Lana Yarosh
Svetlana “Lana” Yarosh is an associate professor in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering at University of Minnesota.[1] She is a Distinguished University Teaching Professor and recipient of the McKnight Presidential Fellowship.[2] Yarosh does research as part of the GroupLens Research group.[3]
Her research expertise in human computer interaction focuses on embodied interaction in social computing systems.[4]
She is a member of the Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI),[5] Member Institute of Digital Media and Child Development,[6] Anita Borg Institute Systers,[7] and a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).[8]
Biography[edit]
Education[edit]
Yarosh earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Psychology in the University of Maryland, College Park in 2005, and she graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology as a Doctor of Philosophy, specializing in Human-Centered Computing in 2012.[9]
Career & research[edit]
Yarosh worked at AT&T labs for two years before joining the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering as an assistant professor.[10] Yarosh's research investigates human-computer interaction (HCI).[11] Within HCI, her work focuses on child-computer interaction and social computing.[12] Her work has led to numerous patents including a system and method for enabling mirror video chat using a wearable display device [13] and a system and method for providing separate communication zones in a large format videoconference.[14]
Teaching[edit]
Yarosh began her teaching career in 2014 at the University of Minnesota.[15] She's taught a number of classes in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering including: CSCI 1133: Introduction to Computing and Programming Concepts,[16] CSCI 5115: User Interface Design, Implementation and Evaluation,[17] CSCI 5127W: Embodied Computing: Design & Prototyping,[18] CSCI 8001: Introduction to Research in Computer Science,[19] CSCI 8002: Introduction to Research in Computer Science II,[20] and CSCI 8980: Social Connectedness Technologies.[21] Content from some of these courses is available on the online platform Coursera.[22]
Yarosh collaborated with others to develop and deploy a YouTube CrashCourse series on Artificial Intelligence which launched on August 9, 2019.[23]
Honors and awards[edit]
- McKnight Presidential Fellows Award (2020–2023) [24]
- CSCW Best Paper Honorable Mention Award (2021) [25]
- CHI Best Paper Honorable Mention Award (2021) [26]
- CHI Best Paper Honorable Mention Award (2019) [27]
- Morse-Alumni Award (2019) [28]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lana Yarosh". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "McKnight Presidential Fellows". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "GroupLens". GroupLens.
- ^ "Lana Yarosh". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "ACM SIG CHI". facebook.com.[self-published]
- ^ "Workgroup Members". Children and Screens.
- ^ "CRA-Women Newsletter" (PDF). Computing Research Association.
- ^ "Svetlana (Lana) Yarosh". Digital Library.
- ^ "Lana Yarosh Department of Computer Science and Engineering". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "Highlight on Alum Lana Yarosh". Computing Research Association.
- ^ "Svetlana Yarosh". Google Scholar.
- ^ "Lana Yarosh, Instructor". Coursera.
- ^ "System and method for enabling mirror video chat using a wearable display device". Google Patents.
- ^ "System and method for providing separate communication zones in a large format videoconference". Google Patents.
- ^ "Professor Lana Yarosh honored with Morse-Alumni Award". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "CSCI 1133: Introduction to Computing and Programming Concepts". Canvas.
- ^ "CSCI 5115: User Interface Design, Implementation and Evaluation". Canvas.
- ^ "CSCI 5127W - Embodied Computing: Design & Prototyping". Coursicle.
- ^ "CSCI 8001: Introduction to Research in Computer Science". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "CSCI 8002: Introduction to Research in Computer Science, II". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "CSCI 8980: Social Connectedness Technologies". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "Lana Yarosh". Coursera.
- ^ "What Is Artificial Intelligence? Crash Course AI #1". Youtube.
- ^ "McKnight Presidential Fellows". University of Minnesota.
- ^ "Awards & Recognitions CSCW 2021". Association for Computing Machinery.
- ^ "Awards CHI 2021". Association for Computing Machinery.
- ^ "CHI 2019 Best Papers & Honourable Mentions". Association for Computing Machinery.
- ^ "Professor Lana Yarosh honored with Morse-Alumni Award". University of Minnesota.
