MS in Computer Science, emphasis in Human-Computer Interaction, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2004.

Attended Scandinavian Digital Design courses at Denmark Design School, Summer 2001.

BS summa cum laude with departmental honors in Computer Science, minor in Art History, University of New Mexico, Fall 2000.

Carter, S., C. Liao, L. Denoue, G. Golovchinsky, Q. Liu. Linking digital media to physical documents: Comparing content-based and marker-based tags. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 9(2). Pages: 46-55. 2010.
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Carter, S., J. Mankoff, S. Klemmer, and T. Matthews. Exiting the Cleanroom: On Ecological Validity and Ubiquitous Computing. Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 23(1). Pages: 47-99. 2008. Top ten most cited paper in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
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Matthews, T., T. Rattenbury, and S. Carter. Defining, Designing, and Evaluating Peripheral Displays: An Analysis Using Activity Theory. Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 22(1/2). Pages: 221-261. 2007. Top ten most cited paper in 2008 and 2009.
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Carter, S. and J. Mankoff. Prototypes in the Wild: Lessons Learned from Evaluating Three Ubicomp Systems. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 4(4). Pages: 51-57. 2005.
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Carter, S., J. Mankoff, and P. Goddi. Building Connections among Loosely Coupled Groups: Hebb's Rule at Work. Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, 13(3). Pages: 305-327. 2004.
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Tang, A., B. Pearlmutter, M. Zibulevsky, and S. Carter. Blind Source Separation of Multichannel Neuromagnetic Responses. Computational Neuroscience, 1999. Proceedings published in Neurocomputing, 32-33. Pages: 1115-1120. 2000.
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Carter, S., F. Chen, A. S. Mulalidharan, and J. Pickens. DiG: A Task-based Approach to Product Search. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), Pages: 303-306. 2011.
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Carter, S., J. Doherty, J. Adcock, and S. Branham. NudgeCam: Toward targeted, higher quality media capture. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM), Pages: 615-618. 2010.
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Denoue, L., J. Adcock, S. Carter, P. Chiu, and F. Chen. FormCracker: Interactive Web-based Form Filling. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng), Pages: 235-238. 2010.
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Branham, S., G. Golovchinsky, S. Carter, and J. Biehl. Let’s Go from the Whiteboard: Supporting Transitions in Work through Whiteboard Capture and Reuse. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Pages: 75-84. 2010.
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Perttula, A., S. Carter, and L. Denoue. Kartta: Using Multimedia and Context to Navigate Unfamiliar Environments. Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Entertainment and Media in the Ubiquitous Era (MindTrek), Pages: 120-123. 2009.
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Golovchinsky, G., P. Qvarfordt, B. van Melle, S. Carter, and T. Dunnigan. DICE: Designing conference rooms for usability. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Pages: 1015-1024. 2009.
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Carter, S, L. Denoue. PicNTell: A camcorder metaphor for screen recording. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM), Pages: 869-872. 2008.
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Carter, S., J. Mankoff, and J. Heer. Momento: Support for Situated Ubicomp Experimentation. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Pages: 125-134. 2007.
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Carter, S., A. Hurst, J. Mankoff, and J. Li. Dynamically Adapting GUIs to Diverse Input Devices. Proceedings of The ACM Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS), Pages: 63-70. 2006.
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Matthews, T., S. Carter, C. Pai, J. Fong, and J. Mankoff. Scribe4Me: Evaluating a Mobile Sound Transcription Tool for the Deaf. Proceedings of The International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp), Pages: 159-176. 2006.
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Carter, S. The Role of the Author in Topical Blogs. Extended abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Pages: 1256-1259. 2005.
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Carter, S. and J. Mankoff. When Participants Do the Capturing: The Role of Media in Diary Studies. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Pages: 899-908. 2005. (Nominated for best paper award)
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Matthews, T., A. K. Dey, J. Mankoff, S. Carter, and T. Rattenbury. A Toolkit For Managing User Attention in Peripheral Displays. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), Pages: 247-256. 2004.
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Carter, S., E. Churchill, L. Denoue, J. Helfman, and L. Nelson. Digital Graffiti: Public Annotation of Multimedia Content. Extended abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Pages: 1207-1210. 2004.
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Dey, A. K., J. Mankoff, G. Abowd, and S. Carter. Distributed Mediation of Ambiguous Context in Aware Environments. Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), Pages: 121-130. 2002.
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Golovchinsky, G., S. Carter, and J. Biehl. Beyond the Drawing Board: Toward More Effective Use of Whiteboard Content. arXiv:0911.0039v1. 2009.
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Carter, S. and L. Denoue. SeeReader: An (Almost) Eyes-Free Mobile Rich Document Viewer. International Journal of Computer Science Issues (IJCSI). Vol. 1. Pages: 36-41. 2009.
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Chandra, S., J. Biehl, J. Boreczky, S. Carter, L. Denoue, and L. Rowe. Understanding screen contents for effective screencasting. Poster, ACM Multimedia Systems, 2012.

Golovchinsky, G., S. Carter, and A. Dunnigan. ARA: The Active Reading Application. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM), 2011.
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Perttula, A., S. Carter, and L. Denoue. Kartta: Extracting Landmarks near Personalized Points-of-Interest from User Generated Content. Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI), 2009.
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Denoue, L., S. Carter, J. Adcock, G. Golovchinsky, and A. Girgensohn. WebNC: Efficient sharing of web applications. Proceedings of the International World Wide Web Conference (WWW), 2009.
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Denoue, L., J. Adcock, S. Carter, and G. Golovchinsky. WebNC: Efficient sharing of web applications. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia (Hypertext), Pages: 365-366. 2009.
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Carter, S., E. Churchill, L. Denoue, J. Helfman, and P. Murphy. Palimpsests on Public View. Demonstration, Proceedings of the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp), 2003.
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Carter, S. !hobgoblin. Demonstration, Proceedings of Museums and the Web (MW), 2002.
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Perttula, A. and S. Carter. Retrospective vs. Prospective: A comparison of two approaches to mobile media capture and access. Social Mobile Media Workshop, 2008. ( pdf )

Back, M., S. Carter, S. Lahlou, M. Inagaki, K. Horikiri, and G. Morrison. Remix rooms: Mashing up media for meetings. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) workshop proposal: Remix rooms: Redefining the smart conference room, 2008.
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Back, M., S. Lahlou, M. Inagaki, K. Horikiri, S. Carter, and G. Morrison. UbiMEET: Design and Evaluation of Smart Environments in the Workplace. International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) workshop proposal: UbiMeet, 2008.
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Back, M., S. Lahlou, S. Carter, M. Inagaki, K. Horikiri, and J. Huang. Embodied Meeting Support: Mobile, Tangible, Senseable Interaction in Smart Environments. International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) workshop proposal: UbiMeet, 2007.
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Carter, S. Supporting the Autobiographical Experience of Place. International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) workshop: Exurban Noir, 2006.
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Davidoff, S., S. Carter, and J. Mankoff. Can Early-Stage Tools and Techniques for Iterative Design Help Researchers Understand a Problem Space? International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive) workshop: What makes for good application-led research in ubiquitous computing?, 2005.
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Mankoff, J. and S. Carter. Crossing Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation in the Domain of Ubiquitous Computing. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) workshop: Usage analysis, Combining Logging and Qualitative Methods, 2005.
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Carter, S., J. Mankoff, and P. Goddi. Representing and Supporting Action on Buried Relationships in Smart Environments. ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) workshop: Public, Community, and Situated Displays, 2002.
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Tang, A.C., S.A. Carter, B.A. Pearlmutter, N.A. Malaszenko, L.K. Anderson, C.J. Aine, and R. Christner. Rapid Modification of Populational Neuronal Response Onset Times Via Hebbian Learning: a Non-Invasive Single-Trial Analysis of MEG Data. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 123C, Poster, 2000.
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Carter, S., A. Tang, B. Pearlmutter, L. Anderson, C. Aine, and R. Christner. Coactivation of Visual and Auditory Pathways Induces Changes in the Timing of Evoked Responses in Populations of Neurons: An MEG Study. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 561.4, Poster, 2000.
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Carter, S. The Design of Hebb, a Peripheral System Supporting Awareness and Communication, and a study of its impact on small, distributed groups. MS Thesis. Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley, 2004.
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Carter, S. Imaging Brain Activation: the MEG Scalp Projection Tool. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Computer Science Department, University of New Mexico, 2000.
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Carter, S. and S. Lederer. Informal Videoconferencing and Awareness. Technical Report EECS-2006-97, EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, 2006.
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Carter, S. Techniques and Tools for Field-based Early-stage Study and Iteration of Ubicomp Applications. Dissertation proposal, 2005.
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Van Melle, W., A. Dunnigan, G. Golovchinsky, S. Carter, P. Qvartfordt. Method and System for Controlling a Space Based on Media Content. Patent #12/116,168 filed May 6, 2008.

Carter, S., M. Back, and V. Roth. System and Method for Automatically Controlling Avatar Actions Using Mobile Sensors. Patent #12/105,561 filed April 18, 2008.

Carter, S., J. Doherty, and J. Adcock. System and Method for Exposing Video-Taking Heuristics at Point of Capture. Patent #12/058,620 filed March 28, 2008.

Carter, S. and L. Denoue. System and Method for Capturing, Annotating, and Linking Media. Patent #11/941,874 filed November 17, 2007.

Denoue, L. and S. Carter. Advanced Input Controller for Multimedia Processing. Patent #11/869,979 filed October 10, 2007.

Nelson, L. D., L. Denoue, J. Helfman, E. F. Churchill, S. Carter, and P. Murphy. Methods and Systems for Extending Existing User Interfaces. Patent #10/739,186 filed December 19, 2003.

Tom Simonite. Video App Offers Guidance While You Shoot. MIT Technology Review. September 3, 2010.

Kate Greene. Better Reading on the Small Screen. MIT Technology Review. May 6, 2008.

Web: PHP, MySQL, Java servlets, Javascript/DHTML/XML, Perl

Mobile: Android, J2ME, .NET Compact Framework, Embedded Visual Basic, Mobile Processing, Python for Series 60, WAP

I was affiliated with the Berkeley Institute of Design at UC Berkeley.
August 2001 - December 2006

I interned at FXPAL with the Social Computing group.
Summer 2003

I interned at Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto with the Nomadic Computing group. My research topic was representing and supporting action on buried relationships in smart environments.
Summer 2002

I aided Drs. Pearlmutter and Tang of the UNM CS and Psychology Department with brain imaging research projects in the Brain and Computation Lab at UNM. While in the lab, I have developed tools for displaying MEG field maps using the OpenGL libraries, provided programming and analysis for an experiment involving neuronal plasticity, co-authored a specification for a stimulus-response program, co-authored papers and an abstract and have provided assistance with general software development issues.
June 1999 - February 2001

I was a general partner of Madpickle Design.
January - December 2001

Provided web development as an independent contractor for the National Foundation for Functional Brain Imaging. Responsibilities include providing information and graphical design consulting, CGI-script development and system administration.
December 1999 - November 2000

Created a web database in Perl and associated web browser front-end for the UNM Psychology Department.
Summer 1999

Created, designed and managed the New Mexico Daily Lobo website as web master for the New Mexico Daily Lobo.
February 1998 - April 1999

Paginated as Production Assistant and Assistant Production Manager for the New Mexico Daily Lobo.
September 1997 - February 1998

Synthesized individual web pages as web editor for CNN Interactive.
June - July 1998

Programmed in C, planned and created web pages and provided scientific image manipulation assistance for the Astronomy Department at Georgia State University.
Summer 1996 and 1997

Program committee member
International World Wide Web Conference
2011

International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media
2007

AAAI Spring Symposium: Computational Approaches to Analysing Weblogs
2006

Reviewer
International World Wide Web Conference (WWW)

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

IEEE Pervasive Computing

ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS)

ACM Conference on Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW)

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)

International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp)

Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)

Student volunteer
International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp)
2002, 2003

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
2002

International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI)
2002

Interational Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM)
2001

Nick Molchanoff, Input Adapter Tool
2004

Christine Ro, hebb
2003

GAANN fellowship
2001-2002

Best site award for !hobgoblin, Denmark Design School
August 2001

Breece Prize for highest GPA of the graduating class
UNM SOE 2000

CRA Outstanding Undergraduate honorable mention
2000

Farris Engineering Memorial Scholarship, UNM
2000-2001

ITEA Scholarship, UNM
1999-2000

Outstanding Senior of the Year, UNM CS Dept.
1999-2000

National Dean's Honor Roll
1999-2000

Outstanding Junior of the Year, UNM CS Dept.
1998-1999

Harry Leonard Scholarship, UNM
Fall 1998

Finalist, National Merit Scholarship Program
Spring 1998

Dean's Honor Roll, UNM
Fall 1997 - Spring 2000

Amigo Scholarship, UNM
Fall 1997 - December 2000

AP Scholar with honor
Fall 1997