I am a Computer Science Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois. I work in Human-Computer Interaction because, in general, I like people more than I like computers.

Karrie Karahalios advises me, and I am a member of her Social Spaces group. Before coming to UIUC, I worked as a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab doing (social and computer) network analysis. Then I taught high school for two years, working on the South Side of Chicago as a member of Teach For America. In 2004, I worked for Fermilab building a collaboratory for high schools students to do real science.

In my spare time I enjoy the outdoors and appreciating (and sometimes making) music. I have loved bluegrass music most of my life. I grew up south of Chicago, and although most people do not understand why, I really enjoy the Midwest. I would also wager that I harbored the dream of becoming a professional baseball player longer than most academics. And, I have a very cute puppy named Penny.

Email: @cs.uiuc.edu egilber2