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EDUCATION	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. in Computer Science 2005 – present B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science Cum Laude and Highest Distinction, Mathematics Dept. 1997 – 2001
EXPERIENCE	University of Illinois research assistant 2006 – present Conduct social media and visualization research. IBM Research research intern Summer 2007 Designed and developed system to allow users to collaboratively collect data for Many Eyes. Fermilab Lead Developer Aug 2004 – Dec 2005 Served as lead developer for Quarknet/Grid, a collaborative learning project by Fermilab and The University of Chicago. Lawrence Livermore National Lab computer scientist Jul 2001 – Jul 2002 Analyzed computer and social networks; developed visualizations of very large graphs. NovaNet software engineer Feb 1999 – May 2001 Developed distance education software.
TEACHING	CS 598: Social Visualization Fall 2007 Teaching assistant for Prof. Karrie Karahalios. CS 105: Introduction to Computing Spring 2007 Teaching assistant for Prof. Marsha Woodbury. Ranked as top University instructor by students. Teach For America Jul 2002 – Jul 2004 Served as member of national service corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in under-resourced urban and rural public schools. Taught on the South Side of Chicago, developing my school’s first college-prep Computer Science curriculum.
PAPERS	Understanding Deja Reviewers Eric Gilbert and Karrie Karahalios Proc. CSCW, 2010 best paper nominee Predicting Tie Strength With Social Media Eric Gilbert and Karrie Karahalios Proc. CHI, 2009 awarded best paper Blogs Are Echo Chambers: Blogs Are Echo Chambers Eric Gilbert, Tony Bergstrom and Karrie Karahalios Proc. HICSS, 2009 Using Social Visualization to Motivate Social Production Eric Gilbert and Karrie Karahalios IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 2009 The Network in the Garden: An Empirical Analysis of Social Media in Rural Life Eric Gilbert, Karrie Karahalios and Christian Sandvig Proc. CHI, 2008 awarded best paper Visualization Annotation at Internet Scale Eric Gilbert and Karrie Karahalios Social Data Analysis Workshop, CHI 2008 CodeSaw: A Social Visualization of Distributed Software Development Eric Gilbert and Karrie Karahalios Proc. Interact, 2007 The Social Implications of an Assisted Living Reminder System Bedoor AlShebli, Eric Gilbert and Karrie Karahalios Proc. HCI International, 2007 Exploring Passive Social Wearables with Gossip Eric Gilbert, Matthew Yapchaian and Karrie Karahalios Shared Encounters Workshop, CHI 2007 LifeSource: Two CVS Visualizations Eric Gilbert and Karrie Karahalios Extended Abstracts, CHI 2006 The QuarkNet/Grid Collaborative Learning e-Lab Marge Bardeen, Eric Gilbert, et al. Future Generation Computer Systems, The International Journal of Grid Computing: Theory, Methods and Applications, 2005
SERVICE	Committee chi wip pc 2009 Reviewer chi 2006 – present cscw 2006 – present hicss 2006 – present iui 2007 uist 2009 infovis 2007 Member acm 2006 – present ieee 2006 – present acm sigchi 2006 – present
VOLUNTEER	National Society of Black Engineers Tutor 1999 – 2001 Provided weekly support in mathematics. Expanding Your Horizons Conference Workshop Leader October 2001 Lead workshop at conference to encourage young women to pursue careers in science and technology.
AWARDS	ACM CSCW Best Paper Nominee 2010 Google Fellowship 2009 C. W. Gear Outstanding Graduate Student Award 2009 ACM CHI Best Paper Award 2009 ACM CHI Best Paper Award 2008 Verizon Fellowship 2007 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention 2005 William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition: Top 5% 1999 National Merit Scholarship 1997 – 2001 UIUC James Scholar 1997 – 2000 First United Bank Technical Scholarship 1997 – 2001