D. SCOTT MCCRICKARD
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
118 VTKW II (or 104 McBryde Hall)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg VA 24061-0106
Tel 540-231-6698
Fax 540-231-6075
Email: mccricks@cs.vt.edu
URL: http://www.cs.vt.edu/~mccricks/
Office Hours: By appointment.
Research Interests:
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Notification Systems
- Interfaces for Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Devices
- Peripheral and Secondary Displays
- Design Reuse in HCI
My research vision is to lead the emergence
of the notification systems research field
to a position marked by cohesive community effort,
scientific method, and focus on relevant,
real-world problems--providing improved system interfaces
and engineering processes.
I work on both the process and application side in advancing
this emerging domain. My process side work focuses on ways
to capture, share, and reuse interface design knowlege.
My applications build on our SeeVT location awareness framework
for mobile devices (tablet PCs, handhelds, and mobile phones).
Visit my research group page
for more details about my research directions,
and view a list of my publications
(most can be downloaded)
that have emerged from my research and teaching efforts.
I'm always interested in working with motivated students at all levels:
undergrad, Masters, Ph.D.
I co-founded and co-direct the VTURCS
and REU Site
undergraduate research programs
to encourage undergrads to become involved in research,
and for undergraduate students wanting to work with me,
I sponsor several projects through the program.
Grad students and others wishing to collaborate should send me email
or come by during my office hours.
I'm actively working to promote research within the CHI community.
In 2007, I was the ACM SIGCHI Work-in-Progress co-chair
with Catalina Danis.
Together with JJ Cadiz, Mary Czerwinski, and John Stasko
I co-organized a workshop at the 2003 ACM SIGCHI Conference on
Providing Elegant Peripheral Awareness.
Also, I was a guest editor with Mary Czerwinski and Lyn Bartram
for an IJHCS special issue on the
Design and Evaluation of Notification User Interfaces
that appeared in May 2003.
I'm also actively promoting greater inclusion of women and minorities
into HCI and computer science.
I am director for the Center for HCI's summer
REU Site program,
with a number of minority and women's colleges acting as partners.
I am co-PI on an NSF Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
program led by North Carolina A&T State University to establish
an alliance between minority universities and research universities
for collaborative education and research.
Together with Ph.D. student Laurian Hobby,
we have assembled a
collection of online material to help women and minorities have an
enjoyable and productive educational experience in our department.
We're also working with the NSF Advance program on
online dissemination of materials
related to the participation of women in science and engineering
in graduate education.
Fall 2007 Semester Teaching Schedule:
- Tu 6:30-8
Research Methods (NSF BPC multi-university course)
Prior Classes:
- Fall 2005, Spring 2003, Spring 2002:
CS/ISE 5714 Usability Engineering
- Fall 2007, Fall 2004:
CS 5724 Models and Theories of HCI
- Fall 2006:
CS 5764 Information Visualization
- Spring 2004, Spring 2003:
CS 6724 Design and Software Reuse in HCI
- Fall 2000:
CS 6724 Communicating Information Using Peripheral Displays
- Spring 2001, Fall 2001:
CS 2604 Data Structures and File Processing
- Fall 2003:
CS 3604 Professionalism
- Fall 2007, Spring 2006 (2 sections),
Spring 2005 (2 sections), Fall 2003, Fall 2002, Fall 2001:
CS 3724 Introduction to Human Computer Interaction
Education:
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Ph.D., Computer Science, August 2000,
Georgia Institute of Technology
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M.S., Computer Science, December 1995,
Georgia Institute of Technology
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B.S., Mathematical Sciences/Computer Science emphasis, May 1992,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill