Interactions - November/December 2012

also credit the GSC for sparking their research careers.

Danielle Wilde. I am an independent artist and design researcher, working in collaboration with organizations such as the CSIRO, Australia’s national scientific research organization, Neuroscience Australia, Australian Wool Innovation, and others. My Ph.D. investigated the poetics of embodied engagement afforded by pairing technology with the body to facilitate real and/or virtual extension. It was the first fine-arts, practice-led Ph.D. undertaken at CSIRO, and was awarded the vice chancellor’s medal for excellence. I also received the inaugural prime minister’s Australia Asia Award to undertake doctoral research at the University of Tokyo, and completed fellowships at a number of leading U.K. HCI, robotics, and smart materials research labs, and the Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM), in Amsterdam. I hold an M.A. in interaction design from the Royal College of Art in London. I do not hold an undergraduate degree.

I first attended TEI in 2009, when
I was a student volunteer. The fol-
lowing year, I was a participant in
the first GSC. Mentoring and engage-
ment with the TEI community was
an important factor in my growth.
Being a student volunteer provided
access into the heart of the TEI con-
ference very early in my doctoral
studies. The GSC afforded, most
important, critical examination of
my work from a range of perspec-
tives, deeper understanding of
how to frame my contribution, and
valuable advice on publishing and
engaging with the broader commu-
nity. The GSC facilitators generously
shared vast expertise and knowl-
edge. The structure and collegial
atmosphere of the program gave me
confidence to engage, and to form
lasting relationships with an inspir-
ing and inspired group of newly dis-
covered peers, as well as members
of the broader TEI community.

TEI. These venues have helped to shape the ways in which the TEI community evolves, preserving the notion that ideas are powerful. The impact of preparing innovators in an emerging field is especially important as the community continues to expand in both thought and number. We are looking forward to seeing where emerging TEI innovators will take us—offering rich explorations of existing agendas, making an impact through commercialization, and establishing new agendas to pursue. We have seen this happen from 2007 to 2012 and have reason to be excited about TEI conferences to come.

Acknowledgements We thank all conference organizers, the many members of the TEI community, and the GSC participants for gatherings full of creative energy. We also thank the panel participants, whom we have quoted in this article. This work was partially funded by NSF award IIS-1143513.

These are just a few of the amazing TEI alumni. Many more are emerging as TEI leaders.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Orit Shaer is the Clare Boothe
Luce Assistant Professor of
Computer Science and Media
Arts and Sciences at Wellesley
College. Her research focuses on
how novel human-computer inter-
faces can leverage users’ cognitive, motor, and
social skills to foster collaborative problem solving.
She co-chairs the ACM 2012 Conference on
Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces.

Amon Millner is a Visiting Assistant
Professor of Computing Innovation
at the Franklin W. Olin College of
Engineering, cofounder of Modkit,
and a visiting scientist at the MI T
Media Lab. Millner directs the
Caroline Hummels is a professor in
the Department of Industrial
Design at Eindhoven University of
Technology, where she is heading
the Designing Quality in Interaction
Group. Her activities concentrate
on designing for transformation
through aesthetic interaction with open, disruptive,
innovative systems. She is one of the founders of TEI.