Spring 2016
- My grad school "fun" project on how physical contexts influence problem solving finally got published!
- Will be attending CSCW Workshop on CSCW and the Sharing Economy: The Future of Platforms as Sites of Work, Collaboration, and Trust
- New paper on how conflict helped expose and manage uncertainty in the 2004 Mars Exploration Rover project
Fall 2015
- Two demos accepted to CSCW 2016!
- New paper on sensemaking for large-scale ideation accepted to CHI 2016!
Summer 2015
- New paper on conceptual combination distance (from my dissertation) accepted to Cognition!
- Our paper on improving crowd innovation with expert facilitation was accepted to CSCW 2016!
Spring 2015
- Our paper on the impact of timing on cognitive stimulation from examples was accepted to Creativity and Cognition!
- Serving on the program committee for posters and demos at Creativity and Cognition.
Fall 2014
- My Design Studies paper on analogical distance and creative inspiration was featured in several news outlets, including phys.org and Fast Company!
- We successfully demoed our guided crowd brainstorming system at HCOMP 2014!
- We submitted two papers on our social ideation system and system for mining analogies with crowds to CHI 2015.
Summer 2014
- New paper from my dissertation accepted to Design Studies! Check out the paper.
- My new work on social-computing-powered idea generation was accepted as a demo at HCOMP 2014. Check out the extended abstract.
- I presented work from my dissertation at Cognitive Science 2014. Check out the paper.
- I successfully defended my dissertation! (July 1)
- My dissertation research was recognized with a Tim Post Award for research excellence!
- My master's research on analogies and ideation in an expert design team was featured on National Geographic, Fast Company, and Business Insider
- I joined the Protolab with Steven Dow at Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Spring 2014
- My NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant application was awarded!
- I presented work from my dissertation at CSCW 2014. Check out the poster here.