HCII20: Confirmed Speakers
Keynote Speakers
(Click on an author's name for their bio.)
| Kerry Bodine Author and Consultant | “From User Experience to Customer Experience” |
Consulting Professor, Computer Science Department, Stanford University | "Theories with a Purpose: Help for Building Stuff" |
CEO and Co-founder, InContext | “What Makes Things Cool? Unpacking the Cool User Experience" |
Design Lab Director University of California, San Diego | "To Be Determined: The Power of Late Binding in Design” |
Other Confirmed Speakers
| Turadg Aleahmad | Software Engineer, Coursera |
| Daniel Avrahami | Senior Research Scientist, FX Palo Alto Laboratory |
| Chris Connors | Chief Experience Officer, WebKite |
| Jason Cornwell | Interaction Designer at Google |
| Tawanna Dillahunt | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
| James Fogarty | Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington |
| Amy Hurst | Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Ayan Kishore | Technology Entrepreneur and Advisor, Washington D.C. Metro Area |
| Andy Ko | CTO and Co-Founder, AnswerDash Inc.; Associate Professor, University of Washington |
| Jon Kolko | Director and Founder, Austin Center for Design |
| Elaine Kwong | Chief of Operations for the CTO Office, Bloomberg LP |
| James Landay | Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University |
| Kevin Lee | VP and Head of Design, Visa |
| Jeffrey Nichols | Research Scientist at Google |
| Ivan Poupyrev | Technical Program Lead and Executive, Google/Motorola |
| Marshall Roch | UI Engineer at Facebook |
| Desney Tan | Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research |
| Jake Wobbrock | Co-Founder, President and CEO, AnswerDash Inc.; Associate Professor, University of Washington |
Faculty Presentations and Panels
| Former and Current Department Heads | Justine Cassell, Anind Dey, James Morris, Dan Siewiorek, |
| Educational Program Heads | Carl Angiolillo, Laura Ballay, Jenna Date, Jason Hong and Bonnie John (MHCI); Anind Dey and Scott Hudson (Ph.D.); Vincent Aleven, Bob Kraut and Richard Scheines (undergraduate); Ken Koedinger (METALS); Simone Ashby (Portugal MHCI Program Director) |
| State of the Art in Learning | Ken Koedinger, Amy Ogan |
| State of the Art in Social Computing | Niki Kittur, Bob Kraut |
| State of the Art in Design | Steven Dow, John Zimmerman |
| State of the Art in Software and Technology | Scott Hudson, Jen Mankoff |
Corporate Sponsors
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