Anna Wu PhD Graduate Student College of Information Science and Technology The Pennsylvania State University
Office Address	327B IST Building Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802
Phone	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 evaluation

Spatial 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

• Proximity Explorer
• Morning Report
• Privacy Issues in Geotagged Photo Sharing

Spatial information representation and sensemaking Projects

• CIVIL
• Theory of Spatial Sensemaking
• Placename Ambiguity Resolution
• Wayfinding Aids Design in VR
• Landmark and Scales in Map Design

Social Network

• Tie Strength Prediction

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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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