ANNA PEREIRA

Cell: 971-275-0044

MIT Media Lab | 75 Amherst Street | Cambridge MA 02142 Email: anna@anna-pereira.com Online Portfolio: anna-pereira.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: Background and experience in designing, implementing, and leading physical HCI and usability studies for major corporations and universities Research findings directly impacted final products and projects enhancing comfort, productivity, usability, and design Proficient in usability testing, user interviews, EMG and posture measurement systems, survey design, research study design, and product development Strengths include leadership, project management, and oral and written communication skills Extensive publication and presentation list, including first author in Human Factors Journal, numerous conference proceedings, and industry and academic presentations RESEARCH AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE: Usability and Design Work with the Tangible Media Group Collaboration with MIT Current Working with multiple design teams in the MIT Media Lab including: Collaborating on design, user studies, and publications of: gesture interaction study for surgeons in operating rooms, FocalSpace, MirrorFugue, and other projects Developing a usability and user centered design MIT Media Lab seminar Participating in Media Lab courses including Design Across Scales and Fundamentals of Visual Communication Gesturing Interaction Collaboration with 3Gear and MIT Current Creating a user defined and ergonomic gesture command set Leading a team of six to complete 30 gesture usability interviews of 34 common HCI commands and analysis of user defined gestures and ergonomics Increasing user comfort, usage time, and usability of gesture interaction Leading additional user study of Leap Motion Web and Phone Application Usability Projects with DISQUS, Wallit, and Queue Technologies User experience research for projects based on user interviews, usability tests, surveys, and product development Increased usability of DISQUS commenting interface Impacted key design decisions for Wallit (a top 100 iPhone app) based on results from user interviews and usability testing Guided development of Queue Technologies user experience per survey results profiling typical users Tablet and Stylus Design Collaboration with Microsoft and Nokia Project lead for tablet design research study on usability and biomechanics of eight tablet models Created protocol, collected data, and analyzed results Collaborated directly with industry representatives Rendered results for industry report and journal publication Outlined specific design features that increase user tablet preference and usability Keyboard Design Collaboration with Microsoft, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard Project lead for a keyboard key spacing research study Presented results at Microsoft headquarters Influenced new design of Microsoft keyboards, expected next year Published results in Human Factors Journal Incited likely alterations to ISO and ANSI/HFES keyboard standards

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ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE: Teaching Assistant, Hass School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley CA, Fall 2011 Researcher, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Summer 2010 Graduate Student Researcher and Instructor, Michigan Tech University, Houghton MI, Fall 2008-10 Engineering Intern, Bonneville Power Administration, Vancouver WA, Summers 2008-10 Freshmen Design Project Assistant, University of Portland, Portland OR, Fall 2006-07 EDUCATION: Graduate Student Researcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Current Advisor: Hiroshi Ishii, Ph.D. Awards/Achievements: Sponsored research position at MIT Media Lab with Tangible Media Group Ph.D. Design and Ergonomics University of California, Berkeley, GPA 3.7, August 2013 Advisors: David Rempel, M.D. and Alice Agogino, Ph.D Awards/Achievements: NIOSH Fellowship, Alumni Fellowship, PSP Pinto/Fialon Multi-Year Graduate Fellowships, School of Public Health Alumni Scholarship

M.S. Mechanical Engineering Michigan Technological University, GPA 3.9, August 2010 Advisor: Michele Miller, Ph.D. Awards/Achievements: Kings-Chavez-Parks Fellowship, NFS Research Grant at Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology B.S. Mechanical Engineering University of Portland May 2008 Awards/Achievements: Presidential Academic Scholarship, Profiled Shiley School of Engineering Alumna SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Pereira, A., Miller, T., Odell, D., Huang, Y., and Rempel, D., Holding a Tablet Computer with One Hand: Effect of Tablet Design Features on Usability and Biomechanics among Users with Small Hands Ergonomics. (Submitted) Pereira, A. L., Hsieh, C. M., Laroche, C., Odell, D., and Rempel, D., The Effect of Keyboard Key Spacing on Productivity, Usability, and Biomechanics Part 2 Human Factors and Ergonomics. (Submitted) Yao, L., DeVincenzi, A., Pereira, A., and Ishii, H. FocalSpace: Multimodal Activity Tracking, Synthetic Blur and Adaptive Presentation for Video Conferencing. Proceedings of Spatial User Interaction, 2013. (Submitted). Pereira, A. L., Lee, D., Sadeeshkumar, H., Laroche, C., Odell, D., and Rempel, D., The Effect of Keyboard Key Spacing on Productivity, Usability, and Biomechanics in Touch Typists with Large Hands Part 1 Human Factors and Ergonomics. Pereira, A. L., Miller, H. M., Helton, S. D., Bohman, J. L., and Van Arsdale, D. C., Comparison of Industry, Faculty, and Student Views on Desirable Attributes of Engineering Graduates. Proc. of ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 2010. SELECTED GUEST LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS: University of Portland, Portland, Oregon, 2012 Tangible Media Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012 Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012 General Assembly, San Francisco, California, 2012 Leap Motion, San Francisco, California, 2012 University of Beira Interior, Covilh, Portugal, 2012 BEST Lab, Berkeley, California, 2012 Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, 2011 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, 2010 Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 2009 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE: Academic Chair of Graduate Student Liaison to the University Senate, and Nominated for Student Body President on Graduate Student Government, American Society for Engineering Education Student Chapter President, and Coach for Student Product Development Teams