My new job, as of March 2006: Staff Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

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Address 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel Maryland

My Curriculum Vita

Personal information Some family photos, and instructions for some of our favorite games

• The Applied Physics Lab has an initiative in Cognitive Engineering (which is why they hired me.) Recently I've been studying human interaction with semi-autonomous vehicles, continuing my work in computer-supported collaborative work, and learning new skills related to physiological indicators of mental processes.
• Shape Factory is a research simulation for studying distributed teams that I developed as part of my work at the University of Michigan's School of Information
• Simulation & Gaming is a longtime interest of mine. I worked with Mike Gordon's IT Champions program at the University of Michigan, and attend ABSEL and the Serious Games summits when I can.
• The Science of Collaboratories . This project was a five-year review of recent developments in technology-supported long-distance scientific collaborations. See the online database of collaboratories, and look for a related book Science on the Internet MIT Press, Fall 2007.

• Our new home is Columbia, Maryland is a planned city with an interesting history
• My wife, Sara Bos, is a homeschooling expert. She was formerly the s administrator for Explorers a Homeschool Co-op in Ann Arbor. We've recently joined Homesteaders here in Columbia.
• We also were very involved at the Campus Chapel. Check out the Lecture series for the Center for Faith and Scholarship, and Mark Roeda's Chapel Blog
• My dissertation research was with the Highly Interactive Computing in Education http://www.hi-ce.org

Updated 7-4-2006 www-personal.si.umich.edu/~serp