Anne Marie Piper

I am a graduate student in Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. I work with the Distributed Cognition and Human-Computer Interaction Lab at UCSD. My research is advised by Jim Hollan and focuses on human-computer interaction. More specifically, I am interested the cognitive, social, and pedagogical affordances of large multimodal multitouch display systems. My recent projects explore surface computing for small group learning, facilitating communication between a Deaf patient and a hearing doctor, and supporting older adults in health care communication. I am currently conducting field research at a local retirement community to understand how surface computing and other multimodal technologies might support various forms of speech and language therapy for seniors.

Before returning to graduate school in 2007, I worked in industry for a couple years. I worked at Microsoft as a researcher on their new multitouch tabletop system, Microsoft Surface. Then I conducted research at LeapFrog on the FLY Fusion Pentop Computer, a computationally enhanced digital pen. I received my BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and my MA in Education from Stanford University.

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