Research
I work towards a future where informed innovation is accessible to everyone by investigating and solving problems across the layers of the information stack: from user interfaces that structure information interactions, to the access and retrieval systems and underlying infrastructures that determine what information is available to interact with and in what manner.
Below are partial snapshots of key threads of this research program.
Crowd civic systems
What new/better forms of governance and civic participation are possible in the digital age? »
Creatively reusing (old) knowledge
How are new ideas built from old ideas? »
Sensemaking technologies for collaboration at scale
How can we enhance knowledge transfer in creative communities? »
We are grateful for generous funding from UMD's College of Information Studies, the National Science Foundation, the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Adobe Research, Protocol Labs, the Sloan Foundation, the Chan-Zuckerg Initiative, and Navigation Fund.