Curriculum Vitae
Ann Elizabeth Meyer

US WEST Advanced Technologies
4001 Discovery Dr., Suite 370
Boulder, CO 80303
Fax: 303-541-8264
E-Mail: bethmeyer@mindspring.com

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

3/95 - present:	Research Assistant, Human Attention and Performance Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
	Played a major role in planning, conducting and reporting a study of World Wide Web navigation in older adults.
		Participated in planning and data collection.
		Developed an HTML hands-on tutorial for Web navigation tasks.
		Analyzed data and wrote initial drafts of report.
		Presented initial results at ACM CHI ‘97 conference in March, 1997.
	Coordinated a focus group project designed to discover major usability issues for older adults.
		Recruited and conducted eight focus groups in diverse communities.
		Developed a multidimensional coding scheme for the transcripts.
		Developed a suite of Word for Windows macros to automate the process of coding text and extracting coded text into easily sorted tables.
		Analyzed coded data and wrote initial drafts of report.
	Taught the laboratory section of an applied experimental psychology course.
6/96 - 10/96:	Human Factors Intern, Siemens Software Usability Center, Johnson City, TN
	Performed planning, design, and evaluation of automation software displays.
		Found and reported on usability issues with panel configuration software.
		Planned a usability test of this software.
		Designed a new set of operator displays for handling factory action requests, and new displays for engineers to configure these features.
		Created an questionnaire web page to collect user data.
6/91 - 3/95:	Cognitive Engineer, NCR Human Interface Technology Center, Atlanta, GA
	Conducted research and design for an intelligent tutoring system prototype to train operators of combustible gas indicators (CGIs).
		Researched and wrote an extensive needs analysis for CGI training.
		Designed simulation-based multimedia user interface for training delivery, as well as user interface for administrative functions.
		Designed multiple versions of lessons, to be adapted to users' performance.
		Recruited, trained, and supervised other lesson designers.
		Collaborated extensively with programmers to design lesson adaptation.
	Conducted research, design, and evaluation for an adaptive help prototype for retail point-of-sale terminals.
		Analyzed point-of-sale terminal operation and researched usability issues.
		Wrote different levels of online help material to be presented by the prototype. Developed a table relating help displays to internal states of the point-of-sale system, which was then used to develop prototype code.
		Conducted an experiment evaluating user performance with the prototype. Documented and reported results.
6/86 - 6/91:	Senior Product Information Analyst, Unisys Atlanta Development Center, Atlanta, GA
	Conducted user interface design for a major financial product.
		Researched, wrote and maintained the user interface standards document.
		Planned and managed design of displays and reports, supervising a team of window authors. Received a Short-Term Achievement Award for this effort.
		Developed displays for the initial prototype.
	Researched and wrote 10 technical reference manuals about a major accounting system for the financial industry.

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EDUCATION

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RELEVANT COURSEWORK

• Statistics sequence (includes analysis of variance, research design, and regression analysis)
• Engineering psychology sequence (includes methodology, environmental stressors, and displays and controls)
• Psychological testing
• Psychomotor skill development
• Skill acquisition
• Motor skill performance
• Cognitive psychology
• Sensation & perception
• Conditioning & learning
• Social psychology
• Learning from visual displays
• Educational technology
• Expertise

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PUBLICATIONS

	Rogers, W. A., Meyer, B., Walker, N., & Fisk, A. D. (In press). Functional limitations to daily living tasks in the aged: A focus group analysis. Human Factors.
	Debevc, M., Meyer, B. & Svecko, R. (1997). An adaptive short list for documents on the World Wide Web. In J. Moore, E. Edmonds, & A. Puerta (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1997 International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp.209-211). New York: Association for Computing Machinery.
	Meyer, B. & Catrambone, R. (1996). Application of cognitive measures and models in predicting point-of-sale terminal performance. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 40th Annual Meeting, Vol. 2 (pp. 1041-1045). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
	Debevc, M., Meyer, B., Donlagic, D., & Svecko, R. (1996). Design and evaluation of an adaptive icon toolbar. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 6, 1-21.
	Meyer, B. (1995). Studies of expertise in physics and in point-of-sale terminal operation. In N. Aykin & C. L. Coyle (Eds.), Proceedings of the AT&T Human Factors and Behavioral Sciences Symposium '95 (pp. 382-386).

	Meyer, B. (1994). Retail user assistant: Evaluation of a user-adapted performance support system. In B. Blumenthal, J. Gornostaev, & C. Unger (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 876. Human-Computer Interaction: 4th International Conference, EWHCI '94, Selected Papers (pp. 45-55). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
	Debevc, M., Donlagic, D., Svecko, R., Spasovski, J., & Meyer, B. (1994). Flexible user support with adaptive bar. East-West International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (EWHCI '94) Proceedings, Vol. 1 (pp. 129-134). St. Petersburg, Russia.
	Meyer, B., Burgess Yakemovic, K.C., & Harris, M. (1993). Issues in practical application of an adaptive interface. In W. D. Gray, W. E. Hefley, & D. Murray (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1993 International Workshop on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp. 251-254). Orlando, FL. New York: ACM Press.
	Meyer, B. (1993). Retail User Assistant: The development and evaluation of an adaptive, knowledge-based performance support system. In H. Fairbrother & J. Waggett (Eds.), Proceedings of the AT&T Human Factors & Behavioral Sciences Symposium '93 (pp. 247-251).

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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

	Meyer, B., Sit, R. A., Spaulding, V. A., Mead, S. E., & Walker, N. (1997, March). Age group differences in World Wide Web navigation. CHI '97 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Atlanta, GA.
	Debevc, M. & Meyer, B. (1997, January). An adaptive short list for documents on the World Wide Web. International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Orlando, FL.
	Meyer, B. & Catrambone, R. (1996, September). Application of cognitive measures and models in predicting point-of-sale terminal performance. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 40th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
	Meyer, B., Walker, N., & Rogers, W. (1996, April). Daily living tasks in the aged: Sources of and solutions to functional limitations. 1996 Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
	Mane, A., Meyer, B., Milewski, A., & Roesler, M. (1995, March). Will you let your agent do the walking? AT&T Human Factors and Behavioral Science Symposium, Holmdel, NJ.
	Meyer, B., & Lee, M. D. (1995, March). Intelligent training for combustible gas indicator users. AT&T Human Factors and Behavioral Science Symposium, Holmdel, NJ.
	Meyer, B. (1995, March). Studies of expertise in physics and point-of-sale terminal operation. AT&T Human Factors and Behavioral Science Symposium, Holmdel, NJ.
	Meyer, B. (1994, August). Retail user assistant: Evaluation of a user-adapted performance support system. East-West International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, St. Petersburg, Russia.
	Debevc, M., Donlagic, D., Svecko, R., Spasovski, J., & Meyer, B. (1994, August). Flexible user support with adaptive bar. East-West International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, St. Petersburg, Russia.

	Meyer, B. (1993, April). Computer-aided adaptation of user interfaces. "Computer-aided adaptation of user interfaces" workshop, InterCHI '93 conference, Amsterdam.
	Meyer, B. (1993, June). Retail user assistant: The development and evaluation of an adaptive, knowledge-based performance support system. AT&T Human Factors and Behavioral Science Symposium, Holmdel, NJ.

INVITED TALKS

	Meyer, B. (1997, August). Adaptive user interfaces: Principles of usability for younger and older users. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor, Slovenia, and Institute Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
	Meyer, B. (1997, April). Problems of daily living: A focus group analysis. Human Factors and Cognitive Aging Seminar, Consortium on the Psychology of Aging, Atlanta, GA.
	Meyer, B. (1996, April). Older adults' reports of encounters with, and solutions to, cognitive limits in daily living. Cognitive Research Meeting, University of Georgia Department of Psychology, Athens, GA.

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AWARDS

	Award for "Best Paper on User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction," East-West International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 1994, St. Petersburg, Russia. (Awarded jointly to the two papers I presented.)
	Short-term Achievement Award, Unisys Corporation, 1991. (Awarded for coordinating user interface development.)
	SGA Outstanding Student Award, Berry College, 1986.

COURSES TAUGHT

SPECIAL SKILLS

	Designing and conducting human factors research (including formal experiments, usability tests, interviews and focus groups)
	Statistical analysis using SPSS
	Software user interface design and evaluation
	WordBasic macro development
	Programming in Micro Experimental Language and similar structured programming (e.g., Pascal)
	Basic web site development
	Excellent writing and oral presentation skills

REFERENCES

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