Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction, Aug 2004 – present
Human-Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Advised by Anind K. Dey and Jodi Forlizzi

B.S. in Computer Science, 1999 – 2004
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, 1999 – 2004
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Refereed Full Conference Papers

Ian Li, Anind Dey, and Jodi Forlizzi. A Stage-Based Model of Personal Informatics Systems. CHI 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010. (pdf)

Ian Li, Jeff Nichols, Tessa Lau, Clemens Drews, and Allen Cypher. Here's What I Did: Sharing and Reusing Web Activity with ActionShot. CHI 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010. (pdf)

Ian Li, Jodi Forlizzi, Anind Dey, and Sara Kiesler. My Agent as Myself or Another: Effects on Credibility and Listening to Advice. DPPI 2007, Helsinki, Finland, 2007, pp. 194-208. (pdf)

Anind Dey, Raffay Hamid, Chris Beckmann, Ian Li, and Daniel Hsu. a CAPpella: Programming by Demonstration of Context-Aware Applications. CHI 2004, Vienna, Austria, 2004, pp. 33-40. (pdf)

Refereed Short Conference Papers

Ian Li. Designing Personal Informatics Applications and Tools that Facilitate Monitoring of Behaviors. UIST 2009 Doctoral Symposium, Victoria, BC, Canada, 2009. (pdf)

Ian Li. Beyond Counting Steps: Using Context to Improve Monitoring of Physical Activity. Ubicomp 2009 Doctoral Colloquium, Orlando, FL, 2009. (pdf)

Gary Hsieh, Ian Li, Anind Dey, Jodi Forlizzi, and Scott Hudson. Using Visualizations to Increase Compliance in Experience Sampling. Ubicomp 2008, Seoul, Korea, 2008, pp. 164-167. (pdf)

Scott Davidoff, Carson Bloomberg, Ian Li, Jennifer Mankoff, and Susan Fussell. The Book as User Interface: Lowering the Entry Cost to Email for Elders. CHI 2005, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 1331-1334. (pdf)

Refereed Workshop Papers

Ian Li, Anind K. Dey, and Jodi Forlizzi. Using Contextual Information to Improve Awareness of Physical Activity. Engaging Data 2009, Boston, MA, 2009. (pdf)

Ian Li, Jodi Forlizzi, Anind Dey, and Sara Kiesler. When the Interface is the User's Face: Ideas for Research and Applications. CHI 2006 Workshop on HCI and the Face, Montreal, Canada, 2006. (pdf)

Ian Li, Anind K. Dey, and Jodi Forlizzi. Monitoring and Feedback to Increase Awareness of Exercise Activities. Ubicomp 2005 Workshop on Monitoring, Measuring, and Motivating Exercise: Ubiquitous Computing to Support Physical Fitness, Tokyo, Japan, 2005. (pdf)

Refereed Invited Articles

Ian Li, Anind K. Dey, and Jodi Forlizzi. Grafitter: Leveraging Social Media for Self-Reflection. Crossroads, 16(2), 2009, pp. 12-13. (pdf)

Institute for the Future Health Horizons 2010
"Holistic and Human-Centered: Towards Making Better Self-Tracking Tools"
San Francisco, CA
June 17, 2010

Proteus Biomedical, Inc.
"Personal Informatics and HCI"
Redwood City, CA
June 2, 2010

Intel Santa Clara
"Personal Informatics and HCI"
Santa Clara, CA
June 1, 2010

Personal Informatics & HCI: Design, Theory, and Social Implications, CHI 2011 Workshop
Co-organized with Anind K. Dey, Jodi Forlizzi, Kristina Höök, and Yevgeniy Medynskiy.
CHI 2011 Workshop, to be held in May 2011.

Know Thyself: Monitoring and Reflecting on Facets of One's Life, CHI 2010 Workshop
Co-organized with Anind K. Dey and Jodi Forlizzi.
CHI 2010 Workshop, Atlanta, GA in April 2010.

Carnegie Mellon University

Basic Interaction Design (05-650), Spring 2009
Teaching Assistant for Jodi Forlizzi and Eric Paulos
Lectured on the organization of user interface systems. Assisted students in developing their assignments.

Prototyping User Interfaces (05-630), Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant for Anind Dey
Lectured on the organization of user interface systems. Assisted students in developing their assignments.

University of Washington

Computer Graphics (CSE 457), Fall 2001
Teaching Assistant for Zoran Popovic
As a junior, taught and assisted senior students with programming four graphics projects using C++ and the OpenGL graphics library.

University of Washington Upward Bound Program, Seattle, WA
Teaching Assistant, Oct 1999 – Aug 2000
Taught high school students the fundamentals of web development. Coached group of students that received first place in a web site competition.

Carnegie Mellon University Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate Student Researcher, Aug 2004 – present
Building technologies to help people be more aware of their behavior. Conducted ethnography of adults who have lost weight or trying to lose weight. Developed experiment on the effects of using one's own face as an interface.

IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA
Graduate Student Intern, Sep 2008 – Dec 2008
Created a Firefox extensions that visualizes user's past browser actions to assist them to find sequences of actions to automate.

University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering, Seattle, WA
Research Assistant for Richard Anderson, Apr 2003 – Jun 2004
Developed a user interface feature to facilitate previewing of slides in a filmstrip interface. Started feature to visually differentiate handwritten notes.

University of Washington Department of Psychology, Seattle, WA
Research Assistant for Yuichi Shoda, Sep 2003 – Jun 2004
Developed and maintained chat room used for a psychology study on the male and female conception of sexuality and friendship.

University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research Intern for Anind K. Dey, Summer 2003
Researched and designed the interface for a CAPpella, a tool to program context-aware applications by demonstration. Created a paper prototype to test preliminary designs of interface.

CarDomain Networks, Inc., Kirkland, WA
Software Engineer Intern, Jun 2001 – Sep 2001
Analyzed features of web-based product review systems and designed company's first product review system (still in use today) and first price-matching system.

UW Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Seattle, WA
Web Developer, Dec 1999 – Jun 2001
Balanced technical and artistic abilities to implement and design a web site with more than 500 pages used by thousands of prospective students every year. Studied teachings of Edward Tufte and Jakob Nielsen.

IMPACT, Fall Semester 2005 – present
Profs. Anind Dey and Jodi Forlizzi, Carnegie Mellon University
Exploring motivating users to be more physically active through monitoring and providing relevant information back to the user. Conducting ethnography of people who are trying to lose or who have lost weight. Classified 40 physical monitoring devices.

Grafitter, Spring Semester 2009 – present
Created a web site that leverages communication and sharing media to facilitate daily recording of personal behavioral information which is graphed on the web site for reflection. Winner of the 2009 Smiley Award.

MoodJam, Fall Semester 2005 – present
Developing a system that collects and displays information about the moods of people in a collocated area. Winner of two 2006 Google Gadget Awards: "Prettiest gadget" and "Gadget most likely to get you a date."

My Agent as Myself or Another, Fall Semester 2004 – Fall Semester 2005
Profs. Jodi Forlizzi, Anind Dey, and Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University
Explored the effect of agents that resemble the users on advice taking. Developed face-creation software and conducted experiments and analysis.

ElderMail, Fall Semester 2004
Prof. Jennifer Mankoff, Carnegie Mellon University
Built a device for the elderly that simplifies sending e-mail to family and friends. The interface uses a book metaphor: each task is represented with tabs and within each tab are pages that represent the steps in accomplishing the chosen task.

Electronic Placemat, Sep 2003 – Jun 2004
Prof. Richard Anderson, University of Washington
Conducted senior research project on a pen-based children's application that allows play of pen-and-paper games, like tic-tac-toe and hangman. Winner of EIP/McNair Presidential Scholarship (one year tuition + stipend)

Smiley Award for Grafitter, 2009

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2007

Google Gadget Awards for MoodJam, 2006

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2004

Mary Gates Research Training Grant, $1500/quarter for 3 quarters, 2004

EIP/McNair Presidential Scholarship, one-year tuition, 2003

Mary Gates Research Training Grant, one-quarter tuition, 2002

Computer Science and Engineering Award for Excellence, 2001

Nellie Martin Carman Scholarship, $1500/year for 4 years, 1999

Florence E. Carkeek Scholarship, $2500/year for 4 years, 1999

Washington State Scholar, tuition for 4 years, 1999

Anind K. Dey
Assistant Professor, Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
[email protected]

Jodi Forlizzi
Professor, Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
[email protected]

Sara Kiesler
Professor, Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
[email protected]

Richard Anderson
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
P.O. 352350, Seattle, WA 98195-2350
[email protected]