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Julie A. Kientz Curriculum Vitae College of Computing & GVU Center Phone: +1-678-428-6140 Georgia Institute of Technology Fax: +1-404-894-3146 85 5th Street NW Email: [email protected] Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30332 Web: http://www.juliekientz.com Citizenship: United States Citizen RESEARCH INTERESTS My research interests center primarily in the area of Human-Computer Interaction, especially Ubiquitous Computing and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. In particular, I am interested in determining how novel computing applications can address important social issues and then making those applications a reality. I am also interested in evaluating those applications through real world deployment studies using a balance of qualitative and quantitative methods. Most recently, I have designed and evaluated computing technologies to support decision-making for teams of caregivers, including therapy for children with autism and supporting parents tracking the developmental progress of their newborn children. EDUCATION Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (August 2003 – Present) Ph.D., Computer Science (Expected August 2008) Thesis Title: Supporting Data-based Decision-Making for Caregivers through Embedded Capture and Access Advisor: Dr. Gregory Abowd Committee: Dr. Rebecca Grinter, Dr. Julie Jacko, Dr. Elizabeth Mynatt, Dr. Mark Ackerman, Dr. Tom Rodden University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio (August 1998 – December 2002) Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Engineering Graduation with Magna Cum Laude and University Honors Ohio State University, Marion, Ohio (September 1997 – June 1998) Post Secondary Enrollment Option AWARDS AND HONORS Google Anita Borg Scholar Award (2007-Present) P.E.O. International Ann Richards Presidential Scholar Award (2007-Present) Ubicomp 2007 – Best Paper Award (2007) Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate Symposium College of Computing Winner (2006) CSCW 2006 - Best Paper Award Honorable Mention (2006) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Summer Research Fellowship (2005) National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (2004-2007) Georgia Institute of Technology President’s Fellowship (2003-2007) Georgia Institute of Technology Dean’s Fellowship (2003-2007) University of Toledo President’s and Dean’s Lists (1998-2002) University Trustee Scholarship (1998-2002) Robert Heyn Scholarship (1998-2002) Tau Beta Pi Honor Society – Chapter’s Most Valuable Person (2001) Wemmer Women’s Scholarship (2000-2001) Ryder Roundtable Scholarship (1998-1999) River Valley High School Valedictorian (1998) Julie A. Kientz – Curriculum Vitae Page 1 of 7 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (September 2005 - Present) Assistant Director of Aware Home Research Initiative (Dr. Gregory Abowd & Mr. Ed Price) Advising on the direction of the present and future research agenda for the Aware Home Overseeing and advising student researchers working at the Georgia Tech Aware Home Organizing and running weekly seminars for discussing research related to the Aware Home Speaking about the Aware Home through various tour groups, meetings, and conferences Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (January 2004 - Present) Graduate Research Assistant (Dr. Gregory Abowd, Ubiquitous Computing Research Group) Exploring ubiquitous computing and automated capture and access technology applications Performing in-depth formative user studies of caregivers of children with autism and parents of newborn children Designing and developing functional prototypes Conducting summative evaluations of prototypes, including laboratory studies and real use deployment studies University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California (June 2002 – August 2002) Summer Visiting REU Student (Dr. Anind Dey & Dr. Jennifer Mankoff, Group for User Interface Research) Designed, programmed, and implemented two types of ambient displays for two computer labs Evaluated display effects on lab users through observation, surveys, and analysis of computer log out times Performed statistical analysis of data, wrote full technical report, and presented findings at a research forum U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Lab, Argonne, Illinois (January 2002 – June 2002) Student Research Participant (Dr. Thomas Fanning, Reactor Analysis & Engineering Division) Designed a database in Oracle for the Yucca Mountain Spent Nuclear Fuel Treatment project Developed a web interface for the database using Perl CGI and DBI Obtained research information and calculations on spent nuclear fuel treatment data TEACHING EXPERIENCE Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (August 2003 - May 2004) Graduate Teaching Assistant (Dr. James Foley, CS 4750 User Interface Design, 36 students) Outlined grading criteria, graded, and provided feedback for homework and project assignments Provided mentorship and guidance for project teams exploring user interface design Lectured or conducted class discussions on occasions when instructor was unavailable Assisted in execution of experimental “HCI Web Lectures” project by Day et al. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (August 2003 - May 2004) Graduate Teaching Assistant (Mr. Mike Nelson-Palmer, CS 4001 Computing & Society, 40 students) Outlined grading criteria, graded, and provided feedback for class writing assignments Designed grading criteria for class assignments and essays Lectured and conducted class discussions on occasions when instructor was unavailable Students Advised Master’s Students (Master’s Projects, Independent Studies, and Visiting International Students) Roland Krystian Alberciak (Fall 2007 – Present) Arwa Tyebkhan (Fall 2006 – Present) Sunyoung Kim (Fall 2006 – Present) Callie Carroll (Fall 2006 – Spring 2007) Stefan Puchner (Summer 2007) Jahmeilah Richardson (Spring 2006 – Spring 2007) – Publications: [C.9] Pooja Naik (Spring 2007) Swapnil Mhatre (Spring 2007) Sebastian Boring (Fall 2004 – Spring 2005) – Publications: [C.2, c.1] Julie A. Kientz – Curriculum Vitae Page 2 of 7 Undergraduate Students (UROC Projects, Independent Studies, and Intel Scholars Mentees) Roman Savaryn (Fall 2005 – Summer 2006) Tejesh Patel (Fall 2005 – Spring 2006) Arwa Tyebkhan (Spring 2005 – Summer 2006) – Publications: [C.7] Ping Taing (Fall 2005) Tina Chou (Fall 2005) Kelly Poulo (Fall 2005 – Spring 2006) Vanessa Larco (Fall 2005 – Spring 2006) Veronica Peshterianu (Fall 2004) Laura Rouse (Fall 2004) INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (June 2005 – August 2005) NSF and JSPS East Asia & Pacific Summer Institute Fellow Designed studies for the Paro Therapeutic Robot Programmed survey software for use by research team Built wearable galvanic skin response sensors for use by research team Intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona (January 2003 – June 2003) ATD Automation – Software Engineering Intern Served as Project Manager for project with cost avoidance estimate of $50 million Implemented computer vision system for in situ metrology on package assembly line Communicated with customers and vendors and gathered requirements for project design Wrote software interface for computer vision hardware using Java and C# Compaq Computer Corporation, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts (August 2000 – August 2001) Alpha Development Group – Test Technology Co-op Student Wrote and executed tests of the architecture of the Alpha 21364 Processor Programmed in Alpha Assembly Language and Perl Prepared formal presentations and official documentation PUBLICATIONS Journals and Scientific Magazines (Peer Reviewed): [J.2] Kientz, J.A., G.R. Hayes, T.L. Westeyn, T. Starner, and G.D. Abowd. Pervasive Computing and Autism: Assisting Caregivers of Children with Special Needs. IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. Special Issue on Pervasive Healthcare. January 2007. [J.1] Abowd, G.D., G.R. Hayes, G. Iachello, J.A. Kientz, S.N. Patel, M. Stevens, K.N. Truong. Prototypes and Paratypes: Designing Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Applications. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2005. Conference Full Papers (Peer Reviewed): [C.10] Patel, S.N., T. Robertson, J.A. Kientz, M.S. Reynolds, and G.D. Abowd. At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2007: The 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. September 16-19, Innsbruck, Austria, 2007. (Acceptance Rate: 19%) (Awarded Best Paper) Julie A. Kientz – Curriculum Vitae Page 3 of 7 [C.9] Kientz, J.A., R.I. Arriaga, M. Chetty, G.R. Hayes, J. Richardson, S.N. Patel, and G.D. Abowd. Grow and Know: Understanding Record-Keeping Needs for the Development of Young Children. In the Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’07). San Jose, California, USA. April 28 – May 3, 2007. (Acceptance Rate: 25%) [C.8] Kientz, J.A., G.R. Hayes, G.D. Abowd, and R.E. Grinter. From the War Room to the Living Room: Decision Support for Home-based Therapy Teams. In the Proceedings of 2006 20th Anniversary Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW ’06). Banff, Alberta, Canada. November 4-8, 2006. (Acceptance Rate: 22%) (Awarded Best Paper Honorable Mention, Nomination Rate: 5%) [C.7] Kientz, J.A., S.N. Patel, A.T. Tyebkhan, B. Gane, J. Wiley, and G.D. Abowd. Where’s My Stuff? Design and Evaluation of a Mobile System for Locating Lost Items for the Visually Impaired. In the Proceedings of the 8th international ACM SIGACCESS Conference