Shared-browser interface for collaborative environments
Speaker
Manu Kumar
Founder, President and CEO of SneakerLabs, Inc.
When
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Where
Wean Hall 5409
Description
Several years and years of research have gone into designing “usable” collaborative environments. There have been many different approaches all the way from using MUD/MOOs through to building VR environments to model real-life collaboration. The purpose of this talk is not to propose an ideal solution or a silver bullet, but to investigate the paradigms of creating highly usable and easy to use collaborative environments.
In order to set the stage for this discussion, we will begin with a demonstration of SneakerLabs’ iMeet: a patent-pending shared-browser interface for collaborative environments, accompanied by a discussion about some of the issues and principles that were considered during the design of iMeet. This demonstration will be followed by an open forum to discuss and critique the design based on the principles for intuitiveness and ease of use.
Speaker's Bio
Manu Kumar is the President and CEO of SneakerLabs, Inc, which he founded in December 1996. Prior to starting SneakerLabs, Inc., Manu was a lecturer in the Distance Education component of the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon University.
Manu holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University which he completed in three years with University Honors. He also holds a Masters in Software Engineering from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon with a concentration in Business from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration. Manu was awarded the 1997 Enterprise Award with Distinction from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s Entrepreneurial Management Program.
During his academic career Manu was inducted into the honor societies of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is the founder of the Pittsburgh Java Users Group.
Manu’s interests include the commercialization of technology and business development. He can be reached at manu@sneakerlabs.com.