Anna Wu
PhD Graduate Student
College of Information Science and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University |
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| Office Address |
327B IST Building Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 |
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814-863-6822 |
| E-Mail |
annawu@psu.edu |
Bio
I am currently a fifth-year PhD student under supervisor of Dr. Luke Zhang, at College of Information Science & Technology, Penn State University. My scientific pursuit is in the field of (HCI), with a primary focus on using cutting edge technology to help people better understand and communicate spatial information. I have investigated human navigation behavior, geo-collaboration in emergency management, and spatial sensemaking in mobile context and actively share my findings on peer reviewed journal and conference papers. My dissertation focuses on theoretical analysis, design and technical implementation, and the experimental evaluation of a mobile system to help people make sense of the novel environment by integrating multiple social media resources, like Facebook, Foursquare, Panoramio, and Wikipedia.
In addition to work at Penn State, I collaborate with top researchers in PARC, IBM Research, and Tsinghua University, including Eric Bier, Joan M. Dimicco, Jefferey Pierce, and Wei Zhang.
Education
Professional Experience
Research Interests
Selective Publications
Projects
Teaching
Resume
Education
PhD., Pennsylvania State University, 2012/05 (Expected)M.E.,
Tsinghua University, 2007 B.E., Tsinghua University, 2005
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Professional Experience
Palo Alto Research Center, Visiting Research Scientist, 2010/08-present
IBM Research, Research Intern, 2011/05-2011/08 Palo Alto Research Center, Research Intern, 2010/05-2010/08
IBM Research, Research Intern, 2009/05-2009/08
University of Missouri-Rolla, Visiting Research Assistant, 2006/06-2008/08
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Research Interests
Mobile
interface design and evaluationSpatial information representation and
sensemaking
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Selected Publications
Wu, A., Zhang, X. (2011). Location-based Information Fusion for Mobile Navigation. Proc. of Ubicomp'11, 593-594. PDF
Wu, A. DiMicco, J.M., Millen, D. R. (2010). Detecting Professional versus Personal Closeness Using an Enterprise Social Network Site. Proc. of CHI'10, 1955-1964. PDF
Wu, A., Zhang, W., Zhang, X. (2009). Evaluation of Wayfinding Aids in Virtual Environment. International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, 25(1), 1-21. PDF
Wu, A., Zhang, X., Convertino, G., Ganoe, C., Carroll, J. M. (2009). CIVIL: Support Geocollaboration with Information Visualization. Proc. of Group'09, 273-276. PDF
Wu, A., Zhang, X., Convertino, G., Carroll, J. M. (2009). Supporting Synchronous Sensemaking in Geo-Collaboration. Sensemaking workshop at ACM CHI'09. PDF
Wu, A., Zhang, X. (2009). Identifying Proper Scales on Digital Maps for In-vehicle Navigation Systems. Proc. of HCII'09 in LNCS (vol.5616), 262-270. PDF
For a complete list of publications, see my Resume
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Projects
Mobile interface design and evaluation Projects
Spatial information representation and sensemaking Projects
Social Network
Teaching
IST220 Network and
Telecommunication (Co-designer/Teaching Assistant)
IST402 Emerging
Issues and Technologies - Visual Support System (Co-designer/Teaching
Assistant)
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Resume
Resume
Full CV
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