DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS

Faculty

Geoffrey Bowker: Values in design, social studies of databases, science and technology studies

Yunan Chen: Medical informatics, human-computer interaction

Paul Dourish: Human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work

Daniel Frost: Artificial intelligence, software engineering, computer graphics, teaching of programming

Judith Gregory: Values in design, translational biomedical informatics, participatory design, design and emotion

Gillian Hayes: Interactive and collaborative technology, human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, educational technology, ubiquitous computing

Mizuko "Mimi" Ito: Ethnography, game studies, youth culture, learning sciences, online communities

James A. Jones: Software engineering, software testing and analysis, debugging and fault localization, static and dynamic analysis, software visualization

David G. Kay: Computer law, computer science education

Cory Knobel: Interactive and collaborative technology, values in design, modes of knowledge representation, philosophy of science and technology

Alfred Kobsa: User modeling, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, interdisciplinary computer science

Cristina Videira Lopes: Programming languages, acoustic communications, operating systems, software engineering

Gloria Mark: Computer-supported cooperative work, human-computer interaction

Melissa Mazmanian: Computer-mediated communication, organization studies, information and communication technologies in practice, social response to emerging technologies, work/non-work negotiations in the information age

Bonnie Nardi: Computer-supported collaborative work, human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication, user studies methods, activity theory, cultural responses to technology development

Gary Olson: Interactive and collaborative technology, human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work

Judy Olson: Interactive and collaborative technology, human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work

Donald J. Patterson: Ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, intelligent context for situated computing

Richard Pattis: Microworlds for teaching programming, debugging, computational tools for non-computer scientists

David F. Redmiles: Design environments, human-computer interaction, usability engineering, knowledge-based support

Debra J. Richardson: Software engineering; program testing; life-cycle validation; software environments

Thomas A. Standish: Software testing and analysis, software semantics and epistemology, programming and cognition, and software comprehension

Richard Taylor: Software engineering, user interfaces, environments, team support

Bill Tomlinson: Environmental informatics, educational technology, computer graphics/visualization/digital arts

André van der Hoek: Software engineering

Hadar Ziv: Software testing, requirements engineering, Bayesian modeling

The faculty in the Department of Informatics also contribute to the Informatics concentration in the ICS graduate program. This includes the General track, Interactive and Collaborative Technology track, and Ubiquitous Computing track.

Affiliated Faculty

Christopher Dobrian: Electronic music, composition

Magda El Zarki: Telecommunications, networks, wireless communication, video transmission

Tony Givargis: Embedded systems, platform-based system-on-a-chip design, low-power electronics

Vijay Gurbaxani: Economics of information systems management, impact of information technology on organization and market structure

Peter Krapp: Digital culture, media theory, cultural memory, history, and theory of artificial worlds

Robert Nideffer: Electronic intermedia, interface theory and design, technology and culture, contemporary social theory

Simon Penny: Robotic sculpture, interactive environments, electronic media, art practice history, and critical theory

Kavita Philip: Science and technology studies, South Asian studies, political ecology, critical studies of race, gender, colonialism, new media, and globalization

Alladi Venkatesh: Social impacts of information technology, Internet and the New Economy, Smart Home technologies, children and multimedia

Mark Warschauer: Language, literacy, technology