The Computing Innovation Fellows Project

Recently Listed Mentors interested in:
Social Computing / Social Informatics

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• Andrea Tapia at Penn State. College of Information Sciences and Technology (State College, Pennsylvania)
  Keywords: Socio-technical theory, qualitative methods, information systems, organizations, disaster and emergency response, humanitarian relief, ICT4D, Twitter, microblogging, social media, networks, collaboration and coordination 5May, 2011
• S. Shyam Sundar at Media Effects Research Laboratory (University Park, PA)
  Keywords: Human-Centered Computing; Human-Computer Interaction; Media Interfaces; Psychology; Communication; Interaction; Social Science; Experimental Methods. 4May, 2011
• Rick Wash at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
  Keywords: Motivation, Incentives, Social Media, Social Computing, Crowdfunding, Security, Mental Models, Folk Models, Economics 4May, 2011
• Alex Snoeren at UC San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
  Keywords: Networking, distributed systems, mobile and wireless networks, fault detection and diagnosis, routing, security, social networks 4May, 2011
• Anupam Joshi at UMBC (Baltimore, MD)
  Keywords: Mobile/Pervasive Computing, Policy driven Systems, Security/Privacy/Trust, Social Media Analytics, Text Analytics, Semantic Web, Medical/Clinical informatics. 4May, 2011
• Justin Cappos at NYU Poly (New York City (Brooklyn), NY)
  Keywords: Secure systems, cloud computing, peer-to-peer systems, software update systems, distributed systems, private information retrieval, live deployments. 4May, 2011
• Erika Poole at Penn State University (University Park, PA)
  Keywords: domestic computing, health, homes, wellness, human-computer interaction, games, social support, ubiquitous computing, values in design, video games 4May, 2011
• Harry Hochheiser at University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biomedical Informatics (Pittsburgh, PA)
  Keywords: biomedical informatics, clinical informatics, bioinformatics, human-computer interfaces, translational research 27April, 2011
• Jennifer Rode at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
  Keywords: Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Ethnography, Theory, Values, Gender, Homes, Privacy, Security, User Experience, Participatory Design, Children, Usability Evauation 27May, 2010
• Meichun Hsu at Hewlett Packard Labs (Palo Alto, CA)
  Keywords: data-intensive analytics, data mining, machine learning, data-parallel computing, parallel data management 23May, 2010
• Muthu Muthukrishnan at Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ)
  Keywords: Algorithms, Mechanism Design and Game Theory, Internet Ads, Streaming. Databases. Economics. 22May, 2010
• Lorrie Cranor at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
  Keywords: privacy, security, usability, Internet policy, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, human factors, public policy 22May, 2010
• Mark Ackerman at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI)
  Keywords: social computing, social search, question-answering, expertise finding, social network analysis, ethnography, collaborative systems 22May, 2010
• Prasenjit Mitra at The Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)
  Keywords: information extraction, information integration, information visualization 21May, 2010
• Deborah McGuinness at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
  Keywords: Semantic Web, Explanation, Web Science, eScience, e-Science, Explanation, Trust, ontologies, knowledge representation and reasoning, 21May, 2010
• Chen-Nee Chuah at University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
  Keywords: Internet measurement and analysis, network management & operation research, online social networks 21May, 2010
• Srinivasan Parthasarathy at Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
  Keywords: Data Mining, Network Science, Databases, High Performance Computing, Bioinformatics 20May, 2010
• Ken Goldberg at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
  Keywords: Robotics. Algorithmic Automation. Collaborative Filtering and Decision Making. Networked Robots and Cameras. Algorithms for Feeding, Fixturing, Grasping, and Assembly. Automation Science and Engineering. 20May, 2010
• Vasant Honavar at Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory, Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa)
  Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Description Logics, Semantic Web, Ontologies, Knowledge Representation, Probabilistic Models, Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Data Mining, Service Composition, e-science, Systems Biology 20May, 2010
• Mirsad Hadzikadic at University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte. NC)
  Keywords: fundamental properties of complex adaptive systems; resilience/sustainability; threshold effects; relationship between energy, information, and entropy; general tool for designing complex systems; interdisciplinary collaboration 19May, 2010
• Dan Suthers at University of Hawaii, Dept. of Information and Computer Sciences, Lab for Interactive Learning Technologies (Honolulu, HI)
  Keywords: computer supported collaborative learning, social informatics, representational affordances 18May, 2010
• David Redmiles at University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
  Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Software Engineering, Collaborative Software Development, Distributed Teams, Virtual Worlds, Trust, Awareness, Reflection, Visualization, Design, Meta-Design, Design Environments 17May, 2010
• Romit Roy Choudhury at Duke University (Durham, NC)
  Keywords: Wireless Networking, Protocol Design, Software Radios, Successive Interference Cancellation, PHY-aware MAC protocols, IEEE 802.11, Mobile Social Computing, Phone Localization, Energy-awareness, Ambience Sensing 16May, 2010
• Laura Dabbish at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
  Keywords: Changing nature of work, human attention, productivity, awareness, interruption, knowledge work, distributed collaboration, computer-mediated communication, computer-supported cooperative work 14May, 2010
• John Chuang at University of Californa, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
  Keywords: economics of computer networks, economics of information security, p2p, incentive-centered design, economics, public policy, ICTD 14May, 2010
• James Landay at University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
  Keywords: HCI, Ubiquitous Computing, Cross Cultural Design, Green Technology, Health and Wellness, Language Learning, Persuasive Design, User Interface Design Tools, Sketch-based User Interfaces, Automated Usability Evaluation, End-User Programming 14May, 2010
• Scott Robertson at Hawaii Computer-Human Interaction Lab (HICHI) (Honolulu, Hawaii)
  Keywords: Human-computer interaction, social computing, community informatics, digital government 11May, 2010
• John Stasko at Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
  Keywords: Information visualization, visual analytics, investigative analysis, sense-making, human-computer interaction, interface design 11May, 2010
• Azer Bestavros at Boston University, Computer Science Department (Boston, MA)
  Keywords: Cloud Computing, Content Distribution Networks, Peer-to-peer Systems, Real-Time Systems, Cyber-Physical Systems, Network Science, Mechanism Design for Distributed Systems and Applications, Application of Formal Methods to Networked Systems. 10May, 2010
• Jeffrey Bigham at University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
  Keywords: access technology, web accessibility, human computer interaction, human computation, web automation & customization, web engineering 10May, 2010
• Ronald Metoyer at Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon)
  Keywords: information visualization, human computer interaction, exercise prescription, computer animation 9May, 2010
• Andreas Savvides at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
  Keywords: wireless sensor networks, sensor node localization, energy management, human sensing, behavior interpretation and analysis using distributed wireless sensors 6May, 2010
• Richard Furuta at Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
  Keywords: Digital libraries, human computer interaction, human-centered computing, digital humanities. 5May, 2010
• Jamie Callan at The Heinz College iLab at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
  Keywords: information retrieval, social media, text mining, machine learning 5May, 2010
• Ben Bederson at University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Lab (College Park, MD)
  Keywords: human computation, computing education 5May, 2010
• Bilge Mutlu at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
  Keywords: Human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, embodied conversational agents, activity modeling, modeling of social behavior, speech and nonverbal behavior generation in robots and agents, educational and therapeutic use of robots and agents 3May, 2010
• Larry Hodges at Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
  Keywords: Human-Virtual Human Interaction, 3D HCI, Avatars, Interface Agents, Computer-based Training, Virtual Environments, Social Psychology, Clinical Instruction 1May, 2010
• Kar-Han Tan at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories (Palo Alto, CA)
  Keywords: Immersive Remote Collaboration, Computer Vision and Graphics, Computational Photography and Video 30April, 2010
• Gerome Miklau at University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA)
  Keywords: Databases, privacy, anonymity, social networks, security 30April, 2010
• Julie Kientz at University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
  Keywords: human-computer interaction, health, education, computer supported cooperative work, ubiquitous computing, assistive technology, persuasive technology 30April, 2010
• Darren Gergle at CollaboLab: The Collaborative Technology Laboratory, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
  Keywords: CSCW, HCI, collaboration, social computing, shared visual space, multimodal, dialogue, conversation, multilingual, semantic relatedness 30April, 2010
• Loren Terveen at University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
  Keywords: social computing, geographically-based online communities, mobile computing, recommender systems, technology-mediated social participation, intelligent user interfaces 30April, 2010
• John Riedl at GroupLens Research, University of Minnesota, Computer Science (Minneapolis, MN)
  Keywords: social computing, wikipedia, tagging, technology mediated social participation, social production communities 29April, 2010
• Paul Resnick at University of Michigan School of Information (Ann Arbor, MI)
  Keywords: social computing, social media, recommender systems, reputation systems, online communities, technology-mediated social participation, HCI, CSCW, selective exposure, online deliberation 29April, 2010
• Cristopher Moore at University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
  Keywords: quantum computation, phase transitions, random structures, social networks 28April, 2010
• Mor Naaman at Rutgers School of Communication and Information (New Brunswick, NJ)
  Keywords: Social information systems, social media, social awareness systems, human-centered multimedia, mobile, CSCW, HCI 28April, 2010
• Thomas Finholt at Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work, School of Information, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
  Keywords: cyberinfrastructure, virtual organization, collaboratory, tiled display, optiportal, optiputer, socio-technical, collaboration 28April, 2010
• Brandeis Marshall at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)
  Keywords: data management, rank aggregation and search algorithms, CBIR and annotation image retrieval 28April, 2010
• David McDonald at University of Washington, Information School (Seattle, WA)
  Keywords: social computing, wikipedia, digital living, home technology, home media, recommendation systems 28April, 2010
• Brian Scassellati at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
  Keywords: social robotics, human-robot interaction, humanoid robotics, assistive technology, autism research, developmental modeling 28April, 2010