Eric Paulos is an American
computer scientist,
artist (working in
new media art
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), and
inventor, best known for his early work on
internet
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robotic
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrate ...
teleoperation
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and is considered a founder of the field of
Urban Computing, coining the term "urban computing" in 2004. His current work is in the areas of emancipation fabrication, cosmetic computing,
citizen science, New Making Renaissance
Critical Making Robotics,
DIY Biology, DIY culture,
Micro-volunteering
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, and the cultural critique of such technologies through
New Media
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strategies.
Dr. Paulos is the founder and director of th
Hybrid Ecologies Lab an associate professor in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department at
UC Berkeley
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, director of th
CITRIS Invention Lab Chief Learning Officer for th
Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and faculty within th
Berkeley Center for New Media(BCNM).
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Previously, Dr. Paulos held the Cooper-Siegel Associate Professor Chair in the School of Computer Science at
Carnegie Mellon University where he was faculty within the
Human-Computer Interaction Institute with courtesy faculty appointments in the
Robotics Institute
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and in the
Entertainment Technology Center. At CMU he was also director of the Living Environments Lab. Prior to CMU, Eric was senior research scientist at
Intel Research
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at one of the
Intel Research Lablets
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in Berkeley, California where he founded the Urban Atmospheres research group – challenged to employ innovative methods to explore urban life and the future fabric of emerging technologies across public urban landscapes. His areas of expertise span a deep body of research territory in urban computing, sustainability, green design, environmental awareness, social telepresence, robotics, physical computing, interaction design, persuasive technologies, and intimate media. Eric is a regular contributor, editorial board member, and reviewer for numerous professional journals and conferences. His published work is primarily in the areas of
Robotics
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrate ...
,
Urban Computing,
Human-Computer Interaction,
Computer supported cooperative work
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, and
Ubicomp. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley where he helped launch a new robotic industry by developing some of the first internet tele-operated robots including Space Browsing helium filled blimps and Personal Roving Presence devices (PRoPs).
Eric is also the founder and director of th
Experimental Interaction Unitand a frequent collaborator with
Mark Pauline of
Survival Research Laboratories. Eric's work has been exhibited at the InterCommunication Center (ICC) in Japan,
Ars Electronica, ISEA, SIGGRAPH, the Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF), SFMOMA, the Chelsea Art Museum, Art Interactive, LA MOCA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the ZKM, Southern Exposure, and a performance for the opening of the Whitney Museum's 1997 Biennial Exhibition.
Born and raised in
California
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, Eric received a
B.S.
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...
,
M.S.
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, and
Ph.D.
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in
Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science
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from the
University of California, Berkeley
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, completing his Ph.D. in 2001. Eric has also collaborated with
Mark Pauline of
Survival Research Laboratories since 1994.
Notable Innovative Projects
* 1994 Mechanical Gaze – third robot on the web and first remote robot using color image as well as for museum artifact exploration
* 1993–2000 PRoPs – first online mobile telepresence robot using blimps an ground based robotic platforms
* 2000 TeleActor – First remote control of skilled human equipped with a wireless camera who moves through and interacts based on remote commands delivered in real time one the internet. (with Ken Goldberg, David Pescovitz, and Judith Donath)
* 2002 Connexus – First smartwatch with haptic messaging using touch, stroke, and heartbeat as inout and light, heat, and vibration as output to paired device. Technology later released in 2015 as Real Touch in Apple Watch.
* 2007 Citizen Science on Mobile Smartphones – First use of smartphones with air quality sensors attached to collect and crowdsource location based air quality data.
Selected bibliography
* Paulos, E. and Canny J. 1998. PRoP: Personal Roving Presence. ACM SIGCHI, 296 - 303.
* Paulos, E. and Canny J. 2000. Personal Tele-embodiment: Reconstructing the Body for Online Interaction in The Robot in the Garden: Telerobotics and Telepistemonogy on the Internet, Cambridge: MIT Press.
* Paulos, E. and Canny J. 2001. Social Tele-embodiment: Understanding Presence. Autonomous Robots, 11(1), 87-95.
* Paulos, E. and Goodman, E. 2004. The Familiar Stranger: Anxiety, Comfort, and Play in Public Places. ACM SIGCHI, 223-230.
References
External links
* Eric'
personal home pageLecture during Mobile Art && Code series at Carnegie Mellon UniversityLiving Environments LabUrban AtmospheresCarnegie Mellon UniversityHuman-Computer Interaction Institute
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Living people
American computer scientists
American roboticists
American digital artists
New media artists
Human–computer interaction researchers
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Ubiquitous computing researchers
Human-Computer Interaction Institute faculty
UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty
1969 births
21st-century American inventors