[Social-sciences-list] Social-sciences-list Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3

[Christine Szostak]

Hi Vincent,
  Nice to see you over here. Welcome to the list!
Many thanks,
Christine

Christine M. Szostak
Doctoral Candidate
Language Perception Laboratory
Department of Psychology, Cognitive Area
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
szostak.1 at osu.edu
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From: "vincent martin" <vmartin at mindspring.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Social-sciences-list] Social-sciences-list Digest, Vol 1,Issue 
3


> Hello:
> My name is Vincent Martin and my area is a little unique for this list. 
> My
> background  is as a rehabilitation engineer and research scientist who 
> spent
> a lot of time also teaching as well.  With my two undergraduate 
> engineering
> degrees, I also have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with an emphasis in
> Engineering Psychology.  I am currently completing the last semester of my
> Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech and I am in
> the Psychology track of this discipline.  I intend to continue my
> educational pursuits with a PHD in what is called Human Centered 
> Computing.
>
>
> I worked for almost five years as a health research scientist for the
> Veterans Administration where I spent an extensive amount of time in
> research methods and design.  Since our area of research was in 
> Wayfinding,
> we actually did create and test a number of devices to deal with our
> research hypothesis.  In determining how to design assistive technology, 
> we
> did realize that what is going on in the brain is much more important than
> what was happening with our devices.  There are a number of new apps that
> are now being produced  by the Looktell company that were a direct result 
> of
> our collaborations with that company from 2005 until this year.
>
> Human Centered Computing is in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech 
> and
> is one of the Interactive Computing disciplines.  It is a new discipline
> (only five PHD programs in the country now) that deals with how to solve
> problems with computing systems.  The area that I have been specializing 
> in
> is how to display the data that we use in Statistics in formats that blind
> and low-vision people can readily have access to.  Although the lab that I
> work in is called the Sonification lab at Georgia Tech, we do also utilize 
> a
> multi-modal and multi-discipline approach towards solving problems.  Our 
> lab
> currently has five PHD candidates in Engineering Psychology and two in 
> Human
> Centered computing.  Two will be graduating in a few weeks and will be
> replace by two more.  We also have another twenty-five or more people in
> Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction and undergraduate Psychology
> that do work with us.
>
> Another of the things that will keep me interested in what we discuss on
> this list is related to my actual hobby.  I am a big fan of Behavioral
> Economics and the more I watch people and how they function within our
> Economy, the more I am fascinated by it.  The more I delve into Economics,
> the more I end up reading more about Social Psychology!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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