Valerie Henderson Summet - Emory University
Valerie Henderson Summet - Emory University
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Math/CS Dept.<br />
400 Dowman Drive, W402<br />
Atlanta, GA 30322<br />
Education<br />
<strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong> <strong>Summet</strong><br />
May 2010 Ph.D. Computer Science<br />
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA<br />
Specialization: Human–Computer Interaction<br />
Minor: Assistive Technology<br />
Advisor: Dr. Thad Starner<br />
Aug. 2007 M.S. Computer Science<br />
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA<br />
May 1999 B.S. Computer Science<br />
Duke <strong>University</strong>, Durham, NC<br />
Specialization: Computer Architecture<br />
Teaching Experience<br />
Email: valerie (at) mathcs.emory.edu<br />
Office: 404.727.0546<br />
Web: http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/ valerie<br />
Spring 11 Lecturer <strong>Emory</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
CS 110 – Fundamentals of Computer Science 42 students<br />
CS 485 – Human Computer Interaction 14 students<br />
Fall 10 Lecturer <strong>Emory</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
CS155 – Computing with Business Applications 28 students<br />
CS190 – Robotics Freshman Seminar 17 students<br />
Summer 10 Instructor Georgia Tech<br />
CS1316 – Media Computation II 40 students<br />
CS4001 – Computing and Society 35 students<br />
Examines the role and impact of information and communication technology in society,<br />
with emphasis on ethical, professional, and public policy issues.<br />
Summer 09 Instructor Georgia Tech<br />
CS4001 – Computing and Society 30 students<br />
Fall 08 Visiting Lecturer Duke <strong>University</strong><br />
CompSci 100e - Data Structures and Analysis 40 students<br />
Overview of advanced data structures and analysis of algorithms, data abstraction and<br />
abstract data types, object-oriented programming, proofs of correctness, complexity,<br />
and computability.<br />
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CompSci 102 - Discrete Mathematics 20 students<br />
Mathematical notations, logic, and proof; linear and matrix algebra; graphs, digraphs,<br />
trees, representations, and algorithms; counting, permutations, combinations, discrete<br />
probability, Markovmodels; advancedtopicsfromalgebraicstructures,geometricstructures,<br />
combinatorial optimization, number theory.<br />
Summer 08 Instructor Georgia Tech<br />
CS4001 – Computing and Society 30 students<br />
Work Experience<br />
09/10-present Lecturer<br />
Math and CS Department<br />
<strong>Emory</strong> <strong>University</strong> Atlanta, GA<br />
01/10-05/10 Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellow<br />
National Academy of Engineering Washington, DC<br />
Worked in the Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society (CEES) on policy to incorporate<br />
ethics training into engineering education.<br />
1/09-12/09 Graduate Research Assistant<br />
Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA<br />
Research on algorithms to optimize mobile learning. Designed and implemented a<br />
web-based PHP and mySQL system to deliver content under different experimental<br />
conditions to remote participants. Evaluated system and learning effects for American<br />
Sign Language vocabulary words. Conducted user experience testing of system.<br />
Analyzed and presented results.<br />
8/04-8/07 NSF Fellow<br />
Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA<br />
• Worked cooperatively with local schools to develop interactive games and toys for<br />
Deaf children to improve American Sign Language generative and receptive skills. This<br />
included toys for 2-3 year old children (farm playset), 9-10 year old children (math<br />
and noun-verb identification), and 10-11 year old children (linguistically correct sign<br />
language production). Also designed on-site evaluation protocols for all experiments.<br />
• Designed user studies to investigate affordances of different types of mobile device<br />
based communication for Deaf users. Developed mobile learning (“m-learning”) applications<br />
to teach visual languages on mobile devices. Deploying a study to investigate<br />
interruptions on mobile phones and the limits of human tolerance.<br />
• Conducted research into Deaf teenager’s use and adaptation of technologies such<br />
as SMS and text messaging. Designed a user study to survey the space of electronic<br />
communication and executed the study in cooperation with a local school.<br />
5/04–8/04 Health Sciences Specialist<br />
Veteran’s Administration Hospital Decatur, GA<br />
Conducted a usability study evaluating a wearable wayfinding and navigation aide<br />
prototype for individuals with visual impairments. Conducted pre-study testing, poststudy<br />
debriefings, and aspects of participant coordination.<br />
8/03–5/04 Graduate Research Assistant<br />
Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA<br />
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Designed and implemented a user interface for Deaf users of a one-way, English to<br />
American Sign Language (ASL) translator. Designed and wrote empirical user study<br />
evaluating translator with IRB approval.<br />
8/99–6/03 Staff Engineer<br />
IBM Corp. Austin, TX<br />
Developed software based testing and verification strategies for IBM’s Power4/Power5<br />
microprocessor line of chips. Developed and debugged large C/C++ applications (10k<br />
lines). Responsible for test suite design and maintenance. Designed introductory materials<br />
(including videos and workbooks) for division’s New Hire Orientation program.<br />
Identified as high achiever with management potential.<br />
Honors and Awards<br />
2010 Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program<br />
National Academy of Engineering<br />
2008 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, College of Computing<br />
Georgia Institute of Technology<br />
2008 Google - Anita Borg Fellowship Finalist<br />
2006 National Science Foundation East Asia Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship<br />
Joint venture between NSF and Australian Academy of Sciences. Funded 6k for summer<br />
research with Dr. Jennie Carroll in Australia. (Award #0611519)<br />
2004–2006 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Computer Science<br />
Prestigious fellowship which funds 30k stipend plus all tuition and fees for 3 years of<br />
graduate study.<br />
2003–2008 Georgia Institute of Technology President’s Fellowship<br />
5k per year of graduate study<br />
2005 NSF ’Managing Academic Careers’ Workshop Fellowship<br />
Full funding to attend SIGCSE 2005<br />
1996–1999 Duke <strong>University</strong> Dean’s List<br />
1999 Duke <strong>University</strong> Women in Science Scholarship<br />
1995–1999 Percy B. Ferebee Scholarship<br />
Publications<br />
Papers at Refereed Conferences<br />
P1 <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>-<strong>Summet</strong>, Rebecca E. Grinter, Jennie Carroll, and Thad Starner.<br />
Electronic Communication: Themes from a Case Study of the Deaf Community. In<br />
Proceedings of INTERACT’07, volume 4662 of LNCS, pages 347–360. Springer, 2007.<br />
[27% acceptance]<br />
P2 Helene Brashear, <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>, Kwang-Hyun Park, Harley Hamilton, Seungyon<br />
Lee,andThadStarner. AmericanSignLanguageRecognitioninGameDevelopmentfor<br />
Deaf Children. In Assets ’06: Proceedings of the 8th international ACM SIGACCESS<br />
conference on Computers and Accessibility, pages 79–86. 2006. [35% acceptance]<br />
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P3 <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>, Seungyon Lee, Helene Brashear, Harley Hamilton, Thad Starner,<br />
and Steven Hamilton. Development of an American Sign Language Game for Deaf<br />
Children. In Interaction Design and Children, pages 70–79. June 2005<br />
P4 Seungyon Lee, Thad Starner, <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>, Helene Brashear, and Harley Hamilton.<br />
User-Centered Development of Gesture-Based American Sign Language Game. In<br />
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Instructional Technology and Education<br />
of the Deaf. June 2005<br />
P5 David Ross, Alexander Lightman, and <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>. Cyber Crumbs: An Indoor<br />
Orientation and Wayfinding Infrastructure. In RESNA 05. 2005<br />
Short Papers or Posters at Refereed Conferences<br />
SP1 <strong>Valerie</strong><strong>Henderson</strong>-<strong>Summet</strong>,KimberlyA.Weaver,TracyL.Westeyn,andThadStarner.<br />
American Sign Language vocabulary: computer aided instruction for non-signers. In<br />
Assets ’08: Proceedings of the 10th international ACM SIGACCESS Conference on<br />
Computers and Accessibility, pages 281–282. 2008. [37% acceptance]<br />
SP2 Seungyon Lee, <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>, and Helene Brashear. CopyCat: An ASL Game for<br />
Deaf Children. In RESNA Student Design Competition. June 2005<br />
SP3 Seungyon Lee, <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>, Harley Hamilton, Helene Brashear, Thad Starner,<br />
and Steven Hamilton. A Gesture–Based American Sign Language Game for Deaf<br />
Children. In CHI ’05 Extended Abstracts, pages 1589–1592. ACM Press, April 2005<br />
SP4 Robert M. McGuire, Jose Hernandez-Rebollar, Thad Starner, <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>, Helene<br />
Brashear, and Danielle S. Ross. Towards a One-Way American Sign Language<br />
Translator. In Proceedings. Sixth IEEE Int.l Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture<br />
Recognition, pages 620–625. May 2004<br />
SP5 WilliamRankin,JohnBoard,Jr.,and<strong>Valerie</strong><strong>Henderson</strong>. TheImpactofDataOrdering<br />
Strategies on a Distributed Hierarchical Multipole Algorithm. In Proceedings of the<br />
Ninth SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing. SIAM Press,<br />
March 1999<br />
Workshops and Other Conference Participation<br />
OC1 <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>-<strong>Summet</strong> and James Clawson. Usability at the Edges: Bringing the<br />
Lab into the Real World and the Real World into the Lab. In Workshop on Usability<br />
in the Wild. INTERACT’07, 2007<br />
OC2 Helene Brashear, <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>, and Thad Starner. Demonstration of a One-<br />
Way American Sign Language Translator. In ASSETS ’05 Interactive Demonstration.<br />
October 2004<br />
Professional Activities and Service<br />
Student Volunteer<br />
Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), 2005-2009<br />
International Symposium on Wearable Computers, 2008<br />
Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI), 2006<br />
State of Technology Conference on Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities,<br />
2004<br />
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Reviewer Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI), 2006-2008, 2010<br />
Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), 2005<br />
Intl. Forum on Applied Wearable Computing (IFAWC), 2005<br />
Other Session Chair: “Visualization in Instruction”, SIGCSE 2009<br />
Graduate Student Council Travel Funding Committee,2007-08<br />
Co-coordinator for graduate Women@cc organization, 2006-2007<br />
Diversity Board, Graduate Representative, 2005-2006<br />
Invited Talks and Lectures<br />
Press<br />
8/06 <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>. Mobile Communication Technology in the Deaf Community in the<br />
United States. CentreLink, Melbourne, Australia<br />
8/06 <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>. Mobile Communication Technology in the Deaf Community. Interaction<br />
Design Group Seminar - Information Systems Dept., <strong>University</strong> of Melbourne,<br />
Melbourne, Australia<br />
3/06 <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>. Why Undergraduate Research Matters to You. Freshman Seminar<br />
Presentation, Georgia Tech<br />
4/06 <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Special Topics Lecture,<br />
CS6750, Georgia Tech<br />
7/05,4/06 <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>. Assistive Technology: What is it and why does it matter?. Special<br />
Topics Lecture, CS6750, Georgia Tech<br />
PR1 Willie Jones. I See What You’re Signing. IEEE Spectrum, August 2005<br />
PR2 Thad Starner, Helene Brashear, and <strong>Valerie</strong> <strong>Henderson</strong>. Telesign Demonstation (live).<br />
CNN Headline News: Coverage of the International Symposium on Wearable Computers,<br />
October 2003<br />
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