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EDUCATION
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY,
Evanston, IL
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Ph.D. in Computer Science 2005 - Present
Advisor: Bruce Gooch
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY,
Evanston, IL
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
M.S. in Computer Science 2002 2005
Advisor: Brian Dennis
SPELMAN COLLEGE, Atlanta, GA
B.S. in Computer Science 1998 2002
Major GPA: 3.5
Advisor: Andrea Lawrence
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate
Research Assistant 9/2002 Present
Northwestern University Computer Science Department Evanston,
IL
Implementing a Flash and
PHP based social visualization tool that enables users
to visualize interaction data collected from multiple
media sources in order to aid them in better understanding
their current decision making practices for managing and
navigating their social networks.
Implemented a MySQL database system back end to information
visualization tool used to analyze news article corpuses
to perform sensemaking and information analyst tasks using
the collected data.
Implemented a Perl, Java, and JavaScript based toolbar
that works in conjunction with the NetLogo modeling environment
that archives relevant information for users running simulations
in the modeling environment, and creates an online Wiki
driven environment that allows for retrieval of the archived
information and the presentation of other related information
or users.
Implemented a Perl based preference prediction system
that applies document clustering techniques to RSS Feed
document text for the retrieval of overall document context
areas.
Developed a web log community subscription application
which cataloged user interactions within web log environments
and managed this information through a database system.
Designed a Perl based application that fields specific
RSS Feed information delivered from a Movable Type based
publishing system.
Graduate
Assistant 9/2005 9/2006
Northwestern University AGEP Graduate Program Evanston,
IL
Created web environments
for the Graduate Schools Alliance for Graduate Education
and the Professoriate to enable dissemination of information
about program details for their engineering and social
sciences divisions.
Implemented Microsoft access database solutions and
forms for the use of administrative staff in organizing
and collecting program participant information and event
scheduling.
Research
Intern 6/2005 9/2005
International Business Machines Corporation San Jose,
CA
Implemented an information
visualization tool called the Term Concept Explorer that
enabled users to view time serial representations of journal
articles and their terms, to aid users in performing sensemaking
tasks.
Conducted a user study to evaluate the performance of
users asked to perform sensemaking tasks using the paper
form of an article corpus and the Term Concept Explorer
tool.
Research
Intern 6/2004 9/2004
International Business Machines Corporation San Jose,
CA
Implemented a Perl and
JavaScript based web toolbar that enables users to create
pages that would include metadata relevant to browsed
web pages or intranet pages encountered for the purposes
of creating more informative process execution as performed
from formal process documents.
Implemented supporting java functionality for an ongoing
project to build a social navigation tool being developed
by the Human Systems Research Group
Research
Intern 6/2001 - 8/2001
Boston University Computational Sciences Boston/MA
Conducted background research
on biochemistry modeling tools Gepasi and Virtual Cell
for potential visual modeling of dynamic cellular interaction
Investigated the special purpose markup languages, SBML
and CellML
Explored possible connective purposes of markup languages
to enable automated data mining of biology databases for
use in the creation of visual representations using the
modeling tools explored
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CS395: Introduction to Computing
and Programming Spring 2005
Prof. Brian Dennis
Assisting students in project and assignment completion
Performed class lectures when professor was absent
CS330:
Human Computer Interaction Design and Analysis Winter
2005
Prof. Benjamin Watson
Assisting students in project and assignment completion
Calculating student scores for assignments and projects
Assisted in organization of course curriculum
CS330:
Human Computer Interaction Design and Analysis Winter
2004
Prof. Louis Gomez
Assisted students in project and assignment completion
Calculated student scores for assignments and projects
Assisted in organization of course curriculum
Maintained course webpage with updated course assignments
and information
PUBLICATIONS
AND AWARDS:
MetaLab: supporting social grounding and group task
management in CSCL environments through social translucence.
Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference
2005: 20-22
2006 2007 GEM Ph.D. Science Fellow
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS:
Black Graduate Student Association Webmaster (2004
-2005)
Black Graduate Student Association Administrative
Coordinator (2003 -2004)
McCormick Meeting of Minority Graduate Students - Recruiter
(2004 Present)
Association of Computing Machinery of Women ACMW Member
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Peer Reviewer for 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference
on System Sciences Minitrack
(Media Literacy: Reading and Writing Digital Forms)
Presenter at 2005 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity
in Computing
Volunteer for the 2004 Grace Hopper Women in Computing
Conference
Attendee of the 2002 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity
in Computing
Presenter at 2002 Tuskegee Undergraduate Science and
Engineering Conference (USEC)
Presenter at 2002 Association of Departments of Computer
Information Sciences and Engineering at Minority Institutions
(ADMI) Symposium
REFERENCES:
Louis
Gomez
Professor, Northwestern University,
Computer Science/Learning Sciences Department
Annenberg Hall, Room 337
2120 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Email: l-gomez@northwestern.edu
Phone: 847-497-2821
Fax: 847-491-8999
Paul
P. Maglio
IBM Almaden Research Center
650 Harry Road
San Jose, CA 95120-6099
Email: pmaglio@almaden.ibm.com
Phone: 408-927-2857
Fax: 408-927-1920
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