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Winslow S. Burleson CV Page 1 Winslow S. Burleson Professor, School of Information Professor, Health Sciences Design University of Arizona [email protected] 646.755.2824 CHRONOLOGY OF EDUCATION 2006 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA. Ph.D. MIT Media Lab, Department of Media Arts and Sciences. Dissertation: Affective Learning Companions: Strategies for Empathetic Agents with Real-Time Multimodal Affective Sensing to Foster Meta-Cognitive and Meta-Affective Approaches to Learning, Motivation, and Perseverance. Advisor: Professor Rosalind Picard. 1997 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto, CA. M.S.E. Mechanical Engineering Department, Product Design. Advisor: Professor David Kelley. 1995 RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston, TX. B.A. Physics with a Biology-Option. 1992 SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Woods Hole, MA. SEA Semester, Oceanographic Research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. HONORS AND AWARDS 2019 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Creativity and Cognition 2019 Best Paper Award. 2017 ACM Distinguished Member - Recognized as a Pioneering Innovator of the Digital Age, for Scientific Contributions to Computing. 2016 ACM Senior Member. 2015 White House Fellow Regional Finalist (New York, NY). 2014 Fulbright Specialist Roster Candidate. 2013 Google Faculty Research Award. 2012 White House Fellow Regional Finalist (Dallas, TX). 2011 White House Fellow Regional Finalist (Los Angeles, CA). 2011 UMUAI Journal of Personalization Research, James Chen Annual Best Paper Award. 2011 Barrett Honors College Visiting Honors Faculty Fellow. 2010 Time Magazine, The 50 Best Inventions of 2010: NeoNurture Incubator, Contributor. 2009 NAE, First Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium, Invited Finalist. 2009 AI in Education 2009 Overall Best Paper Award. Winslow S. Burleson CV Page 2 2009 AI in Education 2009 Overall Best Demo Award. 2008 ASU Dean’s recognition as an outstanding Assistant Professor. 2007-Present Barrett Honors College Faculty Affiliate. 2004-2007 Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Science (US-Chinese Frontiers of Science). 1999-2005 MIT Media Lab, PhD Fellowship, Full Tuition and Living Stipend. 2004 Student Leader Group Award, MIT. 2002 Time MagaZine The 10 Best Inventions of 2002: Sputmik Microphone, Contributor. 2000 IBM Research Division Award: 3rd Plateau Inventors Achievement Award. 1999 IBM Research Division Award: 2nd Plateau Inventors Achievement Award. 1998 IBM Research Division Award: 1st Plateau Inventors Achievement Award. 1998 IBM Research Division Award: Digital Coffee Table with Media Opportunity. 1991-1995 World Scout Bureau Youth Representative to the United Nations. 1993 NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award. 1990-1992 Rice Outdoors Club, President. 1991-1992 The Explorers Club, Student Member. 1991 Hubble Space Telescope, Co-Principal Investigator, Amateur Astronomer. 1989 National Eagle Scout Association, Life Member. 1989 Boy Scouts of America - NSF Antarctic Science Program, National Finalist. CHRONOLOGY OF EMPLOYMENT Research Experience UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, SCHOOL OF INFORMATION, Tucson, AZ. JOINT APPOINTMENT IN HEALTH SCIENCES DESIGN, Tucson, AZ. 2020-Present Professor, designer and social inventor with transdisciplinary program of integrated research and education focused on human-centered participatory design advancing cyberlearning, creativity support, and personaliZed health systems. 2019-Present School of Information, Associate Director, Director of Research. Managing $21M research portfolio. Working with Provost, Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Director of the School to create UA College of Information. Director of the Executive Committee for Vertically Integrated Projects, providing transdisciplinary, community-based research experiences promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Co-Director Closed Loop Sensor Lab, Director of UA Holodeck, and Founding Director Motivational Environments research group. 2019-2020 Associate Professor, School of Information and Founding Faculty Member of Health Science Design. 2014-2019 NYU RORY MEYERS COLLEGE OF NURSING, New York, NY. Associate Professor and social inventor with transdisciplinary program of integrated research and education focused on health and educational technologies, informatics, design, simulation, and innovation. Leading laboratory- and field- based research advancing human computer interaction, cyberlearning, creativity research, affective computing, intelligent environments (tutoring systems, smart homes, and “things that think”), and media arts. Engaging in open innovation and Winslow S. Burleson CV Page 3 global initiatives in partnership with the Maker, Hacker, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) movements. Founding Director of the NYU-X Lab and research group, NYU Holodeck, and NYU Meyers Informatics Initiative. Co-Director, Technology Resource Core, NIH P20 Center for Precision Health in Diverse Populations. 2006-2014 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, INFORMATICS, AND DECISION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, Tempe, AZ. Assistant Professor of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Founding Director of the Motivational Environments research group and ASU’s Inventors’ Workshops initiative. Advancing research in educational technology, affective computing, intelligent tutoring systems, human robot interaction, creativity research and support tools, smart environments, ubiquitous computing, and advanced gaming. Founding member of ASU’s Learning Sciences Institute and Senior Sustainability Scientist at ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability. Collaborator and advisor for faculty, post-doctoral researchers, graduate students and Barrett Honors College students engaged in the School of Arts, Media, and Engineering; Motivational Environments; ASU’s Mars Education Program; the Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET); and Learning Sciences Institute. 2006 DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INNOVATION LABORATORIES, Berlin, Germany. Senior Research Scientist, advancing understanding of affective interactions with mobile technologies through European Union sponsored research with colleagues in Usability and Networking groups. MIT MEDIA LABORATORY, Cambridge, MA. 2003-2006 Research Assistant, with Professor Rosalind Picard. Investigated, designed, built, and evaluated a multi-modal, affective sensing, relational agent system. Advanced theoretical perspectives on the use of relational agents and virtual peers in support of affective self-awareness, learning, creativity, playful imagination, motivation, and meta-cognitive skills to improve learning. 2002-2005 Participant in Amabile Research Group, with Professor Teresa Amabile, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School. Advanced social psychology, creativity research, and organiZational behavior research on teams. Investigated context aware techniques to enhance creative processes, exploring the relationships of motivation, physiology, and collaboration on creative tasks through context aware sensing and interface, affective computing, motivational psychology, peak performance, applied behavior analysis, and captology. 1999-2003 Research Assistant, with Professor Ted Selker. Assisted in establishing Context Aware Computing Group and research laboratory, developing interactive computer systems with user-system-task models. The research integrated industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronic hardware and sensor design, artificial intelligence techniques for smart products, and rapid prototyping. Developed a theoretical framework for contextual design of ubiquitous, networked, mobile, wearable, mixed reality, desktop, interactive environments, Winslow S. Burleson CV Page 4 and tangible computing through scenario implementation, exploration, and HCI user testing. Embedded projects included: Flexor Sleeve, Social Floor, Canopy Climb, Sports Ball, Media Bed, Eye-Tracking Bed, Exercise-Car, E-Windshield, Talking Couch, Educational Dice, Eye-R Glasses, Desert Oracle, Electronic Necklace, Digital Cigarette, and Motivating Pen. 1995-1999 IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER, San Jose, CA. Design Engineer with User Systems Ergonomic Research, inventing, prototyping, patenting, and promoting next generation products. Created new portable and wearable computers and accessories, socially appropriate and collaborative embedded systems, Web Browser Intermediaries applications, and applied Personal Area Networks. Projects included: Exercise Machine, TrackPoint Science, Uses for Web Browser Intermediaries Applications, Keyboard Research and Ergonomics, Personal Area Networks for Wearable Computing, Out Of Box Experience Package Design, Electronic Wallet, Leather Portfolio Computer, Sunlight Computer, GPS Tablet Concept Computer, and palm platform development for EduSlate K-12 Reinventing Education Grant. Worked with IBM Special Needs Group on physical pointing device and cursor software research. Assisted in the organiZing of five annual New Paradigms for Using Computers Workshops. STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRODUCT DESIGN PROGRAM, Palo Alto, CA. 1997 Rope Aesthetics Masters Project: Invention of a Knot Mechanism. 1996-1997 Researched and proposed rainforest canopy access and traversal technologies. 1996 Created Physical and Virtual Musical Lego Blocks for novice tangible composition. Coursework included: ethnography, participatory design, user testing, consulting with Phlebotomy Department of San Francisco General Hospital, educational media design, casting, machining, vacuum-thermoforming, welding, CAD/CAM/CNC, and electronics