Jodi Forlizzi

Jodi L. Forlizzi
Alma mater Philadelphia College of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
Employer Carnegie Mellon University, Pratter
Home town Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Awards ACM CHI Academy Member, Excellence in Design Research from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Alan Newell Award for Research Excellence
Website Jodi Forlizzi: Interaction design, service design, and design research

Jodi L. Forlizzi is a professor and Geschke Director, as well as an interaction designer and researcher, at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research ranges from understanding the limits of human attention to understanding how products and services evoke social behavior. Current research interests include interaction design, assistive, social, and aesthetic technology projects and systems, and notification systems.[1] In 2014, Forlizzi was inducted into the CHI Academy for her notable works and contributions to the field of human-computer interaction.

Education

Forlizzi obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Philadelphia College of Art. She obtained her master's degree in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University in 1997 and her Ph.D. in Design in Human-Computer Interaction in 2007 also from Carnegie Mellon University.[2]

Career

Forlizzi began working as an information designer for the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1985, while still an undergraduate. to 1995. She then did design research for the Novum Design Center at Carnegie Mellon University (1995–97).[2] She was appointed an assistant professor of the HCI Institute in early 2000, becoming a full professor in 2014. Between 2007 and 2010, she was the A. Nico Habermann Junior Faculty Chair in Computer Science.

She has worked as an innovator and project manager of E-Lab LLC in Chicago. She has also done consulting work for major companies, including General Motors, Disney Research, Willow Garage, BodyMedia, University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Pennsylvania Linguistic Data Consortium, Luton Corporation, and Nurseweek.[2]

Forlizzi is a co-founder of Pratter.us since 2014, a health care startup aimed at enabling employees to search and save money on medical care by zip code before the time of service.[3]

Awards

Her awards include the Carnegie Mellon School of Design Merit Award (1996 and 1997), Design and Emotion Slow Glow Award for Excellence in Design Research (2010), Excellence Award from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Robotics in Rehabilitation (2011) and the Alan Newell Award for Research Excellence from Carnegie Mellon University (2013).[2] In 2014, she was inducted into the ACM SIGCHI Academy.

References

  1. ↑ "Oral-History:Jodi Forlizzi - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". ethw.org. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jodi Forlizzi | Human-Computer Interaction Institute". www.hcii.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Home | Pratter - Search & Compare Medical Costs". pratter.us. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
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