Project Members Profile

Kevin Fox
He wants to change the world. Joining the HCI Masters program after designing interfaces at Yahoo, Kevin is looking forward to designing the communications products and services that people will use every day. Prior to attending Carnegie Mellon, Kevin was a student researcher at UC Berkeley's Group for User Interface Research, where he received his Bachelors degree in Cognitive Science, and was the global webmaster for Levi Strauss, where he learned the ways of the corporate world. Touted as a 'usability guru' by The New Yorker and a 'miscreant' by Wired, Kevin enjoys creating personal projects that play off the nascent communications metaphors offered by the Internet. Most of Kevin's online exploits pass unnoticed (and unfinished), while some have made the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Harpers Weekly, and CNN.com. He also likes cheese and now works at Google as UI designer.

Janice Golenbock
She is a part-time student in MHCI. Through her two years in the HCII, she worked full-time for Professor Cleotilde Gonzalez in the Social and Decision Sciences Department. Her research focuses on dynamic decision making. Currently, Janice's interests are in elementary education and interaction design and she hopes to design software to faciliate learning. Receiving a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Linguistics from CMU in 2001 gave her the opportunity to be heavily involved on campus, holding leadership positions in mulitple organizations for both graduate and undergraduate students, as well as sitting on the Graduate Student Assembly as one of the HCII co-representatives. Janice also volunteers at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is a big sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, and tutors at a local elementary school.

Kevin Lee
He is as a zealous practitioner of HCI, has been working with Magic Screen, the web agency in Atlanta, Georgia as a chief usability consultant for 3 years. Previously, he led a team of interaction designers as Web Director at Netdive Inc. As a responsible graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, Kevin has been working with the HomeNet research group at Human-Computer Interaction Institute as a project manger for Palm Pilot Study, designing, carrying out, and analyzing the data. He has shown his strength in UI and interaction design, and usability talents through numerous recognition and awards from the industry. Currently, Kevin tries to apply his knowledge and practices in HCI and CSCW research areas by focusing on UI and interaction design of information awareness system, social impacts of UI and SUI, and other HCI and CSCW related systems which allow successful collaboration among people in dispersed location using multi-modal interfaces.He is currently a UCD / Usability Specialist at GE Medical Systems Global Headquarters.

Andrew M. Lin
He received his undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts and Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. Concurrently, he worked as an Information Architect and Experience Designer for a local branding company. He has completed projects for a diverse set of clients, including Ziff Davis Publishing, Hewlett Packard, and Harley Davidson. He is particularly interested in utilizing the computer in social environments, to foster communication and to bring people together. Even in a football town, such as Pittsburgh, Andrew is still exhilarated by the crack of the bat and a brilliant infield play.

Courtney Moskowitz
She studied psychology at Cornell University before arriving here at Carnegie Mellon. While finishing her undergraduate degree, she realized that her education didn’t feel complete. She wanted to further explore her interests in design and computer science, so she headed to graduate school to combine her background in psychology with these areas. She is fascinated with interdisciplinary fields such as cognitive science, because she feels that nothing in life is so simple that one can fully understand it by looking through a single lens. In her spare time, Courtney enjoys drawing, running, judo, and learning to sail.

Liya Zheng
Liya is an Accelerated MHCI student. She received an undergraduate degree double majoring in Information Systems and Human Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon in 2003. She enjoys a wide variety of small endeavors, she co-founded a real estate company at the age of 15 (which is successfully operating today), worked as a financial adviser (specializing in estate planning) at 19, graphic design at 20, and recently (23) worked at Angel studios (currently Rockstar San Diego) helping them make video games as an usability specialist. Her next endeavors will involve doing "usability and product design" during the day and film school at night. And she wishes for "world peace"