Eric Paulos

Eric Paulos is an American computer scientist, artist, and inventor, best known for his early work on internet robotic teleoperation and is considered a founder of the field of Urban Computing. He is a senior research scientist at Intel Research in Berkeley, CA, where he joined the staff in 2002. His published work is primarily in the areas of Robotics, Urban Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer supported cooperative work, and Ubiquitous computing. At Intel Research, he directed the Urban Atmospheres group that focuses its research on technology within the context of public urban places. Born and raised in California, Eric received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, completing his Ph.D. in 2001.

In September 2008, Eric joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute where he will be starting a new lab to explore wearable computing, environment, and sustainability.

Selected Bibliography

* Paulos, E. and Canny J. 1998. PRoP: Personal Roving Presence. ACM SIGCHI, 296 - 303.
* Paulos, E. and Canny J. 2000. Personal Tele-embodiment: Reconstructing the Body for Online Interaction in The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemonogy on the Internet, Cambridge: MIT Press.
* Paulos, E. and Canny J. 2001. Social Tele-embodiment: Understanding Presence. Autonomous Robots, 11(1), 87-95.
* Paulos, E. and Goodman, E. 2004. The Familiar Stranger: Anxiety, Comfort, and Play in Public Places. ACM SIGCHI, 223-230.

External links

* Eric's [http://www.paulos.net personal home page]
* [http://www.urban-atmospheres.net Urban Atmospheres]
* [http://www.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University]
* [http://www.hcii.cmu.edu/ Human-Computer Interaction Institute]