Gregory Abowd

Gregory Dominic Abowd
Born	(1964-09-12) September 12, 1964 (age 60) Farmington Hills, MI, US
Alma mater	University of Oxford, University of Notre Dame
Known for	ubiquitous computing, human-computer interaction, software engineering, technology and autism
Awards	ACM Fellow, CHI Academy, CHI Social Impact Award, NSF CAREER Award
Scientific career
Fields	Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Software Engineering, Human-Centered Computing
Institutions	Georgia Tech, GVU Center, Health Systems Institute
Doctoral students	Anind Dey, Jennifer Mankoff, Shwetak Patel

Gregory Dominic Abowd (born September 12, 1964) is a computer scientist best known for his work in ubiquitous computing, software engineering, and technologies for autism. He currently serves as the Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University.^[1] Previously he was the J.Z. Liang Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he joined the faculty in 1994.