Chris Harrison (computer scientist)
Chris Harrison is a British-born, American computer scientist and entrepreneur, working in the fields of human–computer interaction, machine learning and sensor-driven interactive systems. He is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and director of the Future Interfaces Group within the Human–Computer Interaction Institute. He has previously conducted research at AT&T Labs, Microsoft Research, IBM Research and Disney Research. He is also the CTO and co-founder of Qeexo, a machine learning and interaction technology startup.
Chris Harrison | |
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| Born | May 21, 1984 London, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United States United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | New York University (B.A., M.S.), Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Omnitouch, Skinput |
| Awards | Packard Fellow, Sloan Fellow, World Economic Forum Young Scientist, Forbes 30 Under 30 Scientist, TR35 Award, Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human–computer interaction, Wearable computing |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Thesis | The Human Body as an Interactive Computing Platform (2013) |
| Doctoral advisor | Scott Hudson |
| Website | chrisharrison |
Harrison has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and his work appears in more than 40 books. For his contributions in human–computer interaction, Harrison was named a top 35 innovator under 35 by MIT Technology Review (2012), a top 30 scientist under 30 by Forbes (2012), one of six innovators to watch by Smithsonian (2013), and a top Young Scientist by the World Economic Forum (2014). Over the course of his career, Harrison has been awarded fellowships by the Packard Foundation, Sloan Foundation, Google, Qualcomm and Microsoft Research. He currently holds the A. Nico Habermann Chair in Computer Science. More recently, NYU, Harrison's undergraduate alma mater named him as their 2014 Distinguished Young Alumnus, and the lab also won a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award for their work on EM-Sense.