Jerone Dunbar Human-Centered Ph.D Student, School of Computing Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina jeroned@clemson.edu (202) 709-6298 EDUCATION Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Ph.D. Human Centered Computing, May 2015 MS in Computer Science Cumulative GPA 3.82 (On a 4.0 scale) Research Interests: Human–Centered Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Vehicle Infotainment Systems, Electronic Voting Technologies, Web Based Technologies, Databases and Spoken Language Systems Advisor: Dr. Juan E. Gilbert St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, December 2009 Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Cumulative GPA 3.98 / GPA in major 4.0 (Both on a 4.0 scale) Focus: Information Usage and Management, Minor: Business RESEARCH & TEACHING EXPERIENCE Interaction and Experience Research Scientist, Summer 2012 Intel Labs, Silicon Valley, CA • Interaction and Experience Research Intern is responsible for collaborative rapid experience prototyping, including landscape research, user interviews, interaction design, visual design, prototype development, live presentation, and user assessment. Researcher Intern, Summer 2011 Data Sciences Summer Institute (DHS Project), Urbana Champaign, Illinois • Worked on a Department of Homeland Security project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign building an Expert Search system that is used to find experts in a variety of disciplines. • Techniques used, but not limited to data crawling, data classification, topic modeling, information retrieval and a web user interface. • My particular contribution focused on the user experience and the user interface which will be used in government applications. Graduate Research Assistant, Summer 2010 Clemson University Department of Computing, Clemson, SC • Carried out various research tasks including but not limited to Electronic Voting Studies and In Vehicle Infotainment Systems and Applications. • Project Lead on electronic voting usability studies and also on in vehicle speech systems. Task included but not limited to programming, designing studies, conducting experiments, writing papers and presenting research topics. Research Student Intern, Summer 2009 Computing Research Association Auburn University [Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates DREU] • Worked mainly in the Human Centered Computing Lab conducting research activities. • Research included usability studies with electronic voting systems for the blind, deaf and disabled. Teaching Assistant, Spring 2010 Clemson University Department of Computing, Clemson, SC • Lab Instructor for Visual Basic course which included 25 students. • Tutored undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of Computer Science course but mainly focused on courses that included html, vxml, xml, php, C and Java. • Grader for Database Systems 462/662 course that included 37 graduate and undergraduate students. WORK EXPERIENCE Database Developer Intern, Spring 2009 Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pearl River, NY • Developed database using MS Access for the Procurement Department to enhance the efficiency and processing of crucial large files PC Trainee Intern, Summer 2008 & Fall 2008 Spectra Laboratories, Rockleigh, NJ • Conducted PC imaging, and performed various windows installation and updates, PC Transplant, Network and Systems Administrative task. Resident Assistant, Summer 2007-Fall 2009 St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY • Responsibilities including but not limited to the planning of numerous educational and social activities, and overseeing resident students to ensure the safety, health and comfort of St. Thomas Aquinas College community. Technical Assistant, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006 Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ • Performed various software and hardware installations, resolved hardware and software related issues and conducted work relating to Audio/Visual Technologies. SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING AND USABILITY SKILLS Operating Systems: Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP, Vista and 7, Linux and Apple Macintosh. DBMS and TOOLKITS: Microsoft Access, MySQL and Web-Accessible Multimodal Applications (WAMI). Programming and Scripting Languages: Python, PHP, Lisp, VoiceXML, html, CSS, jQuery, Java, JavaScript, C and Visual Basic. IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans and Microsoft Visual Studio. Statistical Packages: JMP and SAS. Usability: Research Methods: Cognitive Walkthrough, Contextual Inquiry, Ethnography Study and Usability Testing. Design Methods: Affinity Diagrams, Personas, Prototypes, Scenarios, Sketches, Storyboards and Wireframes. PUBLICATIONS 1. Alvarez, I., Martin, A., Dunbar, J., Taiber, J., Wilson, D., AND Gilbert, J. Voice Interfaced Vehicle User Help. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (Automotive UI 2010) in-cooperation with ACM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 2010. 2. Alvarez, I., Alnizami, H., Dunbar, J., Johnson, A., Jackson, F., & Gilbert, J.E. (2011) Designing Driver-centric Natural Voice User Interfaces. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, Salzburg, Austria, pp. 166-169. POSTERS Dunbar, J. & Gilbert, J. Deep Orange, Next Generation Automobiles. ADIM A4RC, The Symposium on Computing at Minority Institutions. Winds of Change in Computing April 2010. Jackson State University, Jackson, MS. SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Motivational Speaker, October 2010 St. Thomas Aquinas College’s Open House event aimed to encourage students to pursue their Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Motivational Speaker, November 2010 St. Thomas Aquinas College’s Open House event aimed to encourage students to pursue their Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. HONORS & AWARDS Intel Labs Kudos Award, Summer 2012 Alpha Epsilon Lambda Honor Society, Fall 2010 Gold Service Award, May 2010 NCAA Academic Excellence Award, Spring 2008 & Spring 2009 Spartan Leadership Award, Spring 2009 Alpha Chi and Chi Alpha Honor Societies, Spring 2008 & Spring 2009 Scholars/Honors Program Scholar, Summer & Fall 2006 Emerging Leadership Award, Fall 2005 African American Researchers in Computing Science (AARCS) Scholarship recipient for Microsoft Research, Summer 2009 MEMBERSHIPS Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Spring 2008 - Present Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), Spring 2011 - Present IEEE Computer Society, Fall 2011 - Present Alpha Epsilon Lamba honors society, Spring 2010- Present SERVICE Student Affairs Student Advisory Board, Member, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Alpha Epsilon Lamba (AEL), President, Fall 2012 – Present National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Vice President and Telecommunications Chair, Spring 2010 - Spring 2012 Black Graduate Student Association (BSGA), Social Networking Chair, Spring 2010 - Spring 2012 NCAA Div II & Club Soccer, Fall 2005 – Fall 2008 NCAA Div II Men’s Tennis, Spring 2006 – Spring 2009 Student Government Association (S.G.A), Vice President, Calendar Year 2008 Campus Activities Board, President , Calendar Year 2009 Campus Activities Board, Vice President, Calendar Year 2008 Culture Shock Club, President, Calendar Years 2008 & 2009 Black Student Co-operative Union, Fall 2005 – Fall 2006 S.G.A., Sophomore Class Representative, Fall 2006

Jerone Dunbar

Human-Centered Ph.D Student, School of Computing

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

jeroned@clemson.edu (202) 709-6298

EDUCATION

Clemson University, Clemson, SC,

Ph.D. Human Centered Computing, May 2015

MS in Computer Science

Cumulative GPA 3.82 (On a 4.0 scale)

Research Interests:

Human–Centered Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Vehicle Infotainment Systems, Electronic Voting Technologies, Web Based Technologies, Databases and Spoken Language Systems

Advisor: Dr. Juan E. Gilbert

St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY,

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, December 2009

Graduated Summa Cum Laude,

Cumulative GPA 3.98 / GPA in major 4.0 (Both on a 4.0 scale)

Focus: Information Usage and Management, Minor: Business

RESEARCH & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Interaction and Experience Research Scientist, Summer 2012

Intel Labs, Silicon Valley, CA

•Interaction and Experience Research Intern is responsible for collaborative rapid experience prototyping, including landscape research, user interviews, interaction design, visual design, prototype development, live presentation, and user assessment.

Researcher Intern, Summer 2011

Data Sciences Summer Institute (DHS Project), Urbana Champaign, Illinois

•Worked on a Department of Homeland Security project at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign building an Expert Search system that is used to find experts in a variety of disciplines.

•Techniques used, but not limited to data crawling, data classification, topic modeling, information retrieval and a web user interface.

•My particular contribution focused on the user experience and the user interface which will be used in government applications.

Graduate Research Assistant, Summer 2010

Clemson University Department of Computing, Clemson, SC

•Carried out various research tasks including but not limited to Electronic Voting Studies and In Vehicle Infotainment Systems and Applications.

•Project Lead on electronic voting usability studies and also on in vehicle speech systems. Task included but not limited to programming, designing studies, conducting experiments, writing papers and presenting research topics.

Research Student Intern, Summer 2009

Computing Research Association Auburn University

[Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates DREU]

•Worked mainly in the Human Centered Computing Lab conducting research activities.

•Research included usability studies with electronic voting systems for the blind, deaf and disabled.

Teaching Assistant, Spring 2010

Clemson University Department of Computing, Clemson, SC

•Lab Instructor for Visual Basic course which included 25 students.

•Tutored undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of Computer Science course but mainly focused on courses that included html, vxml, xml, php, C and Java.

•Grader for Database Systems 462/662 course that included 37 graduate and undergraduate students.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Database Developer Intern, Spring 2009

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pearl River, NY

•Developed database using MS Access for the Procurement Department to enhance the efficiency and processing of crucial large files

PC Trainee Intern, Summer 2008 & Fall 2008

Spectra Laboratories, Rockleigh, NJ

•Conducted PC imaging, and performed various windows installation and updates, PC Transplant, Network and Systems Administrative task.

Resident Assistant, Summer 2007-Fall 2009

St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY

•Responsibilities including but not limited to the planning of numerous educational and social activities, and overseeing resident students to ensure the safety, health and comfort of St. Thomas Aquinas College community.

Technical Assistant, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ

•Performed various software and hardware installations, resolved hardware and software related issues and conducted work relating to Audio/Visual Technologies.

SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING AND USABILITY SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 98, 2000, Me, XP, Vista and 7, Linux and Apple Macintosh.

DBMS and TOOLKITS: Microsoft Access, MySQL and Web-Accessible Multimodal Applications (WAMI).

Programming and Scripting Languages: Python, PHP, Lisp, VoiceXML, html, CSS, jQuery, Java, JavaScript, C and Visual Basic.

IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans and Microsoft Visual Studio.

Statistical Packages: JMP and SAS.

Usability: Research Methods: Cognitive Walkthrough, Contextual Inquiry, Ethnography Study and Usability Testing.

Design Methods: Affinity Diagrams, Personas, Prototypes, Scenarios, Sketches, Storyboards and Wireframes.

PUBLICATIONS

1.Alvarez, I., Martin, A., Dunbar, J., Taiber, J., Wilson, D., AND Gilbert, J. Voice Interfaced Vehicle User Help. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (Automotive UI 2010) in-cooperation with ACM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 2010.

2.Alvarez, I., Alnizami, H., Dunbar, J., Johnson, A., Jackson, F., & Gilbert, J.E. (2011) Designing Driver-centric Natural Voice User Interfaces. In Adjunct Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, Salzburg, Austria, pp. 166-169.

POSTERS

Dunbar, J. & Gilbert, J. Deep Orange, Next Generation Automobiles. ADIM A4RC, The Symposium on Computing at Minority Institutions. Winds of Change in Computing April 2010. Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Motivational Speaker, October 2010

St. Thomas Aquinas College’s Open House event aimed to encourage students to pursue their Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

Motivational Speaker, November 2010

St. Thomas Aquinas College’s Open House event aimed to encourage students to pursue their Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

HONORS & AWARDS

Intel Labs Kudos Award, Summer 2012

Alpha Epsilon Lambda Honor Society, Fall 2010

Gold Service Award, May 2010

NCAA Academic Excellence Award, Spring 2008 & Spring 2009

Spartan Leadership Award, Spring 2009

Alpha Chi and Chi Alpha Honor Societies, Spring 2008 & Spring 2009

Scholars/Honors Program Scholar, Summer & Fall 2006

Emerging Leadership Award, Fall 2005

African American Researchers in Computing Science (AARCS) Scholarship recipient for Microsoft Research, Summer 2009

MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Spring 2008 - Present

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), Spring 2011 - Present

IEEE Computer Society, Fall 2011 - Present

Alpha Epsilon Lamba honors society, Spring 2010- Present

SERVICE

Student Affairs Student Advisory Board, Member, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013

Alpha Epsilon Lamba (AEL), President, Fall 2012 – Present

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Vice President and Telecommunications Chair, Spring 2010 - Spring 2012

Black Graduate Student Association (BSGA), Social Networking Chair, Spring 2010 - Spring 2012

NCAA Div II & Club Soccer, Fall 2005 – Fall 2008

NCAA Div II Men’s Tennis, Spring 2006 – Spring 2009

Student Government Association (S.G.A), Vice President, Calendar Year 2008

Campus Activities Board, President, Calendar Year 2009

Campus Activities Board, Vice President, Calendar Year 2008

Culture Shock Club, President, Calendar Years 2008 & 2009

Black Student Co-operative Union, Fall 2005 – Fall 2006

S.G.A., Sophomore Class Representative, Fall 2006