Eric Paulos
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computer scientist
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, artist
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, and inventor, best known for his early work on internet
Internet
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robotic teleoperation
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and is considered a founder of the field of Urban Computing
Urban computing
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. Dr. Paulos is the Director of the Living Environments Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute with a secondary faculty appointment in the Robotics Institute both within the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Previously he was senior research scientist at Intel Research in Berkeley, CA, where he joined the staff in 2002 and founded the Urban Atmospheres research group - challenged to employ innovative methods to explore urban life and the future fabric of emerging technologies across public urban landscapes. Dr Paulos' areas of expertise span a deep body of research territory in urban computing, sustainability, green design, environmental awareness, social telepresence, robotics, physical computing, interaction design, persuasive technologies, and intimate media. Eric is a leading figure in the field of urban computing and is a regular contributor, editorial board member, and reviewer for numerous professional journals and conferences. His published work is primarily in the areas of Robotics
Robotics
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, Urban Computing
Urban computing
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, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer supported cooperative work
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, and Ubicomp. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley where he helped launch a new robotic industry by developing some of the first internet tele-operated robots including Space Browsing helium filled blimps and Personal Roving Presence devices (PRoPs).
Born and raised in California
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, Eric received a B.S.
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, M.S.
Master of Science
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, and Ph.D.
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in Electrical Engineering
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and Computer Science
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from the University of California, Berkeley
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, completing his Ph.D. in 2001. Eric has also collaborated with Mark Pauline
Mark Pauline
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of Survival Research Laboratories
Survival Research Laboratories
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since 1994.
In September 2008, Eric joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
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's Human-Computer Interaction Institute where he founded a new lab, the Living Environments Lab, to explore environmental issues and sustainability scoped within HCI
HCI
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and Ubicomp research.
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.