Jerry Alan Fails

973-655-4289

309 Richardson Hall
Montclair, New Jersey 07043

research

teaching &
mentoring

publications

other
experience

cv & resume

misc links

peer reviewer for

• Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI 2009)
• Interactive Design and Children (IDC 2004, IDC 2005, IDC 2006)

invited presentations

• Invited Panelist: Research Philosophy in Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2007)
• Invited Presenter: Mobile Collaboration for Young Children (HCIL Symposium 2007)
• Invited Lecturer: Mobile Computing (LBSC 698, February 21, 2007)
• Invited Speaker: Mobile Storytelling (CLIS Colloquium, October 11, 2006)

tutorials

• Invited Tutorial: Giving Children a Voice in the Design of New Technology: What's new and old but still works (CHI 2009)  — Allison Druin, Mona Leigh Guha, Jerry Alan Fails
• Reviewed Tutorial: Giving Children a Voice in the Design of New Technology: What's new and old but still works (CHI 2008) Highest Rated Tutorial by Participants  — Allison Druin, Mona Leigh Guha, Jerry Alan Fails

videos/demonstrations/posters

• Collocated Mobile Collaboration (CHI 2009 Video Showcase)  — Jerry Alan Fails, Allison Druin, Mona Leigh Guha
• Mobile Collaboration for Young Children (Children's Mobile Workshop 2008, HCIL Symposium 2008)  — Jerry Alan Fails, Allison Druin, Mona Leigh Guha
• Mobile Collaboration for Young Children (IDC 2007, HCIL Symposium 2007)
   Abstract
   — Jerry Alan Fails, Allison Druin, Gene Chipman, Mona Leigh Guha, Kevin McGehee
• International Childrens Digital Library [www.childrenslibrary.org] (Wired NextFest 2006)
• Collaborative Creation of Knowledge Artifacts in an Outdoor Environment for Young Children (IDC 2005)
   Abstract
   — Gene Chipman, Allison Druin, Mona Leigh Guha, Jerry Alan Fails, Wayne Churaman

funding

Helped secure and maintain funding from the following partners:

• Microsoft (2004-2006) – $100,000
• National Park Service (2004-2007) – $70,000
• Discovery (2005-2006) – $15,000

ph.d. classes at umd

Spring 2005

• CMSC838S Information Visualization by Prof. Ben Shneiderman
• CMSC414 Computers and Network Security by Prof. Pete Keleher

Fall 2004

• CMSC818K Peer-to-Peer Systems by Prof. Pete Keleher

Spring 2004

• CMSC838G New Devices for New Interactions by Prof. Francois Guimbretiere
• CMSC858G Complexity Theory by Prof. William Gasarch

Fall 2003

• CMSC452 Elementary Theory of Computation by Prof. William Gasarch
• CMSC828J Approaches to Representing and Recognizing Objects by Prof. David W. Jacobs
• CMSC828S Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction by Dr. Evan Golub

master's classes at byu

Fall 2004

• CS 621 Pattern Recognition by Prof. William A. Barrett
• CS 678 Advanced Neural Networks by Prof. Tony R. Martinez

Winter 2002

• CS 550 Computer Vision 1 by Prof. Bryan S. Morse
• CS 556 Advanced Interactive Systems by Prof. Dan R. Olsen Jr.
• CS 580 Embedded Systems by Prof. J. Kelly Flanagan

Fall 2001

• CS 450 Introduction to Digital Signal Processing by Prof. William A. Barrett
• CS 472 Machine Learning by Prof. Dan Ventura
• CS 553 Information Retrieval by Dr. Yiu-Kai Dennis Ng

Last Updated: 12/16/2008 10:33 AM