Biography:Johanna Brewer
Johanna Brewer | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Boston University University of California |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ubiquitous computing, Human-computer interaction |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith College |
Johanna Brewer is a developer, designer, ethnographer and professor at Smith College.[1] Brewer was a co-founder and CEO of Frestyl.[2][3] In 2014, they started work on a tracking toolkit for home automation systems with a special focus on user privacy.[3] In 2016, they founded a research and design studio called Neta Snook,[4][5] focusing on the creation of technology that works towards a diverse society.[3][5] In spring 2019, they started as a research associate and postdoctoral researcher at MIT.[3] Their research areas include ubiquitous computing and human-computer interaction, social connectivity and how technology functions in society.[6]
Education
Johanna Brewer graduated with a B.A. in Computer Science and Philosophy and a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Boston University.[6] They then acquired a PhD in Informatics and Computer Science at the University of California[2][7] where they also worked as a staff researcher.[6] One area of their research in this time focused on urban computing and mobility in urban spaces.[8] They did ethnographic studies on inclusivity and diversity in the online gaming scene, as well as on public transportation, and helped create a new interface for a molecular simulator on the Swiss National Supercomputer.[3] They also developed a real-time tracking system for radiation therapy at the Massachusetts General Hospital.[2]
Publications
- Brewer, Johanna, Dourish, Paul (2008): Storied spaces: Cultural accounts of mobility, technology, and environmental knowing. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 20 (12) pp. 963–976.
- Bassoli, Arianna, Brewer, Johanna, Martin, Karen, Dourish, Paul, Mainwaring, Scott D. (2007): Underground Aesthetics: Rethinking Urban Computing. In IEEE Pervasive Computing, 6 (3) pp. 39–45.
- Dourish, Paul, Brewer, Johanna, Bell, Genevieve (2005): Information as a cultural category. In Interactions, 12 (4) pp. 31–33.
- Brewer, Johanna, Williams, Amanda, Dourish, Paul (2007): A handle on what\'s going on: combining tangible interfaces and ambient displays for colla. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction , 2007, pp. 3–10.
- Brewer, Johanna, Mainwaring, Scott, Dourish, Paul (2008): Aesthetic journeys. In: Proceedings of DIS08 Designing Interactive Systems , 2008, pp. 333–341.
- Brewer, Johanna, Williams, Amanda, Dourish, Paul (2007): A handle on what's going on: combining tangible interfaces and ambient displays for collab. In: Ullmer, Brygg, Schmidt, Albrecht (eds.) Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction 2007, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, February 15–17, 2007, 2007, pp. 3–10.[6]
Reference list
- ↑ "@deadroxy" on Twitter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Johanna Brewer - Personenprofil". https://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/koepfe/johanna-brewer.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Welcoming New MIT Research Associate Johanna Brewer | AnyKey Organization" (in en-US). https://www.anykey.org/welcoming-new-mit-research-associate-johanna-brewer/.
- ↑ "About" (in en). https://www.anykey.org/en.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Johanna Brewer: Inclusive Streamers: Live Broadcasting Safe Spaces" (in en-US). 2019-03-06. https://www.northeastern.edu/visualization/events/johanna-brewer-inclusive-streamers-live-broadcasting-safe-spaces/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Author: Johanna Brewer" (in en). https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/author/johanna-brewer.
- ↑ "Berlin Geekette of the Week: Johanna Brewer" (in en-US). http://www.geekettes.io/blog/2013/6/24/berlin-geekette-of-the-week-johanna-brewer.
- ↑ "about me @ ::setbang:: [johanna brewer"]. https://www.ics.uci.edu/~johannab/.
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