[4eyes] FW: Yann Riche visit

[Matthew Turk]

In case anyone is interested in talking with Yann Riche in 4/9 (see below),
please contact Tim Sherwood.

	Matthew

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Sherwood [mailto:sherwood at cs.ucsb.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:43 AM
To: Chandra Krintz; Tobias Hollerer; Matthew Turk; John Gilbert
Subject: Yann Riche visit


Hi,

Yann Riche from Microsoft is visiting April 9th (I know!) and has a 
background HCI, but recently he has been working on issues of API design 
and usability (among many other things).  He will be free after my class 
at 11 if you or your students are interested in meeting with him.  If you 
can think of anyone else that might be interested please feel free to 
forward this along.  Bio below.

Thanks!

-Tim

Yann Riche is a user experience and academic researcher currently working 
at Microsoft corporation in Redmond, WA. His interests lie in how 
technology can support productivity, social behaviors, communities, and 
sustainable behaviors. His work takes place at the intersection of 
Software Engineering, Computer Supported Collaborative Work, and Computer 
Mediated Communication. His current focus at Microsoft revolves around the 
user experience of developers, ranging from editor experience to API and 
documentation usability. In this context, Yann conducts formative ad 
evaluative studies to help inspire and inform the next generation of 
tools, services, and APIs to help developers create the next digital 
revolution. Yann obtained his Ph.D. in Human Computer Interactions in 2008 
for his research on designing communication devices to support aging in 
place. In his thesis, he described the PeerCare approach for aging in 
place, which advocates the support of peer reciprocal care amongst seniors 
in the community. In particular, he designed, implemented, and studied 
markerClock, a communicating clock allowing elderly friends to establish a 
socially acceptable shared awareness building upon life rhythm awareness 
and communication routines. His work has been published in venues 
including the ACM SIGCHI annual conference and other major international 
scientific venues.