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PhD Thesis Proposal: Samantha Reig, "Characterizing Agent Identities as Mediators Among Individuals, Embodiments, and Services"
Designing for Rich Interaction: Integrating Form, Interaction, and Function
Joep Frens was born on the 11th of September, 1974 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. After obtaining his master degree in Industrial Design Engineering from Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) he went to Switserland to pursue a career in research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He returned to the Netherlands as a PhD student. In 2006 he received a doctoral diploma from the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (the Netherlands) on a thesis called: Designing for Rich Interaction: Integrating Form, Interaction, and Function.
Robotics Thesis Defense
Analysts Workbench—A CAD-like GUI for textual search and filter creation
Tom Neuendorffer has been working on user interface issues for over 20 years. After taking some early CS courses from CMU in the mid-70s, Tom got a Master of Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh in 1980. There he created a library system for Carlow College. In 1985 he came back to CMU to work for the Information Technology Center where he helped develop the Andrew User Interface System, which is still in use on campus today. Here he developed and published papers on the Andrew-based ADEW system, which was one of the first widely distributed GUI building systems.
Institute for Policy and Strategy: Policy Forum
Designing for Wearability
Jonny Farringdon is director of science at Bodymedia. He lead the wearable electronics activity at Philips Research (1997–2001), and was product manager (2000/1) for the Philips/Levi’s ICD+ range of wearable electronics jackets. Before this he was at University College London as senior research fellow & tutor in computer science (1995–97), and modeled human cognition (1990–95), memory, learning, and the complexity of tasks. He studied in London, Maths (BSc) and Artificial Intelligence (MSc distinction).
Master of Science in Robotics Thesis Talk
The Resourcefulness of Everyday Design
Ron Wakkary is an Associate Professor in the School of Interactive Arts & Technology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. His primary research is in interaction design with a focus on tangible computing and responsive environments, and the study of everyday design in which we all contribute to the ongoing design of artifacts and surroundings. Previously he was faculty in Interactive Arts at the Technical University of British Columbia and the Digital Design Department at the Parsons School of Design, New School University.
Human-Computer Interaction Ph.D. Thesis Proposal
Excubate: A new model of new technology business development
Dr. Ted Selker is Associate Director of Mobility Research at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley where he is currently teaching a course to support the campus’s directed research projects. He is well known for guiding, demonstrating and speaking about strategic emerging technology opportunities. He specializes in seeding strategic conversations and in creating targeted workshops to teach and guide invention and innovation.
CyLab Partners Conference
Post Doc Madness
PhD Thesis Proposal: Lea Albaugh, "Narrowing & Broadening: Tactics to Support Creative Exploration in Computational Fabrication"
Can Machine Learning Rationalize Simple Human Teaching Behaviors?
Xiaojin Zhu is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with affiliate appointments in ECE and Psychology. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1993 and 1996, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Language Technologies from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. He was a research staff member at IBM China Research Laboratory from 1996 to 1998. Dr. Zhu received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2010.
HCII Seminar Series - Tamara Kneese
Tamara Kneese is a Senior Researcher and Project Director of Data & Society’s Algorithmic Impact Methods Lab. Before joining D&S, she was Lead Researcher at Green Software Foundation, Director of Developer Engagement on the Green Software team at Intel, and Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Director of Gender and Sexualities Studies at the University of San Francisco.
Designing and Evaluating Techniques to Enhance Participation in Online Communities
Loren Terveen is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Minnesota. Before joining the University of Minnesota, he received his PhD in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin, then spent 11 years at AT&T Labs / Bell Labs. Terveen’s research interests are human-computer interaction and computer-mediated communication.