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Janet Davis

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA 50112
Noyce 3809
641-269-4306
davisjan@cs.grinnell.edu

Schedule for Spring 2008

Teaching


Summer research

This summer, I am looking for a couple of good students to work with me on the design of new computer systems to influence behavior with respect to environmental sustainability. You can read more about this project; if you are interested, you should plan to submit my application and the division's application by Monday, February 18.

Last summer, I worked with Sam Rebelsky and students Lorelei Kelly, Max Kuipers, and Tim Miller on implementing the media computation approach in CSC151


Interests

I recently completed my dissertation (woohoo!) on computer simulations to inform regional urban planning decisions.  My focus was on designing interactions with UrbanSim to support the legitimacy of using it as part of the political process.  In particular, I looked at designing new interfaces to enable citizens to interact directly with simulation results.

Other professional interests include Value Sensitive Design, Participatory Design, human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, networks, distributed systems,  the role of human values in the CS curriculum, and computational nutrition.

My personal interests and pleasures include beadwork and other crafts, walking, backpacking, yoga, gardening, cooking, reading, talking with cats, and collecting computer science jokes. You can look at my increasingly out-of-date personal web site.

I recently had way too much fun with my new Mac. You can see a photo tour of my garden in Seattle or my first office at Grinnell.


Education


Selected Publications


Janet Davis (davisjan@cs.grinnell.edu)

Created August 14, 2006
Last modified March 15, 2008