Social Computing

The Social Computing Group at IBM Research designs computational systems around the way people work, live, and play. Founded in 1998, the group played a pivotal role in early research combining social and computer sciences.

Through my participation in the Social Computing Group, I contributed to a paper on use of SMS for health education in Uganda, proposed a research lab in Nairobi, designed and patented a user interface for Watson-powered clinical decision support, created and published a paper on a platform for enterprise crowdfunding of grassroots projects, and designed a Smarter City user interface for the city of Dubuque, Iowa. Through this work, I was awarded IBM's Outstanding Innovation Award two years in a row.

I am fortunate to have been given the opportunity to contribute to such high-impact and large-scale projects early in my career through pioneering mentors like Dr. Wendy Kellogg. These projects shaped my understanding of how people interact and how to investigate their dynamics.