Anant Mittal is a Senior Research Engineer at the Scientific Software Engineering Center within the eScience Institute. He is interested in designing and building metascience tools for areas such as astronomy, applied machine learning, climate, health, energy, and other physical and life sciences fields.

He received his Ph.D. from the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, focusing on human-computer interaction. His dissertation focused on designing, implementing, and examining systems for communication, collaboration, and coordination in complex settings like accessibility (e.g., interactions among people with and without disabilities) and health (e.g., patients with chronic conditions collaborating with providers for care).

Anant enjoys single-threaded conversations and is passionate about exploring how to build and sustain social environments that can support deep honesty.