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Scott MacKenzie is a computer scientist specializing in human-computer interaction (especially human input to computing systems and human performance measurement and modeling). He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at York University in Toronto. MacKenzie’s research interests include human performance measurement, prediction, and modeling for human-computer interaction. Applying these to new input devices and interactive techniques for advanced computing is the primary focus of his research.

Daragh Byrne is Associate Teaching Track faculty in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University. He is core faculty in the Computational Design graduate program in the School of Architecture, actively teaches in the IDeATe network, and holds courtesy appointments in the School of Design and Human-Computer Interaction Institute. Daragh's teaching and research focuses on topics including the internet of things, experiential media, and the maker movement.

Peter Lucas focuses on breaking down the disciplinary boundaries that lead to technologies that are poorly suited to the needs of individuals and society. He co-founded MAYA Design in 1989 and has guided its growth as a premier venue for interdisciplinary product design and technology research, serving both the private and public sectors. He was formerly MAYA’s President and CEO and continues as Board Chair. He was also co-founder and Board Chair of sister company MAYA Viz prior to its acquisition by General Dynamics in 2005. Peter received his Ph.D.

Eva E. Toth is a former high school science teacher with a doctoral degree in Instructional Technology from the University of Illinois. Her background includes work with interdisciplinary teams of computer scientists, computational modelers, scientists and classroom teachers to establish technology-rich learning environments at the National Center for Supercomputing Application in Illinois and at the EPA supported Supercomputing Center in Bay City, Michigan.

Bonnie John is an Associate Professor and founding member of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute. She holds degrees in mechanical engineering (BEng, The Cooper Union; MS, Stanford) and psychology (MS, PhD Carnegie Mellon). Her research interests are in methods for designing more usable computer systems, including computational cognitive modeling and software architectures for usability. She is a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Human Factors. Dr. John spent the summer of 2001 at “CM-West” (NASA Ames) where this work was done.

Ian’s research interests lie in the design, construction and evaluation of multi-modal user interfaces; in exploring how to create systems which support rich, expressive, efficient and satisfying interaction by taking advantage of the full range of human senses. He holds a first class joint honours BSc in Computing Science and Psychology and a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, both from the University of Glasgow, UK.

James Herbsleb is a Professor in the Institute for Software Research, SCS, CMU. His research interests lie primarily in the intersection of software engineering and computer-supported cooperative work, focusing on such areas as geographically-distributed development teams, open source software development, and more generally on coordination in software engineering. The research on which this talk is based has won the Best Paper award at CSCW 2006, the Best in Track award at ICIS 2006, and an ACM Distinguished Paper award at ESEM 2008.

Dr. James H. Morris is a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon, an MBA and Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley where he developed some important underlying principles of programming languages: inter-module protection and lazy evaluation. He was a co-discoverer of the Knuth-Morris-Pratt string searching algorithm.

Janaki Kumar has over 15 years of experience designing business software. She has a degree in both business and information design. She works at SAP, a leading enterprise software vendor that enables business to manage their resources, supply chain, customer relations, product life-cycle, supplier relations etc. SAP has over 100,000 customers in over 120 countries. SAP is headquartered in Germany and has offices all over the world. Janaki works in the Palo Alto Labs.

James Landay is the Short-Dooley Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, specializing 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. Prof. Landay is the co-founder of the dub group at the University of Washington. From 2003 through 2006 he was also the Laboratory Director of Intel Labs Seattle, a university affiliated research lab exploring ubiquitous computing.

Robin Hunicke is the Co-Founder of the independent game studio Funomena, located in the heart of downtown San Francisco. A game designer and producer by training, she has a background in fine art, computer science and applied game studies. She has been designing, making and teaching about games for over 12 years, and began working full time in the industry in 2005.

Ellen Lupton is Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. Her exhibitions Beautiful Users and Process Lab are open through spring 2015. Past exhibitions include Graphic Design—Now in Production, co-organized by Cooper-Hewitt and the Walker Art Center, and the National Design Triennial series.