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Objective

Research internship for summer 2010 in Human Computer Interaction with an emphasis on media space, computer

mediated communication, remote collaboration, CSCW, and user experience

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, (Expected) May 2011 Major: (3.95/4.0)

Master of Science, Computer Science, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, Dec 2009 Major: (3.95/4.0)

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Univ. of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI, May 2006 (3.40/4.0)

Selected Publications

Tejinder K. Judge, Carman Neustaedter, and Andrew Kurtz. The Family Window: The Design and Evaluation of a

Domestic Media Space. (Under review) Conference on Computer Human Interaction (CHI 2010).

Tejinder K. Judge and Carman Neustaedter. Sharing Conversation and Sharing Life: Video Conferencing in the

Home. (Under review) Conference on Computer Human Interaction (CHI 2010).

Carman Neustaedter, Anthony Tang and Tejinder K. Judge. The Role of Community and Groupware in Geocache

Creation and Maintenance. (Under review) Conference on Computer Human Interaction (CHI 2010).

Tejinder K. Judge, Pardha S. Pyla, D. Scott McCrickard, and Steve Harrison. Affinity Diagramming in Multiple

Display Environments. Workshop on Beyond the Laboratory: Supporting Authentic Collaboration with Multiple

Displays (CSCW 2008).

Ravensara S. Travillian, Kremena Diatchka, Tejinder K. Judge, Katarzyna Wilamowska, and Linda G. Shapiro. "A

Graphical User Interface for a Comparative Anatomy Information System: Design, Implementation and Usage

Scenarios." In Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA 2006),

Washington DC, November 2006, pages 774 778. Nominated for the AMIA Best Paper Award.

Workshop Organization

Tejinder K. Judge, Carman Neustaedter, Anthony Tang and Steve Harrison. Bridging the Gap: Moving from

Contextual Analysis to Design. Workshop at Conference on Computer Human Interaction (CHI 2010).

Professional and Research Experience

Research Intern, Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, NY Jun 2009 Aug 2009

Worked with Dr. Carman Neustaedter on communication technologies to connect distance separated families

Designed user interface and implemented a domestic media space with always on video called the Family Window

Conducted field trials in the homes of 4 families and interviewed 16 additional families to gain feedback on the system

Usability Engineer, Meridium, Roanoke, VA Jan 2008 May 2008

Designed web interface to access Meridium database and run queries

Planned and ran usability walkthroughs and usability evaluations

Worked with a large diverse team as part of a NSF grant researching the benefits of agile usability

Software Engineering Intern, Meridium, Roanoke, VA Jun 2007 Aug 2007

Created a User Synchronization module to enable administrators to schedule synchronization of user data

between LDAP and a local directory

Created an Autologin module which centralizes authentication based on user information in LDAP

Selected Projects

Enhancing connectedness and awareness between families using domestic media spaces Jun 2009 present

Researching the use of an always on video media space to connect multiple distance separated families ( focus of

dissertation research); advisors: Prof. Steve Harrison and Dr. Carman Neustaedter

Investigating effects of a media space on privacy, connectedness and awareness between families

Supporting designers in transitioning between contextual analysis and system design Aug 2008 present

Researching a methodology to aid designers in making the transition between contextual analysis to designing a

new system, with a focus on affinity diagrams (focus of Workshop on Bridging the Gap: Moving from Contextual

Analysis to Design at CHI 2010);

Conducted a five month long case study of 36 novice designers in a classroom setting

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Synthesizing requirements from contextual data Aug 2007 May 2009

Developed a process to understand user needs and to extract interaction and functional requirements using affinity

diagrams; worked with Dr. Rex Hartson and Dr. Pardha Pyla

Conducted contextual inquiry with 17 potential users as part of a real world case study to test requirements

synthesizing method

Supporting group decision making in affinity diagramming Aug 2008 May 2009

Led a team developing a system to support consensus building and collaborative work in affinity diagramming

using large screen displays with PDAs support

Visualizing and analyzing intelligence data Aug 2007 Dec 2007

Facilitated hypothesis creation through spatial organization of data

Designed and developed visualization tool using a Gigapixel display with touch screens and PDA based interaction

Investigating the interaction between software engineers and usability engineers Aug 2006 Dec 2006

Part of a research study that emphasized interaction between software and usability engineers

Worked with clients to build a prototype of a sales/inventory system which included online preorder;

prototype was ranked top two of eight teams by the client

Selected Skills

Contextual inquiry and analysis, contextual design, storyboarding, prototyping (paper and software), usability

evaluation, user classes, personas, scenarios, business process modeling

Selected Technical Skills

Languages: Java, C#, C++, HTML, CSS, SQL

Selected Talks

"Moving Media Spaces Into The Home With The Family Window ", Kodak Research Labs Rochester, NY,

Aug 2009

"Bridging the gap between analysis and design in interactive systems development", Kodak Research

Labs Rochester, NY, Jun 2009

"Finding a Research Topic" at CRA W Grad Cohort San Mateo, CA, Mar 2009

Selected Honors and Awards

Pratt Fellowship for Academic Excellence and Service to the Department, Virginia Tech Mar 2009

Scholarship to attend CRA W Career Mentoring Workshop at SIGCSE 2009 Mar 2009

Scholarship to attend CRA W s Grad Cohort Mar 2007, Mar 2008

Scholarship from Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) Oct 2008

Government of Malaysia Scholarship for pursuing Bachelor s degree Aug 2002 May 2006

President s Merit Award (Malaysia) for Academic Excellence (top 1% out of 10,000 students) May 2001

Selected Leadership and Service

President, Computer Science Graduate Council, Virginia Tech May 2009 present

Mentor, STARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research and Service) Aug 2008 May 2008

Treasurer, AWC (Association for Women in Computing), Virginia Tech Aug 2008 May 2009

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Dept. of Computer Science, Virginia Tech Aug 2008 Dec 2008

Taught an online course Introduction to the Internet

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Computer Science, Virginia Tech Aug 2006 Dec 2007, Jan 2009 May 2009

Assisted in teaching Introduction to Object Oriented Development 1 & 2 in Java

Duties included instructing two programming classes, grading exams and projects

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