The People at CTO

Dr.

CTO

Joan Morris DiMicco is a researcher for Sun Microsystems Laboratories, working in the User Experience Design Group.

Joan holds an MS and PhD from the MIT Media Lab and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Brown University. Her research interests include human-computer interaction, visualization, collaboration technologies, and the social psychology of groups.

Publications

2006

JM DiMicco, KJ Hollenbach, A Pandolfo, W Bender. (2006) "The Impact of Increased Awareness while Face-to-Face." Special issue on Awareness Systems Design, Human-Computer Interaction Journal. (Accepted for publication February 2006.)

JM DiMicco, KJ Hollenbach, W Bender. (2006) "Using Visualizations to Review a Group's Interaction Dynamics." Extended Abstracts, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2005), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 2006.

JM DiMicco, KJ Hollenbach. (2006) "Visualization of Audio: A social tool for face-to-face groups." Social Visualization Workshop, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2005), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 2006.

2005

JM DiMicco. (2005) "Evaluating Collaboration Technology Using User-Centered Design and Input-Process-Output Methodologies." Workshop on User-Centered Design and Evaluation of Services for Human-Human Communication and Collaboration, International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 2005), Trento, Italy, October 2005.

JM DiMicco. "Changing Small Group Interaction through Visual Reflections of Social Behavior," PhD Thesis, MIT Media Lab. May 2005.

2004

JM DiMicco, A Pandolfo, W Bender. "Influencing Group Participation with a Shared Display." ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2004). Chicago, IL, November 2004.

JM DiMicco. (2004) "Methodologies for Evaluating Co-Located Collaboration." Workshop on Methodologies for Evaluating Collaboration in Co-Located Environments, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2004), Chicago, IL, November 2004.

K Inkpen, R Mandryk, JM DiMicco, SD Scott. "Methodologies for Evaluating Collaboration in Co-Located Environments." Workshop at the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2004). Chicago, IL, November 2004. (Workshop organizer)

MI Norton, JM DiMicco, R Caneel, D Ariely. "AntiGroupWare and Second Messenger -- Simple Systems for Improving (And Avoiding) Meetings." BT Technology Journal. Vol 22, No 4, October, 2004.

JM DiMicco. "Designing Interfaces that Influence Group Processes." Doctoral Consortium Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2004), Vienna, Austria, April 2004.

JM DiMicco, W Bender. "Second Messenger: Increasing the Visibility of Minority Viewpoints with a Face-to-face Collaboration Tool." ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI'04). Madeira, Portugal, January 2004.

2003

JM DiMicco, P Maes, A Greenwald. "Learning Curve: A Simulation-Based Approach to Dynamic Pricing." Special Issue on "Aspects of Internet Agent-based E-Business Systems," Journal of Electronic Commerce Research. Vol 3, Issues 3-4, p. 245-276, 2003.

2002

JM DiMicco, V Lakshmipathy, AT Fiore, "Conductive Chat: Instant Messaging With a Skin Conductivity Channel." Poster Presentation, Conference on Computer Supported Coorperative Work (CSCW '02). New Orleans, LA, November 2002.

JM DiMicco. "Mobile Ad-hoc Voting." Workshop on Mobile Ad-hoc Collaboration, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2002), Minneapolis, MN, April 2002.

2001

JM DiMicco, A Greenwald, P Maes. "Dynamic Pricing Strategies under a Finite Time Horizon." Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC '01), Tampa, FL, October 2001.

J Morris, P Maes, A Greenwald. "Learning Curve: Analysis of an Agent Pricing Strategy Under Varying Conditions." Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'2001), pp. 1135-1141, Las Vegas, NV, June 2001.

J Morris. "A Simulation-based Approach to Dynamic Pricing." Master's Thesis, MIT Media Lab. May 2001.

J Morris, P Maes. "Understanding Dynamic Pricing Agents." Software Demos, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents (Agents 2001), Montreal, Canada, May 2001.

J Morris, P Maglio. "When Buying On-line, Does Price Really Matter?" Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2001), Seattle, WA, April 2001.

2000

J Morris, P Ree, P Maes. "Sardine: Dynamic Seller Strategies in an Auction Marketplace." Proceedings of the Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC '00), Minneapolis, MN, October 2000.

J Morris, P Maes. "Sardine: An Agent-facilitated Airline Ticket Bidding System." Software Demos, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Autonomous Agents (Agents 2000), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, June 2000.

J Youll, J Morris, R Krikorian, P Maes. "Impulse:Location-based Agent Assistance." Software Demos, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Autonomous Agents (Agents 2000), Barcelona, Spain, June 2000.

J Morris, P Maes. "Negotiating Beyond the Bid Price." Workshop Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2000), The Hague, The Netherlands, April 2000.

Press

Discover Magazine (Vol. 26, No. 03, March 2005): Let HAL Moderate Your Next Meeting

Frames, a bimonthly Media Lab publication (Aug/Sept 2004): Second Messenger: New Technology Improves Group Dynamics

PC World (May 11, 2004): What's Next for Consumer Gadgets? (see the very last sentence)