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Adam Perer is a Research Scientist at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center, where he is a member of the Healthcare Analytics Research Group. His research in visualization and human-computer interaction focuses on the design of novel visual analytics systems. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, advised by Ben Shneiderman.

Chris Quintana engages in research that is at the intersection of education and learning sciences, human-computer interaction, and computer science. He has focused much of work on software-based scaffolding for middle school science students, including the development of scaffolded software tools, scaffolding frameworks for software, and learner-centered design processes.

James Landay is a Professor of Computer Science and the Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He specializes in human-computer interaction. He is the founder and co-director of the World Lab, a joint research and educational effort with Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is also the Associate Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI).

Paul Pangaro has been designing interactions for conversation, both human-machine and human-human, for over thirty years. He earned a PhD with Gordon Pask in Conversation Theory in the Cybernetics Department at Brunel University (UK), and collaborated with Pask on educational technology for over a decade. Pangaro’s career spans roles as entrepreneur, researcher, professor, and consultant.

Paul Resnick is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, on sabbatical at Carnegie-Mellon for the 2003–2004 academic year. His research focuses on Socio-technical Capital, productive social relations that are enabled by the ongoing use of information and communication technology. This paper is part of a larger project to understand the conditions under which reputation systems should work to create trust among strangers, how they are actually working, and how they might be designed to work better.

Dr. Denae Ford Robinson is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research in the SAINTes group and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Human Centered Design and Engineering Department at the University of Washington. Her research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering. In her work, she identifies and dismantles cognitive and social barriers by designing mechanisms to support software developer participation in online socio-technical ecosystems.

Randy Pausch is a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon, where he is the co-director of CMU’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). He was a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator and a Lilly Foundation Teaching Fellow. He has done Sabbaticals at Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) and Electronic Arts (EA), and has consulted with Disney on user interfaces for interactive theme park attractions and with Google on user interface design and testing. Dr.

Marshini Chetty is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago where she directs the Amyoli Internet Research Laboratory (

Dr. Kraut has broad interests in the design and social impact of computing and has conducted empirical research on office automation and employment quality, technology and home-based employment, the communication needs of collaborating scientists, the design of information technology for small-group intellectual work, and the impact of national information networks on organizations and families.

Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, visual artist, and author. He is probably best known for his work in Virtual Reality. He coined the term “Virtual Reality,” and was a principal pioneer in the scientific, engineering, and commercial aspects of the field. Currently, Lanier serves as the Lead Scientist of the National Tele-Immersion Initiative, a coalition of research universities studying advanced applications for Internet 2. He is a founding partner of the ground-breaking artist friendly music/tech start-up MusicisuM.

Jane Siegel is a Senior Systems Scientist in the Human Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). She designs and conducts laboratory and field evaluation studies to measure the effects of providing information technology to enable mobile workers to perform physical tasks solo or when they collaborate with remote helpers to improve their work performance. Current research and development projects she works with are developing support systems for vehicular maintenance workers, e.g., U.S. Navy F/A - 18 aircraft maintainers.

Tina Blaine (aka Bean) is a visiting faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center and Human Computer Interaction Institute, exploring new interface designs for collaborative musical games and interactive media. Inspired by global traditions and spontaneous music, Blaine has explored musical interaction starting in the 80s building electronic MIDI controller instruments and large-scale audience participation devices with the multimedia ensemble D'CuCKOO.

Gillian R. Hayes is an Assistant Professor in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Irvine where she directs the Social and Technological Action Research Group. Her research interests are in human-computer interaction, specifically in the areas of ubiquitous computing, computer supported cooperative work, and health informatics. At UCI, Dr.