Gregory Abowd

Gregory Dominic Abowd

Gregory Abowd in Sydney, Australia
Born September 12, 1964
Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Residence Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Citizenship  United States
Nationality American
Fields Human-Computer Interaction,
Ubiquitous Computing,
Software Engineering,
Human-Centered Computing
Institutions Georgia Tech,
GVU Center,
Health Systems Institute
Alma mater University of Oxford,
University of Notre Dame
Doctoral students Kurt Stirewalt, Anind Dey, Jennifer Mankoff, Jason Brotherton, Bob Waters, Heather Richter, Khai Truong, Lonnie Harvel, Giovanni Iachello, Kristine Nagel, Gillian Hayes, Jay Summet, Julie Kientz, Shwetak Patel, Mario Romero, Erich Stuntebeck
Known for ubiquitous computing, human-computer interaction, software engineering, technology and autism
Notable awards ACM Fellow, CHI Academy, CHI Social Impact Award, NSF CAREER Award

Gregory Dominic Abowd is a computer scientist best known for his work in ubiquitous computing, software engineering, and technologies for autism. He is a distinguished professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he joined the faculty in 1994.

Biography

Personal life

Gregory Abowd was born on September 12, 1964 and raised in Farmington Hills, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Honors Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 1986. He attended the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom as a Rhodes Scholar, where he received his M.Sc. in 1987 and his D.Phil. in 1991, both in the field of Computation.

He was a research associate from 1989 to 1992 at the University of York and a postdoctoral research associate from 1992 to 1994 at Carnegie Mellon University. In 1994, he became a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he remains today.[1] Abowd is married to Dr. Meghan Burke, and they have three children, Aidan, Blaise, and Mary Catherine. Two of Abowd's children have been diagnosed with autism, which has been a primary inspiration for much of his technology and autism research agenda.

Professional career

Abowd's published work is primarily in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Software Engineering, and Computer Supported Cooperative Work. He is particularly known for his work in ubiquitous computing, where he has made contributions in the areas of automated capture and access, context-aware computing, and smart home technologies. Abowd's research primarily has an applications focus, where he has worked to develop systems for health care, education, the home, and individuals with autism.

At Georgia Tech, he teaches in the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing. He is a member of the GVU Center and directs the Ubiquitous Computing and Autism and Technology research groups. Abowd was the founding Director of the Aware Home Research Initiative and is Executive Director of the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech. In 2008, he founded the Atlanta Autism Consortium, a group of researchers interested in autism in Atlanta, Georgia. He is one of the authors of Human-Computer Interaction (Prentice Hall), a popular human-computer interaction textbook.[2]

Abowd's contributions to the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Ubiquitous Computing have been recognized through his numerous awards and extensive published work. In 2008, he was named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, one of the top honors for computer science researchers.[3] Within the field of Human-Computer Interaction, he has been recognized at the CHI Conference, the most prestigious publication venue in HCI, as a top researcher through induction to the CHI Academy in 2008 and was awarded the Social Impact Award in 2007.[4][5] He is also one of the most prolific authors in computer science and in the field of Human-Computer Interaction.[6][7]

Selected bibliography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Georgia Tech Directory for Gregory Abowd
  2. ↑ Human Computer Interaction - 3rd Edition
  3. ↑ 2008 ACM Fellows
  4. ↑ SIGCHI 2008 Awards
  5. ↑ SIGCHI 2007 Awards
  6. ↑ DBLP Most Prolific Authors
  7. ↑ HCI Bibliography Most Frequent Authors

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