Scott Klemmer
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Co-director, HCI Group
Gates Computer Science 3B, Room 384
Stanford CA 94305-9035

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Research · Teaching · CV · Publications · Bio & Statement
EDUCATION
12/2004 University of California, Berkeley, CA
PhD in Computer Science
Dissertation: Tangible User Interface Input: Tools and Techniques
Advisor: Professor James A Landay
05/2001University of California, Berkeley, CA
MS in Computer Science
05/1999 Brown University, Providence, RI
Dual BA with honors in Art-Semiotics and Computer Science
(Graphic Design coursework at the Rhode Island School of Design)
EMPLOYMENT
09/2004 – present Stanford University Computer Science, Stanford, CA
Assistant Professor
08/1999 – 08/2004

University of California EECS, Berkeley, CA
Graduate Student Instructor & Researcher

06/2001, 06/2003 University of California Extension, Berkeley, CA
Instructor
07/2002 – 09/2002 Ricoh Innovations, Inc., Menlo Park, CA
Research Intern
01/2002 – 04/2002 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Visiting Researcher
06/1999 – 08/1999 Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab, Cambridge, MA
Research Intern
06/1998 – 08/1998 Interval Research Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
Research Intern
06/1997 – 05/1999 Brown University Computer Science, Providence, RI
Undergraduate Researcher
09/1995 – 05/1999 Brown University Cognitive Science, Providence, RI
Undergraduate Researcher
09/1995 – 01/1997 Issues Magazine, Brown University, Providence, RI
Art Director
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
dissertation

Tangible User Interface Input: Tools and Techniques, Scott R Klemmer, Doctoral Thesis, University of California at Berkeley: 2004.

conference papers

Programming by a Sample: Rapidly Creating Web Applications with d.mix, Björn Hartmann, Leslie Wu, Kevin Collins, Scott R. Klemmer, UIST 2007: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: pp. 241-250. (video)

Patterns of Collaboration in Design Courses: Team dynamics affect technology appropriation, artifact creation, and course performance, Heidy Maldonado, Brian Lee, Scott R Klemmer, Roy D Pea, CSCL 2007: Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.

Authoring Sensor-based Interactions by Demonstration with Direct Manipulation and Pattern Recognition, Björn Hartmann, Leith Abdulla, Manas Mittal, Scott R Klemmer, CHI 2007: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 145–154. (video) BEST PAPER AWARD

Reflective physical prototyping through integrated design, test, and analysis, Björn Hartmann, Scott R Klemmer, Michael Bernstein, Leith Abdulla, Brandon Burr, Avi Robinson-Mosher, Jennifer Gee, UIST 2006: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: pp. 299–308. (video) BEST PAPER AWARD

How Bodies Matter: Five Themes for Interaction Design, Scott R Klemmer, Björn Hartmann, Leila Takayama, DIS 2006: ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: pp. 140–149.

ButterflyNet: A Mobile Capture and Access System for Field Biology Research, Ron Yeh, Chunyuan Liao, Scott R Klemmer, François Guimbretière, Brain Lee, Boyko Kakaradov, Jeannie Stamberger, Andreas Paepcke,CHI 2006: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 571–80. (video)

groupTime: Preference-Based Group Scheduling, Mike Brzozowski, Kendra Carattini, Patrick Mihelich, Scott R Klemmer, Jiang Hu, Andrew Y. Ng, CHI 2006: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 1047–56. (video)

Papier-Mâché: Toolkit Support for Tangible Input, Scott R Klemmer, Jack Li, James Lin, James A Landay, CHI 2004: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 399–406.

Books with Voices: Paper Transcripts as a Tangible Interface to Oral Histories, Scott R Klemmer, Jamey Graham, Gregory J. Wolff, James A Landay, CHI 2003: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 89–96.

Two Worlds Apart: Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Virtual Media for Distributed Design Collaboration, Katherine M. Everitt, Scott R Klemmer, Robert Lee, James A Landay, CHI 2003: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 553–60.

Where Do Web Sites Come From? Capturing and Interacting with Design History, Scott R Klemmer, Michael Thomsen, Ethan Phelps-Goodman, Robert Lee, James A Landay, CHI 2002: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: pp. 1–8. (video)

The Designers’ Outpost: A Tangible Interface for Collaborative Web Site Design, Scott R Klemmer, Mark W Newman, Ryan Farrell, Mark Bilezikjian, James A Landay, UIST 2001: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: pp. 1–10. (video)

SUEDE: A Wizard of Oz Prototyping Tool for Speech User Interfaces, Scott R Klemmer, Anoop K Sinha, J. Chen, James A Landay, Nadeem Aboobaker, Annie Wang, UIST 2000: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: pp. 1–10. (video)

journal articles

Exiting the Cleanroom: On Ecological Validity and Ubiquitous Computing, Scott Carter, Jennifer Mankoff, Scott R Klemmer, and Tara Matthews.To Appear in Human-Computer Interaction, 2008, 23.

Integrating Physical and Digital Interactions on Walls for Fluid Design Collaboration, Scott R Klemmer, Katherine M Everitt, and James A Landay.To Appear in Human-Computer Interaction, 2008, 23.

Embarking on Spoken-Language NL Interface Design, Anoop K Sinha, Scott R Klemmer, James A Landay. The International Journal of Speech Technology, May 2002, 5(2), pp. 159–69.

book chapters

Tools for Rapidly Prototyping Mobile Interactions, Yang Li, Scott R Klemmer, James A Landay.To Appear in Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology, 2007.

short papers

Teaching Embodied Interaction Design Practice, Scott R Klemmer, Bill Verplank, Wendy Ju, In DUX 2005: ACM Conference on Designing for User eXperience. San Francisco, CA, November 2005.

Informal PUIs: No Recognition Required, James A Landay, Jason I Hong, Scott R Klemmer, James Lin, Mark W Newman, In AAAI 2002 Spring Symposium: Sketch Understanding Workshop. Stanford, CA, March 2002, pp. 86–90.

Supporting Children’s Collaboration Across Handheld Computers, Regan L Mandryk, Kori M Inkpen, Mark Bilezikjian, Scott R Klemmer, James A Landay, In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2001: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Seattle, WA, April 2001, pp. 255–6.

workshops

Collaborating Over Paper and Digital Documents, Paul Luff, Moira Norrie, Scott Klemmer, David McGee, CSCW 2006: ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. Banff, Canada, November 2006.

The Future of User Interface Design Tools, Dan Olsen and Scott Klemmer, CHI 2005: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Portland, OR, April 2005.

Toolkit Support for Interaction in the Physical World, Rafael Ballagas, Scott Klemmer, Jennifer Sheridan. Pervasive 2004. Vienna, Austria, April 2004.

posters / demos

txt 4 l8r: Lowering the Burden for Diary Studies, Joel Brandt, Noah Weiss, Scott R Klemmer, In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2007: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, CA, April 2007.

Range: Exploring Proxemics in Collaborative Whiteboard Inteaction, Wendy Ju, Brian Lee, Scott R Klemmer, In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2007: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, CA, April 2007.

Lash-Ups: A Toolkit for Location-Aware Mash-Ups, Joel Brandt and Scott R Klemmer, In Conference Supplement to UIST 2006: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: Posters . Montreux, Switzerland, October 2006. (video)

Diamond’s Edge: From Notebook to Table and Back Again, Michael Bernstein, Avi Robinson-Mosher, Ron Yeh, Scott Klemmer, In Conference Supplement to Ubicomp 2006: Posters. (video)

Interactive Gigapixel Prints: Large, Paper-Based Interfaces for Visual Context and Collaboration, Ron B. Yeh, Joel Brandt, Jonas Boli, Scott R Klemmer, In Conference Supplement to Ubicomp 2006. (video)

Bridging the Gap: Fluidly Connecting Paper Notecards with Digital Representations for Story/Task-Based Planning, Tom Hurlbutt, Scott R Klemmer, In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2006: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montréal, QB, April 2006.

Technology for Design Education: A Case Study, Heidy Maldonado, Brian Lee, Scott R Klemmer. In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2006: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montréal, QB, April 2006.

d.tools: Visually Prototyping Physical UIs through Statecharts, Björn Hartmann, Scott R Klemmer, Michael Bernstein, Nirav Mehta, In Conference Supplement to UIST 2005: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: Demonstrations. Seattle, WA, October 2005.

Notebooks that Share and Walls that Remember: Electronic Capture of Design Education Artifacts, Brian Lee, Scott R Klemmer, In Conference Supplement to UIST 2005: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: Posters. Seattle, WA, October 2005.

ButterflyNet: Mobile Capture and Access for Biologists, Ron B. Yeh, Scott R Klemmer, In Conference Supplement to UIST 2005: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: Posters. Seattle, WA, October 2005.

Bridging Physical and Electronic Media for Distributed Design Collaboration. Scott R Klemmer, Katherine M. Everitt, In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2002: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Minneapolis, MN, April 2002, pp. 878–9.

SUEDE: Iterative, Informal Prototyping for Speech Interfaces. Anoop K Sinha, Scott R Klemmer, Jack Chen, James A Landay, Cindy Chen, In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2001: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Seattle, WA, April 2001, pp. 203–4.

The Designers’ Outpost: A Task-centered Tangible Interface for Web Site Information Design. Scott R Klemmer, Mark W Newman, Raecine S. Sapien, In Extended Abstracts of CHI 2000: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. The Hague, the Netherlands, April 2000, pp. 333–4.

panels

Trading Design Spaces: Exchanging Ideas on Physical Design Environments, Wendy Ju, Margot Brereton, Michael Haller, Scott R Klemmer, Brian Lee, Amanda Parkes, Dan Rosenfeld, Extended Abstracts of CHI 2004: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Vienna, Austria, April 2004, pp. 1582–3.

exhibitions Informal User Interfaces for Web Site Design, Group for User Interface Research.Exhibition at ACM 1. San Jose, CA, March 2001.

workshop papers

Interaction Design for Active Bodies: Two Themes, Scott R Klemmer, Bjoern Hartmann, Leila Takayama, In CHI 2006: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Workshop on What is the Next Generation of Human-Computer Interaction? Montréal, QB, April 2006.

Pair Programming: When and Why it Works, Jan Chong, Robert Plummer, Larry Leifer, Scott R Klemmer, Ozgur Eris, and George Toye, In Proceedings of Psychology of Programming Interest Group 2005 Workshop. Brighton, UK, June 2005.

Papier-Mâché: Toolkit Support for Tangible Interaction. Scott R Klemmer.In Conference Supplement to UIST 2003: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology: Doctoral Consortium. Vancouver, BC, November 2003, pp. 9–12.

A Pervasive Computing Framework Supporting Collaboration In Documentary History Projects. Scott R Klemmer, In DIS 2002: ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Post-graduate Symposium. London, UK, June 2002.

Different Strokes For Different Folks: A Fluid Toolbelt Of Paper, Walls, And Electronic Sketching. Scott R Klemmer, James A Landay, In CHI 2001: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Workshop on Tools, Conceptual Frameworks, and Empirical Studies for Early Stages of Design. Seattle, WA, April 2001.

A Tangible Difference: Participatory Design Studies Informing a Designers’ Outpost. Scott R Klemmer, Mark Newman, Ryan Farrell, Raecine Meza, James A Landay, In CSCW 2000: ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work: Workshop on Shared Environments to Support Face-to-Face Collaboration. Philadelphia, PA, December 2000.

unrefereed publications

technical reports

Hacking, Mashing, Gluing: A Study of Opportunistic Design and Development. Björn Hartmann, Scott Doorley, Scott R Klemmer, CSTR 2006-14. Stanford University, Technical Report. September 2006.

A Tangible Evolution: System Architecture and Participatory Design Studies of the Designers’ Outpost. Scott R Klemmer, Mark W Newman, Ryan Farrell, Raecine Meza, James A Landay, NCSTRL UCB/CSD-00-1116. University of California, Berkeley, Technical Report. November 2000.

Exploring a New Interaction Paradigm for Collaborating on Handheld Computers. Mark Bilezikjian, Regan L. Mandryk, Scott R Klemmer, Kori Inkpen, James A Landay, NCSTRL.UCB/CSD-00-1117. University of California, Berkeley, Technical Report. November 2000.

magazines

Integrating Physical and Digital Interactions. Scott R Klemmer, IEEE Computer. 38(10), October 2005, pp. 111-113.

HCI at Stanford University. Terry Winograd and Scott Klemmer, ACM Interactions. 12(5), September + October 2005, pp. 30-31.

Field Notebooks. Scott R Klemmer and Ron Yeh, Ambidextrous: The Stanford University Journal of Design. Spring 2005.

The Designers’ Outpost: Capturing and Interacting with Design History, Scott R Klemmer, Michael Thomsen, James A Landay, Boxes and Arrows, 16 December 2002.