Curriculum Vitae

Pdf version of CV. Updated in July 2011.

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Virginia Tech – Blacksburg, VA, (Expected) August 2011

Specialization: Human-Computer Interaction

Dissertation: Moving Media Spaces Into The Home: Redefining Communication, Connectedness And Awareness Between Families

Committee: Prof. Steve Harrison (chair), Dr. Dennis Kafura, Dr. Andrea Kavanaugh, Dr. Manuel Perez-Quinones, Dr. Deborah Tatar, and Dr. Carman Neustaedter (Simon Fraser University)

GPA: 3.88/4.0

Graduate Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech – Blacksburg, VA, August 2010

MS in Computer Science, Virginia Tech – Blacksburg, VA, December 2009

Specialization: Human-Computer Interaction

GPA: 3.88/4.0

BS in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, WI, May 2006

GPA: 3.40/4.0

Industry and Research Experience

Research Intern, USER Group, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, Sept 2010 – Dec 2010

• Mentored by Dr. Steve Whittaker and Dr. Tara Matthews
• Validated the usefulness of collaboration personas for designing team based software
• Planned and conducted interviews and design activities with 15 IBM designers and UX researchers to compare the usefulness of collaboration personas vs. individual personas; analyzed interview data using open coding

Research Intern, Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, New York, May 2010 – Aug 2010

• Mentored by Dr. Carman Neustaedter
• Designed and implemented (using C#) a multifamily domestic media space with three-way video called Family Portals (focus of dissertation research)
• Designed and conducted field trials in the homes of 6 families for 8 weeks to learn about families’ usage patterns, changes in communication practices and privacy concerns; analyzed data using open coding
• Led to conference publication [C.6] and workshop proposal [WO.2]

Research Intern, Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, New York, Jun 2009 – Aug 2009

• Mentored by Dr. Carman Neustaedter
• Conducted interviews with 21 participants to learn about families’ use of video conferencing in the home
• Designed and implemented (using C#) a dyadic domestic media space with two-way always-on video called the Family Window (FW)
• Designed and conducted field trials in the homes of 4 families for 6 weeks to learn about families’ usage of FW, changes in communication practices, and privacy concerns; analyzed interview data using open coding
• Led to conference publications [C.3], [C.4], video [V.1], pending patent [P.1], and technical report [TR.4]

Usability Engineer, Meridium, Roanoke, Virginia, Jan 2008 – May 2008

• Designed and prototyped web interface to access Meridium database and run SQL queries
• Planned and conducted usability walkthrough and usability evaluations with potential users of the system
• Led to conference publication [C.5]

Software Engineering Intern, Meridium, Roanoke, Virginia, Jun 2007 – Aug 2007

• Created a User Synchronization module (using C#) to enable administrators to schedule synchronization of user data between LDAP and a local directory
• Created an Autologin module which centralizes authentication based on user information in LDAP

Research Assistant, University of Washington-Seattle, Seattle, Washington, Jun 2005 – Aug 2005

• Mentored by Dr. Linda Shapiro
• Designed and developed a Java application to query similarities and differences between human and mouse anatomy; application was called Comparative Anatomy Information System (CAIS)
• Led to conference publication [C.1], journal article [J.1] and journal article [J.2]

Patent

[P.1] Neustaedter, C., Judge, T. K., Kurtz, A., Fedorovskaya, E. “Time Shifted Video Communications.” Publication date: 03/17/2011. Patent application number: 20110063440.

Publications

Refereed Conference Papers

[C.6] Judge, T.K., Neustaedter, C., Harrison, S., and Blose, A.  “Family Portals: Connecting Families Through A Multifamily Media Space.” In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2011), Vancouver, Canada, May 2011, ACM. Pgs. 1205-1214. Acceptance rate 26%.

[C.5] Lee, J.C., Judge, T.K., and McCrickard, D.S.  “Evaluating eXtreme Scenario-Based Design in a Distributed Agile Team.” In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2011), Vancouver, Canada, May 2011, ACM.  Pgs. 863-877. Acceptance rate 50%.

[C.4] Judge, T.K., Neustaedter, C., and Kurtz, A.  “The Family Window: The Design and Evaluation of a Domestic Media Space.” In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2010), Atlanta, Georgia, April 2010, ACM. Pgs. 2361-2370. Acceptance rate 22%. Nominated for CHI Best Paper Award. Awarded top 5% of accepted papers.

[C.3] Judge, T.K., and Neustaedter, C.  “Sharing Conversation and Sharing Life: Video Conferencing in the Home.” In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2010) Atlanta, Georgia, April 2010, ACM. Pgs. 655-658. Acceptance rate 22%.

[C.2] Neustaedter, C., Tang, A., and Judge, T.K.  “The Role of Community and Groupware in Geocache Creation and Maintenance.” In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2010) Atlanta, Georgia, April 2010, ACM. Pgs. 1757-1766. Acceptance rate 22%.

[C.1] Travillian, R.S., Diatchka, K., Judge, T.K., Wilamowska, K., and Shapiro, L.G.  ”A Graphical User Interface for a Comparative Anatomy Information System: Design, Implementation and Usage Scenarios.” In Proceedings of Conference of American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA 2006), Washington DC, November 2006. Pgs. 774-778. Nominated for AMIA Best Paper Award. Awarded top 5% of accepted papers.

Refereed Journal Articles

[J.2] Travillian, R.S., Diatchka, K., Judge, T.K., Wilamowska, K., and Shapiro, L.G.  “An Ontology Based Comparative Anatomy Information System.” Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (2011). Vol. 51 (1). Pgs. 1-15.

[J.1] Judge, T. K., Diatchka, K., Shapiro, L.G., Wilamowska, K., Travillian, R.S.  “The Comparative Anatomy Information System for the Foundational Model of Anatomy and Mouse Anatomy Ontology.” Wisconsin Undergraduate Journal of Science (WISCI 2006).

Refereed Short Papers with Videos

[V.2] Neustaedter, C., and Judge, T.K. “Peek-A-Boo: The Design of a Mobile Family Media Space”. In Video Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UBICOMP 2010), Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2010, ACM. Pgs. 449-450. Acceptance rate 63%.

[V.1] Neustaedter, C., Judge, T.K., Kurtz, A., and Federovskaya, E.  “The Family Window: Connecting Families over Distance with a Domestic Media Space”. In Video Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2010), Savannah, Georgia, February 2010, ACM.

Workshop Proposals/Organized Workshops

[WO.3] Judge, T.K., Vega, L., and Poole, E.  “Betting on Yourself: Regaining and Maintaining Confidence as a Woman in Computing”. (To appear) In Proceedings of Grace Hopper Celebration of Women In Computing (GHC 2011), Portland, OR, November 2011.

[WO.2] Neustaedter, C., Judge, T.K., Harrison, S., Sellen, A., and Cao, X.  “Connecting Families: New Technologies, Family Communication, and the Impact on Domestic Spaces”. In Proceedings of ACM Group Conference (GROUP 2010), Sanibel Island, Florida, November 2010, ACM. Pgs. 363-366.

[WO.1] Judge, T.K., Neustaedter, C., Tang, A., and Harrison, S.  “Bridging the Gap: Moving From Contextual Analysis to Design”. In Extended Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2010), Atlanta, Georgia, April 2010, ACM. Pgs. 4497-4500.

Workshop Papers

[WP.2] Pyla, P. S., Hartson, H. R., and Judge, T. K. “Bridging Artifacts: Leveraging Duality to Bridge The Gap between Analysis and Design”. In Workshop on “Bridging the Gap: Moving From Contextual Analysis to Design”, ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2010), Atlanta, Georgia, April 2010.

[WP.1] Judge, T. K., Pyla, P. S., McCrickard, S., and Harrison, S. “Affinity Diagramming in Multiple Display Environments.” In Workshop on “Beyond the Laboratory: Supporting Authentic Collaboration with Multiple Displays”, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2008), San Diego, California, October 2008.

Refereed Poster

[P.1] Forsman, A., Probus, S., Rivera, L., Judge, T.K., and McCrickard, S. “Affinity Diagramming Goes Digital: Supporting users through a large multi-touch display and PDAs”. STARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research and Service) Celebration 2009, Tallahassee, Florida, August 2009.

Technical Reports

[TR.4] Judge, T.K., and Neustaedter, C. “The Family Window: Perceived Usage and Privacy Concerns.” Technical Report TR-10-01, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 2010.

[TR.3] Judge, T.K., Pyla, P., McCrickard, S., and Harrison, S. “Studying Group Decision Making in Affinity Diagramming.” Technical Report TR-08-16, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 2008.

[TR.2] Judge, T.K., and McCrickard, S. “Collaborating on Affinity Diagrams Using Large Displays.” Technical Report TR-08-18, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 2008.

[TR.1] Judge, T.K., Kopper, R., Ponce, S., Silva, M., and North, C. “BABES: Brushing+Linking, Attributes, and Blobs Extension to Storyboard”. Technical Report TR-08-02, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 2008.

Invited Talks

[IT.11] “Family Portals: Connecting Families Through A Multifamily Media Space,” Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI) Seminar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 2011.

[IT.10] “The Family Window: Connecting Families With a Media Space”, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto, California, November 2010.

[IT.9] “The Family Window: Connecting Families Across Distance”, Google, Mountain View, California, November 2010.

[IT.8] “The Family Window: Connecting Families Across Distance”, FX Palo Alto Laboratory (FXPAL), Palo Alto, California, November 2010.

[IT.7] “Connecting Families with a Media Space”, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, October 2010.

[IT.6] “Why Always-On Video Will and Will Not Work in the Home: Connecting Multiple Families with a Media Space”, Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, New York, July 2010.

[IT.5] “The Family Window: The Design and Evaluation of a Domestic Media Space”, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 2010.

[IT.4] “Moving Media Spaces Into The Home With The Family Window”, Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, New York, Aug 2009.

[IT.3] “Bridging the gap between analysis and design in interactive systems development”, Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, New York, Jun 2009.

[IT.2] “Grad School 101”, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, Sept 2009.

[IT.1] “Finding a Research Topic”, CRA-W Grad Cohort, San Mateo, California, Mar 2009.

Awards and Honors

• Davenport Fellowship for Academic Excellence and Leadership, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, Feb 2011
• CHI 2010 Best Paper Nomination, awarded to top 5% of accepted papers, April 2010
• Davenport Fellowship for Academic Excellence and Leadership, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, Mar 2010
• Nominated as Outstanding Student in College of Engineering, Virginia Tech, Jan 2010
• Pratt Fellowship for Academic Excellence and Service to the Department, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Mar 2009
• AMIA 2006 Best Paper Nomination, awarded to top 5% of accepted papers
• President’s Merit Award (Malaysia) for Academic Excellence (top 1% out of 10,000 students), May 2001

Research Grants

• Research grant from Kodak in the amount of $40,000, to conduct research on domestic media spaces (focus of PhD research), Oct 2009
• Graduate Research Development Project Award in the amount of $500, to conduct PhD research, Mar 2009

Scholarships

• Association for Women in Computing (AWC) Scholarship in the amount of $1000, to attend Grace Hopper Celebration of Women In Computing (GHC) 2010, Oct 2010
• Association for Women in Computing (AWC) Scholarship in the amount of $1000, to attend GHC 2009, Oct 2009
• Computer Research Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) Scholarship in the amount of $1000, to attend CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshop at SIGCSE 2009, Mar 2009
• CRA-W Scholarship in the amount of $1500, to attend CRA-W Grad Cohort, Mar 2009
• Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) Scholarship in the amount of $1500, to attend GHC 2008, Oct 2008
• CRA-W Scholarship in the amount of $1500, to attend CRA-W Grad Cohort, Mar 2008
• CRA-W Scholarship in the amount of $1500, to attend CRA-W Grad Cohort, Mar 2007
• Government of Malaysia Scholarship in the amount of $200,000, awarded to top 1% of students, for pursuing Bachelor’s degree, Aug 2002 – May 2006

Technical Skills

User Research

• Lab based studies, ethnography, contextual inquiry, observations, videos, surveys, logs, open coding

Prototyping and Design

• Scenarios, personas, storyboards, wireframes, Wizard of Oz, paper prototyping, rapid prototyping, participatory design, design recommendations

Usability Evaluations

• Cognitive walkthrough, heuristic evaluation, quantitative & qualitative user studies, lab & field evaluations

Programming Languages

• Java, C#, C++, HTML, CSS, SQL

Professional Activities

Conference Program Committee

• ACM Conference of Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011) Work In Progress

Workshop Organizer

• ACM Group Conference (GROUP 2010)
• ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2010)

Reviewer

• ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011)
• International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS 2010)
• ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2010)
• Students & Technology in Academia, Research and Service Celebration (STARS 2009)

Student Volunteer

• ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011)
• ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009)
• ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2009)
• ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2008)

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech

• CS 1604 Introduction to the Internet – online course (Fall 2008)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech

Planned and conducted weekly programming labs, graded assignments and tests, conducted in-class activities, and sometimes lectured:

• CS 1705 Introduction to Object Oriented Development 1 – Undergraduate course  (Spring 2009)
• CS 1706 Introduction to Object Oriented Development 2 – Undergraduate course (Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007)

Students Advised

• Steven Probus, BS in Computer Science (Jan 2009 – May 2009). Conducted undergraduate research funded by STARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research and Service). Led to poster [P.1] and 3^rd place in the 2009 Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research Symposium.

• Andrew Forsman, BS in Computer Science (Aug 2008 – May 2009). Conducted undergraduate research funded by STARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research and Service). Led to poster [P.1] and 3^rd place in the 2009 Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research Symposium.

• Luis Rivera, BS in Computer Science (Aug 2008 – May 2009). Conducted undergraduate research funded by STARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research and Service). Led to poster [P.1] and 3^rd place in the 2009 Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Leadership and Service

Computer Science Graduate Council, Virginia Tech

• President, May 2009 – May 2010
• Graduate Student Representative to the Graduate Program Committee (GPC), Aug 2007 – May 2009
• Advertising Chair, Aug 2006 – Aug 2007

Association for Women in Computing (AWC), Virginia Tech

• Treasurer, May 2008 – May 2009
• Advertising Chair, May 2007 – May 2008

Students & Technology in Academia, Research and Service (STARS), Virginia Tech

• Mentor to 3 undergraduate students, Aug 2008 – May 2009

Women in Computer Science (WICS), University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Undergraduate Chairperson, Aug 2005 – May 2006

Professional Memberships

• Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA)
• ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
• San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the ACM SIGCHI (BayCHI)
• Member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), National Computer Science Honor Society

Press Coverage

• May 2010, www.wired.com, “Future Geeky Gadgets to Connect Families“.
• March 2009, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, “C.S. Doctoral Candidate Invited To Be Speaker at CRA-W Grad Cohort“.
• February 2009, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, “Spring 2009 CSRC Career Night“.