Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae [pdf]

Georgia Institute of Technology             

8/2003 – 8/2008

Ph.D., Computer Science

Area: Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Thesis Title: Infrastructure Mediated Sensing

Advisor: Dr. Gregory D. Abowd

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Georgia Institute of Technology                                     

8/2000 – 5/2003

Bachelor of Computer Science

Area: Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing

Advisor: Dr. Gregory D. Abowd

GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Highest Honors)

Jefferson County International Baccalaureate High School             

8/1996 – 5/2000

International Baccalaureate Diploma

GPA: 4.0/4.0

• Best Paper Award at The 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing (2008)
• Nominated by Gatech for the ACM doctoral dissertation award (2008)
• Best Paper Award at The 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (2007)
• Best Presentation Award at The 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (2007)
• Nominated for MIT Technology Review Magazine’s Top Innovators Under 35 Award (2007)
• College of Computing Top Graduate Research Assistant Award (2007)
• Georgia Tech Graduate Symposium, College Top Award (2007)
• Nominated for Best Paper Award at The 4th International Conference on Pervasive Computing (2006)
• Top Technology Idea from New York Times Magazine, awarded to Capture Resistant Environment (2005)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient (2004-2007)
• National Science Foundation East Asia Pacific Summer Program Fellowship Recipient (2005)
• Georgia Tech Presidential Award and Fellowship Recipient (2003-2007)
• Finalist for Undergraduate Research Award at Georgia Tech (2003)
• Faculty Honors and Dean’s List at Georgia Tech (2000-2003)
• Intel/Westinghouse National Science Award Finalist (2000)
•  Received International Baccalaureate Diploma (2000)

Research in cost-effective and easy-to-deploy sensing technologies in the home for supporting studies in natural settings. Research in context-aware mobile computing  

Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology

Developed a high- level automated website generator called GenPage. 

Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology

1/2002 – 5/2002

Course: CS1322, Object Oriented Programming and Software Data Structures

Sophomore level undergraduate computer science course taught Java.

Supervisor: Bill Leahy

Co-Instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology

8/2004 – 12/2004

Course: CS4001, Building Ubiquitous Computing Software and Systems

Project-based undergraduate seminar class for student to get exposed to the area of ubiquitous computing.

Co-Instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology

8/2007 – 12/2007

Co-Instructor: Dr. W. Keith Edwards
Course: CS6456, Principles of UI Software

Georgia Tech graduate class taught at Korea University

Graduate class on architectural and algorithmic principles behind the development of the 2-dimensional graphical user interface, exposure to modern GUI toolkits and development environments, and exposure to a variety of advanced topics for developing interactive systems.

Undergraduate Research Supervisor, Georgia Institute of Technology

8/2003 – 5/2008

• John A. Bunch [resulted in C.2]
• Kyle D. Forkner [resulted in C.2]
• Logan W. Johnson [resulted in C.2]
• Tiffany M. Johnson [resulted in C.2]
• Michael N. Rosack [resulted in C.2]
• Rob Farmer [resulted in C.3, B.1]
• Trevor Bentley
• Tejesh Patel

Graduate Research Supervisor, Georgia Institute of Technology

8/2005 – 5/2008

• Moritz Köhler [resulted in C.11]
• Sidhant Gupta
•  Mayank Goel

[B.2] Patel, S.N., Summet, J.W., Truong, K.N. BlindSpot: Creating Capture-Resistant Spaces. Protecting Privacy in Video Surveillance. Ed. Andrew Senior. To Appear. 2008.

[B.1] Patel, S.N., Truong, K.N., Hayes, G.R., Iachello, G., Kienta, J.A., Abowd, G.D. The Personal Audio Loop: A Ubiquitous Audio-Based Memory Aid. Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology. 2008.

[J.3] Huang, E. M., Yatani, K., Truong, K.N., Kientz, J,A., Patel, S.N. Understanding Mobile Phone Situated Sustainability: The Influence of Local Constraints and Practices on Transferability. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 8(1), IEEE Press. pp.46-53. 2009. [pdf]

[J.2] Hayes, G.R., Shehan, E., Iachello, G., Patel, S.N., Grimes, A., Abowd, G.D., and Truong, K.N. Physical, Social, and Experiential Knowledge of Privacy and Security in a Pervasive Computing Environment. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 6(4), IEEE Press. pp 56-63. 2007.

[J.1] Abowd, G.D., Hayes, G.R., Iachello, G., Kientz, J.A., Patel, S.N., Stevens, M., Truong, K.N. Prototypes and Paratypes: Mixed Methods for Designing Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Applications, IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine, 4(4), IEEE Press, 67-73.

[C.20] Patel, S.N., Stuntebeck, E.P., Robertson, T. PL-Tags: Detecting Batteryless Tags through the Power Lines in a Building. To appear in the Proceedings of Pervasive 2009.  (Acceptance Rate: 18%)

[C.19] Wyche, S.P., Caine, K., Davison, B., Artega, M., Patel, S.N., Grinter, R.E. Sacred Imagery in Techno-Spiritual Design. To appear in the Proceedings of CHI 2009.

[C.18] Stuntebeck, E.P., Patel, S.N., Robertson, T., Reynolds, M.S., Abowd, G.D. Wideband powerline positioning for indoor localization. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2008. pp 94-103. (Acceptance Rate: 19%)

[C.17] Yun, J., Patel, S.N., Reynolds, M.S., Abowd, G.D. A quantitative investigation of inertial power harvesting for human-powered devices. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2008. pp 74-83. (Acceptance Rate: 19%)

[C. 16] Kim, S., J.A. Kientz, S.N. Patel, and G.D. Abowd. Are You Sleeping? Sharing Portrayed Sleeping Status within a Social Network. In the Proceedings of the 21st Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2008). San Diego, California, USA. 2008. pp 619-628. (Acceptance Rate: 23%)

[C.15] Patel, S.N., Reynolds, M.S., Abowd, G.D. Detecting Human Movement by Differential Air Pressure Sensing in HVAC System Ductwork: An Exploration in Infrastructure Mediated Sensing. To appear in the Proceedings of Pervasive 2008. Sydney, Australia. 2008. pp 1-18. (Acceptance Rate: 15%)

(Received Best Paper Award)

[C.14] Patel, S.N. and Abowd, G.D. BLUI: Low-cost Localized Blowable User Interfaces. In the Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2007). Newport, RI. 2007. (Acceptance Rate: 14%)

[C.13] Patel, S.N., Robertson, T., Kientz, J.A., Reynolds, M.S., Abowd, G.D. At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2007. Innsbuck, Austria. 2007. (Acceptance Rate: 19%)

(Received Best Paper Award and Best Presentation Award).

[C.12] Kientz, J.A., Arriaga, R.I., Chetty, M., Hayes, G.R., Richardson, J., Patel, S.N.,Abowd, G.D. Grow and Know: Understanding Record-Keeping Needs for the Development of Young Children. In the Proceedings of CHI 2007. 2007. (Acceptance Rate: 25%)

[C.11] Köhler, M., Patel, S.N., Summet, J.W., Stuntebeck, E.P., Abowd, G.D. TrackSense: Infrastructure Free Precise Indoor Positioning using Projected Patterns. In the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2007) Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2007. (Acceptance Rate: 16%)

[C.10] Kientz, J.A., Patel, S.N., Tyebkhan, A.T., Gane, B., Wiley, J., Abowd, G.D. Where.s My Stuff? Design and Evaluation of a Mobile System for Locating Lost Items for the Visually Impaired. In the proceedings of ASSETS 2006. Portland, Oregon, USA. 2006. (Acceptance Rate: 36%)

[C.9] Patel, S.N., Kientz, J.A., Hayes, G.R., Bhat, S., Abowd, G.D. Farther Than You May Think: An Empirical Investigation of the Proximity of Users to their Mobile Phones. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2006, Orange County, California, 2006. (Acceptance Rate: 13%)

[C.8] Patel, S.N., Truong, K.N., Abowd, G.D. PowerLine Positioning: A Practical Sub-Room-Level Indoor Location System for Domestic Use. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2006, Orange County, California, 2006.  (Acceptance Rate: 13%)

[C.6] Truong, K.N., Patel, S.N., Summet, J.W., and Abowd, G.D. Preventing Camera Recording by Designing a Capture-Resistant Environment. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2005, September, Tokyo, Japan, 2005. (Acceptance Rate: 9%)

[C.5] Patel, S.N., Pierce, J. and Abowd, G.D. A Gesture-based Authentication Scheme for Untrusted Public Terminals. In the Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2004). October, Sante Fe, NM, 2004. (Acceptance Rate: 23%)

[C.4] Patel, S.N. and Abowd, G.D. The ContextCam: Automated Point of Capture Video Annotation. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2004, September, Nottingham, England, 2004. (Acceptance Rate: 18%)

[C.3] Hayes, G.R., Patel, S.N., Truong, K.N., Iachello, G., Kientz, J.A., Farmer, R., Abowd, G.D. The Personal Audio Loop: Designing a Ubiquitous Audio-Based Memory Aid. In the Proceedings of Mobile HCI 2004, September, Glasgow, Scotland, 2004. (Acceptance Rate: 31%)

[C.2] Patel, S.N., Bunch, J.A., Forkner, K.D., Johnson, L.W., Johnson, T.M., Rosack, M.N. and Abowd, G.D. The Design and Implementation of Multi-player Card Games on Multi-user Interactive Tabletop Surfaces.  In the Proceedings of International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC) 2004, September, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2004.

[C.1] Patel, S.N. and Abowd, G.D. A 2-way Laser-assisted Selection Scheme for Handhelds in a Physical Environment. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2003, October, Seattle, WA, 2003. (Acceptance Rate: 14%)

[p.2] Kientz, J.A., Patel, S.N., Jones, B., Price, E., Mynatt, E.D., Abowd, G.D. The Georgia Tech aware home. CHI 2008 Extended Abstracts. pp 3675-3680. 2008.

[p.1] Patel, S. N. Supporting Location and Proximity-Based Studies in Natural Settings. Doctoral Colloquium.  In the Adjunct Proceedings of Pervasive 2007. 2007.