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HCII PhD Thesis Proposal: Samantha Finkelstein
Samantha Finkelstein
PhD candidate, HCII
Newell-Simon Hall 3305The Structure of Paintings
Michael Leyton
Professor, DIMACS and Rutgers University
A series of books of mine have developed an approach to geometry which argues that...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)The Role of Design in Research?
Tracee Wolf
Design Researcher, IBM T.J. Watson Research
Is there any design in research?What is the role of a designer in a technology-oriented...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)Thesis Proposal: Cori Faklaris, "Toward a Socio-Cognitive Stage Model of Cybersecurity Behavior Adoption"
Cori Faklaris
PhD Candidate, HCII
Thesis Committee Jason I. Hong (Co-Chair) Laura Dabbish (Co-Chair) Geoff Kaufman Sauvik Das (Georgia Tech)...
Virtual presentation via Zoom (see email announcements for location)Taking the Edge Off: Humanizing Technology for an Engineering Giant
Daniel Gloyd
ounder and Manager, User Interface Group at the LA Design Lab, Samsung Telecommunications America
Daniel has managed many unique challenges in defining the strategy and vision of the User...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)Navigation in Electronic Environments
Stephen C. Hirtle
Professor and Chair, Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, University of Pittsburgh
The ability to locate information in a complex information space requires specialized tools to support...
Wean Hall 5409Software Engineering Thesis Defense
ROYKRONG SUKKERD
Ph.D. Candidate
Ph.D. Program in Software Engineering
Institute for Software Research
Carnegie Mellon UniversitySequential decision-making problems with multiple objectives are natural to many application domains of AI-enabled systems...
Virtual Presentation - ETPredicting the Effects of Driver Distraction by On-Board Devices: An Integrated Model Approach
Dario Salvucci
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Cambridge Basic Research, Nissan Technical Center North America
As drivers gain access to increasingly numerous and complex on-board devices for support (e.g., navigation)...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)Language Technologies Thesis Defense
SHRUTI PALASKAR
Ph.D. Student
Language Technologies Institute
Carnegie Mellon UniversityHuman learning is inherently multimodal. We watch, listen, read, and communicate to learn from and...
In Person and Virtual - ETDistributing and Coordinating Work in Global Software Development
Jim Herbsleb
Associate Professor, Institute for Software Research International, Carnegie Mellon University
I will report on our experiences of introducing an instant messaging and group chat application...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)From Solo to Social Information Foraging Theory
Peter Pirolli
Research Fellow, Augmented Social Cognition Area, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Information Foraging Theory is a theory of human-information interaction that aims to explain and predict...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)