Jacek Gwizdka 1

BackgroundElectrical engineering Software development,

Information systems, Human factors, Human-computer interaction, Psychology

Experienceacademia, corporate research labs, software industry,

photography, poetry

Research interestsinformation seeking, cognitive load

cognitive abilities in search and navigationapplication of eye-tracking & EEG in information science

more about me on the Web: http://www.comminfo.rutgers.edu/~jacekg www.gwizdka.com www.artphoto.ca

… or just google “gwizdka”

About myself…About myself…

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Pen-based interfacesPen-based interfaces

• How to find information in recorded speech (e.g., in recorded meetings)?

• How to add “meta-data” to handwritten notes?

• What type of “meta-data” to add?• How does it affect information

search?

DynoPhone

EEN – Electronic Engineering NotebookPart of my Masters degree work at

University of Toronto (1996-97)

I worked on this interface with Lynn Wilcox and other colleagues while at FXPAL (1997)

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Managing digital mediaManaging digital media

• How to manage and make sense of large amounts of digital images easily?

• How to add “meta-data” in an efficient manner?

FotoFile

I worked on this interface with Alan Kuchinsky and other colleagues while at Hewlett Packard (1998)

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Linking paper and digital mediaLinking paper and digital media

• How to “link” digital annotations with a document printout?

I worked on this interface with Michelle Baldonado and other colleagues while at Xerox PARC (1999)

Notable

page “icon”

a note attached to the page

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Email interfacesEmail interfaces

• How to represent information contained in emails visually?

• Does it help (different) people to find information?

Part of my dissertation work at University of Toronto (2004)

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Web & Digital Libraries Web & Digital Libraries

Meta-data / tagging:How to help people find information using keywords/tags?How to present history of navigation and relationships among tags?

Tag TrailsTag Trails

Recent research projects:

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Web Search & Digital Libraries Web Search & Digital Libraries

Web Search & Navigation: What’s Difficult? When users experience cognitive load?

Personalization of Digital Library Experience (PooDLE)

eye-tracker

Use of electro-encephalography

& galvanic skin response (GSR)

Grant from Google (2011)and Career grant from IMLS (2011-2014)

Wireless EEG headset

Higher average cognitive load: Query & Saving results

more info: http://www.comminfo.rutgers.edu/~jacekg/research/projects.html