to influence the clinical landscape in the Greater Toronto Area. His work has garnered multiple Best Paper Awards at top computer science venues like ACM CHI and ACM COMPASS, and he is a recipient of the 2026 HCI Early Career Researcher Award from the Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society.