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Gilly Leshed is a Ph.D. candidate at the Human-Computer Interaction group in the Information Science program at Cornell University. Her work focuses on researching and designing technologies that facilitate group collaboration, without compromising usability and user experience factors. She has a BSc in industrial engineering and a MSc in information management engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Gilly worked in the industry for several years, where she designed and avionic systems, C4I systems, and other military systems. In her work she was interested in reducing cognitive load and enhancing collaboration among users.

Projects

GroupMeter
This project examines ways to improve the development of collaborative processes in groups and collaborative skills of individuals. The research tests the mechanism of providing dynamic feedback about collaborative behaviors to small workgroups as they go about doing their tasks. The system is designed to facilitate the development of collaboration skills of geographically distributed group members. The system is connected to a computer-mediated communication system (e.g. chat), and provides ongoing feedback to team members about their collaborative success, while they are communicating through the chat program. The system obtains the information for the feedback from two sources: peer evaluations and communication patterns. The latter is obtained from automatically analyzing the group's communication from the chatroom.

Collaborative Engineering Environment
This NASA-funded project examines collaborative processes in distributed educational engineering environments using various information and communication technologies. Collaborative learning is a difficult experience, as it requires mutual construction of knowledge while confronting group issues. When this process is completed in a distributed environment using various types of technologies, it becomes even more complex. Properly designing communication and information technologies in these environments is thus crucial to the success of the individuals participating in educational and business engineering practices.

Publications

Leshed, G., Haber, E. M., Matthews, T., & Lau, T. (2008). CoScripter: Automating & sharing how-to knowledge in the enterprise. Best Paper Nominee.To appear in Proceedings of CHI 2008, Florence, Italy.

Leshed, G., Velden, T., Rieger, O., Kot, B., & Sengers, P. (2008). In-car GPS navigation: Engagement with and disengagement from the environment. Best Paper Award. To appear in Proceedings of CHI 2008, Florence, Italy.

Leshed, G. (2008). Silencing the clatter: Removing anonymity from a corporate online community. In Davis, T, & Noveck, B. (Eds.) Online Deliberation: Design, Research, and Practice, CSLI Publications, Stanford University.

Leshed, G., Hancock, J.T., Cosley, D., McLeod, P.L., Gay, G. (2007). Feedback for Guiding Reflection on Teamwork Practices. Group 2007, Sanibel Island, Florida. November 2007.

Leshed G., Kaye, J. (2006). Understanding how bloggers feel: Recognizing affect in blog posts. Extended Abstracts of CHI2006, Montréal, Québec, Canada, April 2006, pp. 1019-1024.

Shami, N., S., Leshed, G., & Klein D. (2005), Context of Use Evaluation of Peripheral Displays (CUEPD). Proceedings of Interact2005, Rome, September 2005, pp 579-587.

Presentations
Leshed, G., Schober, M., Travis, S., Hancock, J., Gay, G., & McLeod, P. (2006). GroupMeter: A collaborative design effort of CSCW software. CSCW and Design workshop at CSCW2006, Banff, Alberta, Canada, November 2006.

Leshed, G. (2005), Posters, Lurkers, and in Between: A Multidimensional Model of Online Community Participation Patterns. HCI International, Las Vegas, July 2005.

Leshed, G. (2005). The effects of removing anonymity on participation in a corporate online community. Internal Consultations: Tips, Tools, and Tactics. Online Consultation Technologies Centre of Expertise, Public Works and Governmental Services Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, June 2005.

Leshed, G. (2005). Silencing the clatter by removing anonymity in a corporate online community. The 2nd Conference on Online Deliberation: Design, Research, and Practice / DIAC2005. Stanford University, California, May 2005.

Leshed, G. (2005). The effects of removing anonymity in a corporate online community. Open Systems - Open STS. Cornell University, February 2005.

Teaching Experience
INFO 430: Information Retrieval
INFO/COMM 345: Human-Computer Interaction Design
INFO/COMM 440/640: Advanced Human-Computer Interaction Design