Rebecca Grinter

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Rebecca Elizabeth Grinter
Born
Norwich, England
Citizenship American
Alma mater University of Leeds
University of California, Irvine
Scientific career
Fields Human-computer interaction
CSCW
Institutions Bell Labs
PARC
Georgia Tech
GVU Center
Doctoral advisor Jonathan Grudin
Notable students Andrea Grimes Parker

Rebecca Elizabeth "Beki" Grinter is a professor in the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). She is affiliated with the RIM@GT, the GVU Center and the Scheller College of Business. Grinter's research lies generally in the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). She has chaired and published papers in top-tier academic conferences in these fields. Her research and expert opinion on technology have also been reported in major news media sources.

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Biography

Early life and education

Grinter was born in Norwich, England, UK, and attended the City of Norwich School and Hethersett High School. [1] She pursued undergraduate studies at the University of Leeds, graduating in 1991 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science. Following this, Grinter received an EPSRC fellowship to study at the University of California, Irvine, where she earned a M.S. (1994) and a Ph.D. (1996), both in Information and Computer Science. [1] As a graduate student, Grinter was influenced by David Parnas, whose work in software engineering spoke to Grinter's burgeoning interest in the relationship between humans and software. [2] Grinter's dissertation, titled, "Understanding Dependencies: A Study of the Coordination Challenges in Software Development", was chaired by Jonathan Grudin. [3]

Research career

Upon receiving her Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, Grinter worked at Bell Labs in Naperville, Illinois as a Technical Staff Member from 1996 to 2000. She then left Bell Labs to accept a position as a Research Staff Member at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) from 2000 to 2004. At PARC, Grinter supervised a study of iTunes use in the workplace [4] whose results were reported in The Washington Post , [5] the San Francisco Chronicle , [6] and other major news outlets. One of the study's contributions was to show that "playlist anxiety" occurs in the workplace and not only in collegiate settings. [7] In 2004, Grinter transitioned from industrial to academic research and joined the faculty of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech as an associate professor. [1] [8] [9] At Georgia Tech, she founded and currently directs the Work2Play Lab in the GVU Center. [9] In 2006, Grinter served as the Research Papers Co-chair for CHI, the most prestigious academic conference in the field of HCI. [10] Her research and expert opinion on technology have been reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , [11] [12] MSNBC, [13] and CNN. [14]

Research interests

Grinter's research lies generally in the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). Her earlier work dealt with the challenges of distributed software engineering, while her more recent work has focused on HCI, CSCW, and ubiquitous computing applications beyond the workplace, including instant messaging and SMS usage among teenagers, museum visitor behavior, technologies for religion, and domestic computing opportunities. Grinter is a proponent of qualitative and empirical research methods, often conducting interviews and ethnographic studies to understand intersections between humans and technologies. [15] One of Grinter's best-known publications, "Instant Messaging in Teen Life", [16] coauthored with Leysia Palen, was reported as one of the 15 most-downloaded papers on the ACM Digital Library for the year of 2006. [17] [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Grinter, Beki. "Beki: Academic" . Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  2. ↑ Grinter, Rebecca E. (2008). "The Work to Make Software Work". In Erickson, Thomas; McDonald, David W. (eds.). HCI Remixed: Essays on Works That Have Influenced the HCI Community . Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press. pp.  97–101. ISBN   9780262050883.
  3. ↑ Grinter, Rebecca E. (1996). Understanding dependencies: a study of the coordination challenges in software development (phd). University of California, Irvine . Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  4. ↑ Voida, Amy; Grinter, Rebecca E.; Ducheneaut, Nicolas; Edwards, W. Keith; Newman, Mark W. (2005). "Listening In: Practices Surrounding iTunes Music Sharing". Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005. Association for Computing Machinery: 191–200.
  5. ↑ MacMillan, Robert (2005-04-18). "Test Your Personality, Digitally". Washingtonpost.com . Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  6. ↑ Evangelista, Benny (2005-04-18). "You are what's on your playlist". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  7. ↑ Borland, John (2005-04-06). "Got playlist anxiety? You're not alone". CNET Networks . Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  8. ↑ "Georgia Tech College of Computing Adds Two New Female Faculty Members". Women@CC. 2004. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  9. 1 2 Grinter, Beki. "Information". Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  10. ↑ "CHI 2006 Conference Committee". ACM SIGCHI. 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  11. ↑ Fernandez, Don (2006-01-25). "Atlantans embrace wireless lifestyle". Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  12. ↑ Pearson, Michael (2006-06-17). "Family vacation plans take high-tech journey". Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  13. ↑ "Roombas fill an emotional vacuum for owners". NBC News. 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  14. ↑ Walton, Marsha (2006-11-01). "Web reaches new milestone: 100 million sites". CNN.com . Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  15. ↑ "Beki Grinter". Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
  16. ↑ Grinter, Rebecca E.; Palen, Leysia (2002). "Instant messaging in teen life". Proceedings of the 2002 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work. Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 21–30. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.15.1070 . doi:10.1145/587078.587082. ISBN   978-1581135602. S2CID   3131066.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  17. ↑ Crawford, Diane (March 2007). Crawford, Diane (ed.). "Top 10 Downloads from ACM's Digital Library". Communications of the ACM . 50 (3): 101–102. doi:10.1145/1226736.1226770. S2CID   31742381.
  18. ↑ "Study on Popularity of IM Technology with Teens Receives Top Hits for 2006". Instant Messaging in Teen Life (Press release). Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing. 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
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