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Sarah Culberson Sarah Culberson hopes to combine her work experience, education, and HCI training to create new tools to make people's lives easier and more enjoyable. She completed her CMU Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction in August of 2004. For the past four years Sarah has gained experience in the fields of website product management and client services, as well as a short stint in the financial services industry as a Financial Advisor. She received her B.S. from UCLA in Cognitive Science with Specializations in Business Administration and Computing. Sarah's varied experience has given her ample opportunity to experience the need for well-researched and intelligently designed tools across all industries. In her free time, Sarah enjoys dabbling in digital photography, traveling, snowboarding, scuba diving, and running. email: sculbers@alumni.cmu.edu website: http://www.culbies.com |
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Jina Huh Jina Huh is looking forward to do compelling research in HCI with her background in film & multimedia, design and painting. She got her B.A. in 2003 from Korean National University of Arts in Multimedia Design, and got her masters in HCI from Carnegie Mellon University on August, 2004. Starting fall 2004, she'll be in Ann Arbor to do a Ph.D. study in University of Michigan, School of Information. Through out her future study, she would like to keep on working on art work pieces (music composing, graphic animation) to keep being creative and not get bored, and figure out a way to somehow combine them with the research she'll be working on. email: jina.huh@gmail.com website: http://www.huhjina.com |
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Kenton Kline Kenton Kline is currently a member of the Human Computer Interaction Accelerated Masters program, where he will graduate from the MHCI program in December 2004. After entering Carnegie Mellon University as an undergraduate to pursue a B.S. in Psychology with a focus in cognitive neuroscience, he always yearned to be more involved in technology while maintaining a highly creative component at the same time. Kenton will graduate from CMU in May 2004 with a double major in psychology and HCI. For the past two summers, Kenton has been a computer science intern at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the usability group. There he worked on usability testing and developing scripts written for PEBBLES developed at CMU. This was integrated into a smart meeting room environment. The subsequent summer was spent analyzing data from a database that contained user data for the NIMD project sponsored by ARDA. This project hopes to develop interface tools to augments users' performance based on the way users interact with their machines. Human Computer Interaction is the perfect fit to Kenton's academic desires. He loves being involved of all aspects of interface creation from programming to design to user testing. Usability is truly on of his passions. In his spare time, Kenton is a music nut, enjoys film, traveling, dinning out, and relaxing with friends. email: kakline@alumni.cmu.edu |
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Jim McCullough Jim McCullough believes that to harness the full power of the computer to improve our lives, we must commune effortlessly with technology on many different levels. He asserts that the key to achieving such delightful and transparent interactions begins not with the design of products but rather the design of the user's experience. After 10 years as a mechanical systems engineer working to understand user needs, Jim found he was craving a deeper understanding of interaction science. Realizing that HCI was the natural multidisciplinary bridge between his engineering background and his burgeoning interests in design and the behavioral sciences, he decided to pursue a Masters Degree in HCI from Carnegie Mellon. He is especially interested in multimodal interfaces, cross-cultural interaction issues, and the relationship between user experience and brand promise. He is currently on sabbatical but will return to Hewlett Packard in Barcelona, Spain when he completes his degree in December 2004. When he is not working, he can be found taking a siesta or cycling through Europe with his wife Patricia. His hidden agenda is to introduce the US to pan con tomate. email: jmccullo@alumni.cmu.edu |
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Jesse Kriss Jesse Kriss believes that a great interface can inspire creativity as well as efficiency. He came to Carnegie Mellon from Minnesota, where he earned a BA in Music at Carleton College. While officially focusing on composition, Jesse created a computer-based performance interface as part of his senior thesis. This endeavor allowed him to bring together his long-standing interests in music, computers, and interface design. At Carnegie Mellon, he focused on creating tools and interfaces for interactive multimedia performance, music organization and playback, and information visualization. Jesse completed the MHCI program in August 2004. email: jesse@kriss.org website: http://jessekriss.com |
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