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Distinguished Speaker Series Winter/Spring 2010

Wendy Kellogg

Wendy Kellogg

Manager of Social Computing
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

 

 

Social Intelligence for a Smarter Planet

May 14, 2010


Friday
Refreshments and Networking: 1:30 - 2:00
Presentation: 2:00 - 3:30



Faculty Host: Prof. Gloria Mark, ISR

 

RSVP: Email RSVP required to Kiana Fallah by Monday May 10.

Location: Donald Bren Hall (building #314), room 6011

Cost: No cost to attend.

Directions and parking information
are available.

 

Abstract:

 

About the Speaker: Wendy A. Kellogg is Manager of Social Computing at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center. Her current work involves designing and studying systems for supporting computer-mediated communication (CMC) in groups and organizations. Wendy's work in human-computer interaction (HCI) over the last two decades has spanned several areas, including theory, evaluation methods, design, and development. She holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Oregon. She is author of papers in the fields of HCI and CSCW. She served as Technical Papers Co-Chair for CHI 2005, as Technical Program Co-Chair for ACM's DIS 2000 ("Designing Interactive Systems") conference, and as General Co-Chair for ACM's CSCW 2000 ("Computer-Supported Cooperative Work") and ACM's CHI 1994 ("Human Factors in Computing Systems") conferences. Wendy is a former member of the National Academies of Science Computer Science and Telecommunications Board and was elected ACM Fellow in 2002.