Chris Harrison (computer scientist)

Chris Harrison
Born (1984-05-21) May 21, 1984 (age 40)
London, United Kingdom
CitizenshipUnited States
United Kingdom
Alma materNew York University (B.A., M.S.), Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D.)
Known forOmnitouch, Skinput
AwardsPackard Fellow,[1] Sloan Fellow,[2] World Economic Forum Young Scientist,[3] Forbes 30 Under 30 Scientist,[4] TR35 Award,[5] Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship[6]
Scientific career
FieldsHuman–computer interaction, Wearable computing
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
Thesis The Human Body as an Interactive Computing Platform  (2013)
Doctoral advisorScott Hudson
Websitechrisharrison.net

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[7] and director of the Future Interfaces Group[8] 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,[9] a machine learning and interaction technology startup.

Harrison has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and his work appears in more than 40 books.[10] For his contributions in human–computer interaction, Harrison was named a top 35 innovator under 35 by MIT Technology Review (2012),[5] a top 30 scientist under 30 by Forbes (2012),[4] one of six innovators to watch by Smithsonian (2013),[11] and a top Young Scientist by the World Economic Forum (2014).[3] 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,[12] and the lab also won a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award for their work on EM-Sense.[13]

  1. ^ "Harrison, Chris". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
  2. ^ "Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships 2018" (PDF). Sloan Research Fellowship.
  3. ^ a b "Chris Harrison". World Economic Forum.
  4. ^ a b "30 Under 30 - Science & Innovation". Forbes.
  5. ^ a b "Innovator under 35: Chris Harrison, 28". MIT Technology Review.
  6. ^ "HCII PhD Students Win Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship". Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.
  7. ^ "Chris Harrison". Human–Computer Interaction Institute.
  8. ^ "About Us". Future Interfaces Group.
  9. ^ "About Us". Qeexo.
  10. ^ "Most prolific authors in computer science". DBLP.
  11. ^ "Six Innovators to Watch in 2013". Smithsonian.
  12. ^ "Chris Harrison (CAS '05, CIMS '06), The 2014 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award". video.alumni.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  13. ^ "EM-Sense". Fast Company.