Daniel Avrahami received his Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, and B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. His research includes the use of machine learning for the support of interpersonal communication, design and implementation of communications solutions, and the use of field and controlled experimentation to examine communication and tools.

In 2003, Cherie Collins joined the Seattle lab as Sr. Administrative Assistant.  Prior to joining IRS, she worked at the Intel DuPont campus for five years where she provided administrative support to a Chipset Engineering Group. Cherie is currently working toward a Bachelors Degree in Business. (Email)

Sunny Consolvo's research applies user-centered design to ubiquitous computing.  Through on-body sensing and mobile computing, she develops persuasive technologies to encourage people to incorporate regular physical activity into their everyday lives.  Sunny is a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington’s Information School. Homepage, (Email)

Ben Greenstein received his doctorate in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied wireless, embedded, sensing software systems.  Currently, Ben leads the Trustworthy Wireless Project, maintaining his focus at the intersection of wireless networking and distributed systems. Homepage, (Email)

Beverly Harrison's research currently focuses on healthcare-related applications for wearable sensor-based systems and context-aware mobile applications.  Beverly received her doctorate in human factors engineering from the University of Toronto and has worked in industrial research laboratories for over 15 years including Nortel, Alias/SGI, Xerox PARC, and IBM Research. (Email)

Jeffrey Hightower's research employs devices, services, sensors, and interfaces to allow computing to fade calmly into the background of daily life.  Specifically, he investigates sensor-enhanced mobile computing and co-led the Place Lab project which sought to make location-enhanced computing widely available and easy to use.  Jeffrey received his doctorate in computer science and engineering from the University of Washington in 2004. Homepage, (Email)

Jaeyeon Jung received her doctorate in computer science from MIT in 2006, and her bachelor's and master's degrees from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.  Her research focuses on many aspects of networked systems and network security.  Prior to joining Intel Research, Jaeyeon worked at Mazu Networks and implemented her scan-detection algorithms in Mazu's Profiler product.  She is an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington. Homepage, (Email)

As a Research Escalation and Technology Transfer (RETT) Engineer, Kenneth Lafond monitors research in local labs to facilitate connections and find advantageous uses for Intel technologies.  He is also currently working as software engineer on the TLC project.  Kenneth came to Intel Research after eight years in various technical roles with Intel Corporate.  He holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Brigham Young University.

Anthony LaMarca is Associate Director of Intel Research Seattle.  His research interests include location technologies, ubiquitous computing, distributed systems, and human-centered design.  He most recently co-led the Place Lab project which sought to enable wide-scale device positioning using radio beacons.  Anthony has a bachelor's from the University of California at Berkeley and a doctorate from the University of Washington. Homepage (Email)

James Landay directed the Seattle laboratory from 2003 to 2006 and now serves as Strategic Advisor.  An associate professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington (UW), James' research interests include automated usability evaluation, demonstrational interfaces, ubiquitous computing, user interface design tools, and web design.  He is a founding member of the UW Design:Use:Build (DUB) Center and was a tenured professor in EECS at UC Berkeley before coming to Seattle. Homepage, (Email)
 

As a software engineer for Intel Research, Louis LeGrand was responsible for creating the inference software for Intel's Mobile Sensing Platform.  He came to Intel Research from engineering roles with Pixelworks and Boeing. Loius holds a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University and another in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. (Email)

Jean Moran manages the daily operations of the Seattle laboratory and also provides program management support.  Before joining IRS in 2006, Jean managed the Surface Analysis Group in the Materials Technology Department at Intel Santa Clara.  She received her doctorate in electrochemistry from the National University of Ireland in Cork. (Email)

Matthai Philipose builds sensor-based systems that allow computers to understand and act on the human state.  He is especially interested in applying these systems to the long-term care of the elderly and is currently team lead on the Technology for Long-Term Care project at Intel Research.  Matthai has a doctoral degree from the University of Washington and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. Homepage, (Email)

Senior Software Engineer, Polly Powledge brought her knowledge of middleware and networking development to Intel Research in 2003.  Most recently, her work has focused on embedded system development, working with MSP430 microcontrollers, Linux/ARM, TinyOS, Symbian and Windows Mobile.  Polly holds a Master of Science degree from Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. (Email)

Ali Rahimi develops machine learning techniques for large-scale vision and sensing problems with recent emphasis on real-time object instance recognition, and on training kernel machines on very large datasets.  He joined the Seattle research team in 2005 after completing his doctoral degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Ali serves as an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington. Homepage, (Email)

Hardware Engineer, Adam Rea designs the light-weight, power-efficient sensing systems that make many of the innovations at IRS possible.  Recent examples of his expertise are the Multi Sensor Board (MSB) and RFID bracelet.  Adam received his bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Washington. (Email)

Anmol Sheth received his doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Colorado and joined Intel Research Seattle in June 2007. His research spans the broad area of wireless systems, and his thesis dealt with diagnosing performance degradation faults in large scale WiFi networks. He is currently exploring the physical layer implications of privacy and security in wireless networks. (Email)

Joshua Smith joined Intel in 2004 and leads the Personal Robotics team with his research on electric field sensing for robotic grasping.  As a doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joshua invented an electric-field-based passenger airbag suppression system that is now standard equipment in all Honda cars.  Since joining Intel, he has also led the development of WISP, a wirelessly powered platform for sensing and computing. Josh is an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington. Homepage, (Email)

David Wetherall signed on as Director of Intel Research Seattle in 2006.  He is also an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. Wetherall received his doctorate from MIT in 1998. His interests lie broadly in networking, including wireless, Internet and mobile systems. He received an NSR CAREER award in 2002, became a Sloan Fellow in 2004, and was awarded the SIGCOMM Test-of-Time award for his thesis work pioneering the concept of active networks. Homepage, (Email)