Human-Centered Data Science Lab

Congratulations to Taylor Scott, who received his Ph.D. in Human Centered Design and Engineering in 2017, studying the role of distributed affect in collaboration with his dissertation titled “A Framework of Distributed Affect in Text-Based Communication.”

Taylor will be joining the Department of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego as a new faculty member. But the CogSci department isn’t new to Taylor, who earned his B.S. there in 2011. Taylor is happy to be returning to sunny San Diego after six years in the rain, but he will miss his friends here in Seattle.

NBC News posted a story on Oct. 3, 2017 about Latinas in technology that featured HDS Lab Director Cecilia Aragon.

Cecilia Aragon

From the article:

For Latina engineers, the path to success continues to be an uphill battle.

Cecilia Aragón, the first Latina full professor at the School of Engineering at the University of Washington, says there is a lot of work to do.

“We have a lot more work to do,” said Aragón. “It is difficult being a Latina and a woman in a field that is predominantly white and male. But we are making inroads.” Aragón has done more than make inroads; she is a role model in the field. The recipient of multiple awards for her work in the field of Computer Science and Engineering, she’s the director of the Human-Centered Data Science Lab at the University of Washington and has created a visual augmentation system for helicopter pilots.

Read more at:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latina-engineers-push-against-impostor-syndrome-low-numbers-tech-world-n806976