Colloquium - Churchill

In this talk I will talk about past, current and future work in the Internet Experiences Group at Yahoo! Research. I will demo a number of prototypes including Zync which enables real time sharing of video in instant messenger and 4cast, an alpha prototype that supports social predictions. In each case, I will talk about the inspiration behind as well as the evaluation of these prototypes and products.

Dr. Elizabeth Churchill is a Principal Research Scientist and manager of the Internet Experiences group at Yahoo! Research. Originally a psychologist by training, throughout her career Elizabeth has focused on understanding the ways in which people interact -- whether their interactions are primarily face to face or are technologically mediated. She has published within the areas of theoretical and applied psychology, cognitive science, human-computer interaction and computer supported cooperative work. Elizabeth has a BSc in Experimental Psychology, an MSc in Knowledge Based Systems, both from the University of Sussex, and a PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Cambridge. She regularly teaches at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information. In 2010, she was recognised as a Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computing Machinery. She is the current Vice President of the Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SigCHI).