Curriculum Vitae
Education
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA
- Ph.D., Computer Science, 1999
- M.S., Computer Science, 1997
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ
- B.S.E., Computer Science, 1994 (summa cum laude)
Employment
Drexel University,
Philadelphia, PA
- Associate Professor (2007-)
- Assistant Professor (2001-2007)
Nissan Cambridge Basic
Research, Cambridge, MA
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (1999-2001)
Honors
Outstanding Teaching Award, Drexel University College of Engineering, 2008
Best of CHI Paper Award Honorable Mention, ACM CHI Conference, 2007
Best Poster Award, International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, 2006
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002-2007
Fred Burggraf Award for excellence by a young researcher, Transportation
Research Board, 2002
[presented by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta]
Siegel-Wolf Award for Best Applied Paper, International Conference
on Cognitive Modeling, 2001
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1994-1997
Junior and Senior Prize for highest achievement in Computer
Science, Princeton University, 1993-1994
George A. Miller Prize for best Cognitive Science independent
study, Princeton University, 1994
Joseph Elgin Prize for service in the community, Princeton University, 1994
Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, Princeton University, 1994
Class of 1883 English Prize for best essay by a first-year engineer,
Princeton University, 1991
Research Interests
Cognitive architectures, computational cognitive modeling
Driving, driver distraction, integrated driver modeling, driver intent recognition
Human-computer interaction, multimodal interfaces, eye movements, automated data analysis
Publications
(Please see my Publications page.)
Patents
"Method and system for intention estimation and operation assistance," with N. Kuge & T. Yamamura. United States Patent #7,349,767. [Submitted December 2004; Issued March 2008]
Grants
Defining Virtual Reality Driving in Traumatic Brain Injury (2007-2011), with M. Schultheis [PI]. National Institutes of Health, $991,769. [Co-PI, 15%]
Multitasking and Learning in a Cognitive Architecture (2005-2008). Office of Naval Research, $336,811. [PI]
ITR: Rapid Evaluation of User Interfaces in Multitasking
Environments (2004-2008), with F. Lee. National Science Foundation,
$1,000,000. [PI]
An Integrated Approach to Tracking Driver Cognitive State
(2003-2004), with A. Shokoufandeh. Nissan Motor Company, $60,000. [PI]
Modeling Human Multitasking in the ACT-R Cognitive Architecture
(2002-2005). Office of Naval Research, $278,014. [PI]
Using a Cognitive Architecture to Track Driver Cognitive State
(2002-2003). Nissan Motor Company, $60,000. [PI]
Rapid Prototyping and Evaluation of In-Vehicle Devices (2002-2004).
Ford Motor Company, $120,000. [PI]
Driving Simulator (2001). Nissan Motor Company, $14,000 (equipment
gift).
CAREER: A Computational Architecture for Tracking Cognitive
Processes (2002-2007). National Science Foundation, $336,063. [PI]
Invited Talks
Threaded cognition and driver distraction. Invited symposium, APA Annual Convention, Boston, MA: August 14-17, 2008.
Cognitive architectures and driving. Invited talk, Operator Performance Workshop, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: January 13, 2008.
An integrated theory of concurrent multitasking. Invited talk, Northeastern University, Boston, MA: November 7, 2007.
Modeling human multitasking in compound continuous tasks. Invited workshop, Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems, Saratoga Springs, NY: March 3-6, 2005.
The ACT-R driver model. Invited workshop, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2005, Washington, DC: January 9-13, 2005.
ACT-R and driving. Invited symposium, Cognitive Science 2004, Chicago, IL: August 5-7, 2004.
Predicting driver distraction with cognitive models. Invited seminar, Special Series on Cognitive Architectures, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA: March 22, 2004.
Predicting driver distraction with cognitive models. Invited talk, Southern New Jersey Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ: February 25, 2004.
Predicting driver distraction with cognitive models. Invited talk, Philadelphia Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, CHI Systems, Wayne, PA: February 18, 2004.
Interfacing ACT-R with external simulations. Invited symposium, ACT-R Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; July 26, 2003.
Predicting the effects of driver distraction: An integrated model approach. Invited talk, Cognitive Science Colloquia Series, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; January 17, 2003.
Modeling and predicting effects of multimodal support
systems on complex dynamic tasks. Invited talk, ONR Workshop, George
Mason University, Fairfax, VA; May 22-24, 2002.
Predicting the effects of driver distraction: An integrated
model approach. Invited talk, General Motors Research Laboratory,
Warren, MI; March 15, 2002.
Modeling driver distraction in a cognitive architecture. Invited
talk, Driver Distraction Workshop, Transportation Research Board
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC; January 13, 2002.
Modeling and predicting driver behavior in ACT-R. Invited talk,
Workshop on ACT-R Models of Human-System Interaction, Air Force
Research Laboratory, Mesa, AZ; January 10, 2002.
ACT-R in the real world. Invited commentary, ACT-R PGSS, Berkeley
Springs, WV; July 22, 2001.
Understanding driver distraction: Can cognitive modeling help?
Invited seminar, LowellCHI Group, University of Massachusetts,
Lowell, MA; May 17, 2001.
Predicting the effects of driver distraction by on-board devices:
An integrated model approach. Invited seminar, HCI Institute,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; March 14, 2001.
Eye-movement data analysis. Invited panel, Eye-Tracking Research
and Applications Symposium, Palm Beach, FL; November 5-8, 2000.
A domain-independent model of eye movements and visual encoding.
Invited talk, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; September
29, 2000.
Modeling driver behavior in a cognitive architecture. Invited
talk, Human Operator Modeling Group, MIT Man-Vehicle Laboratory,
Cambridge, MA; September 19, 2000.
What the driver's eye tells the car's brain (with A. Liu). Invited
symposium, International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden;
July 23-28, 2000.
Relating actions and intentions. Invited talk, Behavior Group,
MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA; May 9, 2000.
Toward machine understanding of user intent: Interpreting eye
movements with hidden Markov models. Invited talk, Just Research,
Pittsburgh, PA; May 13, 1999.
Implicit and explicit learning. Invited panel, ACT-R Workshop,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; August 4-5, 1997.
Other Presentations
Predicting driver distraction with cognitive models. Talk, Computer Science Seminar Series, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA: November, 2004.
Tracking driver intentions with the ACT-R driver model. Talk,
ACT-R Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; July
25-27, 2003.
Cognitive architectures for intelligent support systems. Panel
talk, ACT-R Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA; August 5-7, 2000.
ACT-R and driving. Talk, ACT-R Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA; August 5-7, 2000.
An ACT-R model of analogical mapping (with J. R. Anderson).
Talk, ACT-R Workshop, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; August
6-9, 1999.
Mapping eye movements to cognitive processes. Thesis defense,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; April 27, 1999.
Interpreting eye movements with process models. Talk and poster,
CHI 98 Doctoral Consortium and Conference, Los Angeles, CA; April,
1998.
Tracing eye-movement protocols with cognitive process models.
Talk, ACT-R Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA; July 18-21, 1998.
Analogical mapping as role retrieval. Talk, ACT-R Workshop,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; July 18-21, 1998.
Mapping eye movements to cognitive processes. Thesis proposal,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; November 19, 1997.
Relating cognitive processes and eye-movement protocols. Talk,
ACT-R Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; August
4-5, 1997.
Simple physics problem solving by analogy. Talk, ACT-R Workshop,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; June 29-30, 1996.
Teaching Interests
Human-computer interaction, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, introductory computer science
Teaching Experience
Associate Professor, Drexel University (2007 - Present)
Assistant Professor, Drexel University (2001 - 2007)
(Please see my Teaching page.)
Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Winter 2001)
Independent Activities: New Research in Vision and Action
Instructor, Carnegie Mellon University (Summer 1997, 1998)
ACT-R Summer School with Prof. John Anderson
Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University (Fall 1995, 1996)
Fundamentals of Computer Science II, Profs. Thomas Gross and Andrew
Moore
Teaching Assistant, Princeton University (Spring 1994)
Handwriting Recognition, Prof. Eric Ristad
Service Experience
Associate Editor, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2005-present
Editorial Board, Human Factors, 2008-present
Program Chair, Human Performance Modeling Technical Group (HPM-TG), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), 2006-2008
Program Committee, International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) 2007
Program Committee, American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Conference 2007
Program Committee, International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM) 2006
Tutorials Selection Committee, ACM CHI 2006
Executive Committee, Transportation Research Board for Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and Operator Performance (AND30)
Panel Organizer: Applications of cognitive architectures (with
K. A. Gluck). ACT-R Workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA; August 5-7, 2000.
Reviewer for journals including Human-Computer Interaction,
Cognitive Science, Human Factors, ACM Transactions
on Computer-Human Interaction, International Journal
of Human-Computer Studies, IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics, Psychometrika, Behavior
Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, Journal
of Vehicle System Dynamics, and Psychological Review
Reviewer for conferences including the ACM CHI Conference, the
Cognitive Science Society Conference, the International Conference
on Cognitive Modeling, and the Eye-Tracking Research and Applications
Symposium
Other Experience
Volunteer, Boston Cares (Spring 2000 - Spring 2001)
Admissions Committee Member, Carnegie Mellon University (Winter
1997)
Research Assistant, Princeton University (Summer 1993)
Programmer, Shared Medical Systems, Inc. (Summer 1992)
Volunteer Tutor, Princeton Public Library (Spring 1992-1994)
Media Mention
"Global brain conference in Trieste."
Il Piccolo; July 2006. (in Italian)
[Mentions work on cognitive modeling, with photo and quotes on Italian influences on research]
"Computer-aided brains."
Scientific American Mind, 16(3); October 2005.
[Mentions work on predicting driver distraction with cognitive models]
"Cellular phones."
Consumer Reports; February 2002.
[Mentions results of empirical study of driver distraction from cellular phones]
"For the future, click here..."
Science et Vie Micro, 166; December 1998.
[Mentions work on intelligent interfaces and "eye typing"]
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