My name is Erin Solovey.  I am a PhD candidate in the Human-Computer
Interaction Research Group within the computer science department of
Tufts University, and Professor Robert Jacob is my advisor. This summer, I
am working in the Computational User Experiences group within Microsoft
Research where Desney Tan is my mentor. I received a MS in computer
science from Tufts in February, 2007. You can contact me at etreac01 AT
cs.tufts.edu

My main area of research is human-computer interaction.  I am interested
in next-generation interaction styles, such as reality-based interaction,
tangible user interfaces, affective computing, and really any new interaction
technique.  I am also interested in computer graphics and machine
learning. Currently, I am investigating the use of functional near-infrared
spectroscopy (fNIRS) for use in brain-computer interaction. In addition,
I am working with Michael Horn on the development and evaluation of an
interactive exhibit on robotics and computer programming at the Boston
Museum of Science.

Before coming to Tufts, I worked for Oracle Corporation for four years as a
Senior Software Engineer.   Before Oracle, I was at Harvard University,
where I concentrated in computer science, and was also a student
founder of the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH).  

I also have been a summer intern in several different organizations.  
In 1998, I worked at Planet Direct, which then became MyWay.com. In
1999, I worked in the JavaSoft Division of Sun Microsystems.  In the
summer of 2000, I worked in the Manufacturing Applications Division of
Oracle Corporation. In the summer of 2006, I worked in the Advanced
Networks group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.