CONTENTS - Clint Zeagler
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CONTENTS - Clint Zeagler
CONTENTS Research Statement Professional Employment Educational Background Experience Summary Publications Industry Relationships and Grants Synergistic Activities In The Press RESEARCH STATEMENT I am a designer and researcher of wearable technology. If you had asked me 10 years ago what I wanted to do with my life and where I would be now, I would have told you that I wanted to be a fashion designer on the cusp of having an empire of style. Things have changed, but some of the reasons why I love fashion are still the reasons why I feel fulfilled researching human centered computing. My undergraduate degree in Industrial Design at Georgia Tech and my Master of Arts in Fashion Design at Domus Academy in Milan gave me the utmost respect for the user/consumer. My gravitation towards wearable computing doesn’t necessarily stem from my background in fashion, however both come from a desire to help people express themselves. I find that body-worn technology, like fashion, provides a unique and powerful opportunity to be a part of how people decide to represent themselves within society. Whenever a person decides to wear something they are overtly or unintentionally assigning himself/herself to a tribe, even if it’s a tribe against tribes. Everything you decide to wear says something about you. It was very satisfying for me as a fashion designer to have people decide to express themselves by wearing my designs. This satisfaction does not solely come from a place of ego because sometimes as a designer you are researching trends and predicting cultural shifts and designing outcomes (which sometimes you yourself as a designer might not gravitate towards). The world of wearable computing builds on these experiences and this is why I am so drawn to the subject and community. There are a couple of distinct reasons why I have enjoyed working in this area. First, the field uses teams of people with diverse and disparate backgrounds working together in order to bring true innovation. My unique background in fashion, textiles, product design, and engineering help me act as translator when working with multidisciplinary teams. I love bringing people together, especially people who normally wouldn’t work along side each other. My favorite moments in life are those when I witness people realize they are more alike than they thought, and that their differences are valuable if they work together. Second, wearable technologies are worn, thus there is still an element of self-expression, which cannot be divorced from the design process (though I believe that today it is often ignored). Third, unlike fashion there is a need for usability and interfacing with the technology, which is paramount for a rewarding user experience. My background and interests explain the community I have picked to work within, now I will explain my approach. Burrel and Morgan [1] would probably call me an Interpretist. I would love for there to be rules and laws about nature and society that I could count on (order, rather than radical change) and often I look for them with my research. In the search for these laws I feel like I still am subjective. I believe that it’s the individual’s experience (be it of technology or fashion) that matters most. How one views the world is the world, in a manor of speaking. Conductive thread textile based knife pleat interface RESEARCH STATEMENT My methodologies have come from both this interpretist lean and my education. The best way to understand the way I work is to follow the arc of one of my research projects. The Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book ESwatchBook started as a small usability study on “Gropable Textiles” [2]. The research question in this initial study was to find out if embroidered textile interfaces were easier to use while walking than flat interfaces, and if multi-touch or single touch worked best. Here I was interested in finding out information and proving to myself quantitatively something worked the way I assumed it would. We ran a number of users on the system and looked at the data recorded by the technology to find out how the difference in performance between each task. The next evolution of this work was to use what we had learned to create a set of fabric interfaces. So here I am taking the quantitative information and using it to inform the design process of an artifact for people to interact with, touch, feel, and wear. We then authored another paper about the design process of creating the fabric interfaces and how well they worked (repeatability of use within a lab setting) [3][4]. Finally after I work on the more lab based quantitative user study, design and function ability, I am interested in acceptability and perceived usefulness [5]. Our research team took the ESwatchBook and conducted a series of workshops organizing fashion designers and computer scientists onto teams to create projects after having discussions using the ESwatchBook. Through observation, discussion, and surveys we tried to ascertain the experience and usefulness of having the ESwatchBook for a fashion/computer team trying to work on a wearable technology project [6]. This more qualitative type of research has been the most rewarding personally, if not the most fruitful in terms of academic papers. It is also the hardest for me to write about. I believe in quantitative data, but I think it is easy to believe numbers. I have found more difficult and challenging to write about qualitative data in a way I felt was as scientifically valid. After the past two years in human centered computing, and after taking the qualitative methods course, I now have new ways of organizing such data. I am excited about being able to use these new methods in my research. Moving forward I would have to say that the engineer in me is never going to give up on figuring out how and why things work. This means I will always be interested in knowing the parts and pieces of why something is useful, or how long it will work [7], or how to make it work better [8]. However I am starting to feel confident enough in the field of to become more interested in the experience of wearable technology [9] which inherently is more qualitative. If I had to draft a research plan for the next three years I would use this same arc. Does a technology work (user study), how can it be used in wearable technology (design and usability iterations), and how do people feel about the experience of using it (participatory design / qualitative technology probe). References Cited [1] G. Burell and G. Morgan, “Social Paradigms and Organisational Analysis.” 1980. [2] N. Komor and S. Gilliland, “Is It Gropable?–Assessing the Impact of Mobility on Textile Interfaces,” … , 2009. ISWC’09. …, pp. 71–74, 2009. [3] S. Gilliland and N. Komor, “The Textile Interface Swatchbook: Creating graphical user interface-like widgets with conductive embroidery,” Wearable Comput. ( …, no. Figure 1, 2010. [4] C. Zeagler and S. Gilliland, “Textile Interfaces: Embroidered Jog-Wheel, Beaded Tilt Sensor, Twisted Pair Ribbon, and Sound Sequins,” … (ISWC), 2012 16th …, pp. 76–85, 2012. [5] S. Greenberg and B. Buxton, “Usability evaluation considered harmful (some of the time),” Proceeding twentysixth Annu. CHI Conf. Hum. factors Comput. Syst. CHI 08, p. 111, 2008. [6] C. Zeagler, S. Audy, and S. Pobiner, “The electronic textile interface workshop: Facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration,” … Soc. (ISTAS), …, pp. 60–63, 2013. [7] C. Zeagler, S. Gilliland, S. Audy, and T. Starner, “Can I Wash It?: The Effect of Washing Conductive Materials Used in Making Textile Based Wearable Electronic Interfaces.,” in Proceedings of the 17th annual international symposium on International symposium on wearable computers - ISWC ’13, 2013, p. 143. [8] C. Zeagler, S. Gilliland, and L. Freil, “Going to the Dogs: Towards an Interactive Touchscreen Interface for Working Dogs,” pp. 497–507, 2014. [9] H. Profita, J. Clawson, and S. Gilliland, “Don’t mind me touching my wrist: a case study of interacting with on-body technology in public,” Proc. 17th …, pp. 89–96, 2013. Meeting the Challenge: The Path Towards a Consumer Wearable Computer Wearable Computing Exhibition as shown in Berlin Professional Employment: Teaching / Research Research Scientist II, Interactive Media Technology Center / Program Manager, Wearable Computing Center, Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA) 2014-present Research Scientist I, GVU Center / School of Industrial Design, Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA) 2012-2014 Lecturer School of Industrial Design, Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA) 2007-present Part Time Professor of Fashion Design, Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta, GA) 2008-2012 Professional Employment: Commercial Owner/Creative Director, Pecan Pie Couture (Atlanta GA) 2006-2013 Educational Background: Ph.D M.A. B.S. Minor Prog 2006 2004 2004 Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA Domus Academy, Milan, Italy Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA M.A. Projects: Cultural Diversity Inside Wear your Hybridization Human Centered Comp Fashion Design Industrial Design Textile Manufacturing Future Concept Lab Antonio Berardi Video Killed the Radio Star Edit Meltn' Pot and Frankie Morello Accessory Design Runes Daniela Puppa Metro Active Woman The Air is Free Nike and Victor Belaish Mens Wear Pulse Fields Antonio Manceielli and Mario Sorbo Master's Thesis Horizon Nike and Victor Belaish Pecan Pie Couture Spring 2006 Experience Summary While teaching textiles and fashion design studio classes at Savannah College of Art & Design, Zeagler realized his true passion lies in bridging the gap between the disciplines of design and Human Centered Computing. A diverse background in fashion, industrial design and textiles drives his research on electronic textiles and on-body interfaces with the Contextual Computing Group of the GVU center of Georgia Tech. As a Research Scientist I for the Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design he teaches courses on Wearable Product Design and an ID section of Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing (MUC). Zeagler enjoys working with corporations such as HP/Palm and Google to bring real world experience into the classroom. He recently acquired a Georgia Space Consortium grant to fund MUC student projects on wearable computing for space - a wonderful opportunity for undergraduate students. He is also a member of the NASA Wearable Technology Cluster a group of scientists and academics working together to give advice to those in NASA working on wearable computing or electronic textile projects. A deep understanding of the garment production process fosters innovation in his research. Zeagler’s company Pecan Pie Couture hand dyed, embroidered, and screen-printed textiles and garments. Building upon that skillset, his recent research led to the creation of the proprietary Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book ESwatchBook in collaboration with Thad Starner. This innovative tool was made possible by an internal Georgia Tech grant that he co-authored with Thad Starner and Craig Forrest, which allowed GA Tech to purchase sewing and embroidery equipment for the GVU Prototyping Lab. The ESwatchBook is designed to help facilitate discussions between the skill and craft-based design disciplines (.i.e. fashion) and more technical disciplines (.i.e. computer science). To put the ESwatchBook’s capabilities to the test, he developed a series of workshops at multiple colleges with the purpose of bringing together designers with engineers / technology specialists. The workshops were funded by a National Endowment for the Arts grant, which he co-authored. Zeagler’s most recent endeavor FIDO: Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations is an exploration into using wearable electronics to enhance interactions between service dogs and their handler/owners. Published Books and Parts of Books Zeagler, Clint, Thad Starner, Tavvener Hall, and Maria Wong Sala. “Meeting the Challenge: The Path Towards Consumer Wearable Computer” ISBN-13 978-0-9962925-0-4 (7/28/2015) LE. Dunne, H. Profita, C. Zeagler. “Wearable Sensors: Fundamentals, Implementation and Applications / Chapter 1.2 Social Aspects of Wearability and Interaction.” ISBN-13: 978-0124186620 ISBN-10: 0124186629, (September 17, 2014) Medina, Joyce, and Clint Zeagler. "The 60th Anniversary of Industrial Design at Georgia Tech." ISBN 978-0-9888773-0-6 (2013). Published Journal Papers Baker, P. M. A., Maribeth Gandy, and Clint Zeagler. "Innovation and Wearable Computing: A Proposed Collaborative Policy Design Framework." Internet Computing, IEEE 19.5 (2015): 18-25. Zeagler helped develop the idea of the framework and played an active role in the content development for the article. Jackson, Melody M., Giancarlo Valentin, Larry Freil, Lily Burkeen, Clint Zeagler, Scott Gilliland, Barbara Currier, and Thad Starner. "FIDO—Facilitating interactions for dogs with occupations: wearable communication interfaces for working dogs." Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 19, no. 1 (2015): 155-173. Conference Papers Zeagler, C., Gilliland, S. and Presti, P. 2015. Throwing Buddy: Solving Sensor Challenges Through Soft-Good Construction , Design , and Fabric Selection. Ubicomp/ISWC ’15 (Osaka, Japan, 2015), 1319–1325. Cochran, Z., Zeagler, C. and Mccall, S. 2015. Addressing Dresses : User Interface Allowing for Interdisciplinary Design and Calibration of LED Embedded Garments. Ubicomp/ISWC ’15 (Osaka, Japan, 2015) 61–64. Zeagler, Clint, Scott Gilliland, Larry Freil, Thad Starner, and Melody Jackson. "Going to the dogs: towards an interactive touchscreen interface for working dogs." In Proceedings of the 27th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology, pp. 497-507. ACM, 2014. FIDO: Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations Conference Papers Valentin, Giancarlo, Joelle Alcaidinho, Larry Freil, Clint Zeagler, Melody Jackson, and Thad Starner. "Canine reachability of snout-based wearable inputs." In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 141-142. ACM, 2014. Dunne, Lucy E., Halley Profita, Clint Zeagler, James Clawson, Scott Gilliland, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, and Jim Budd. "The social comfort of wearable technology and gestural interaction." 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014, pp. 4159-4162. Byrne, Ceara Ann, Claudia B. Rebola, and Clint Zeagler. "Design research methods to understand user needs for an etextile knee sleeve." In Proceedings of the 31st ACM international conference on Design of communication, pp. 17-22. ACM, 2013. Zeagler, Clint, Scott Gilliland, Stephen Audy, and Thad Starner. "Can I Wash It?: The Effect of Washing Conductive Materials Used In Making Textile Based Wearable Electronic Interfaces." In Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 143-144. ACM, 2013. Jackson, Melody Moore, Clint Zeagler, Giancarlo Valentin, Alex Martin, Vincent Martin, Adil Delawalla, Wendy Blount et al. "FIDO-facilitating interactions for dogs with occupations: wearable dog-activated interfaces." In Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 81-88. ACM, 2013. BEST PAPER Profita, Halley P., James Clawson, Scott Gilliland, Clint Zeagler, Thad Starner, Jim Budd, and Ellen Yi-Luen Do. "Don't mind me touching my wrist: a case study of interacting with on-body technology in public." In Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Wearable Computers, pp. 89-96. ACM, 2013. Zeagler, Clint, Stephen Audy, Scott Pobiner, Halley Profita, Scott Gilliland, and Thad Starner. "The electronic textile interface workshop: Facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration." In Technology and Society (ISTAS), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on, pp. 76-85. IEEE, 2013. Zeagler, Clint, Scott Gilliland, Halley Profita, and Thad Starner. "Textile interfaces: Embroidered jog-wheel, beaded tilt sensor, twisted pair ribbon, and sound sequins." In Wearable Computers (ISWC), 2012 16th International Symposium on, pp. 60-63. IEEE, 2012. Gilliland, Scott, Nicholas Komor, Thad Starner, and Clint Zeagler. "The Textile Interface Swatchbook: Creating graphical user interface-like widgets with conductive embroidery." In Wearable Computers (ISWC), 2010 International Symposium on, pp. 1-8. IEEE, 2010. Nominated for Best Paper Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book The 60th Anniversary if Industrial Design at GT Komor, Nicholas, Scott Gilliland, James Clawson, Manish Bhardwaj, Mayank Garg, Clint Zeagler, and Thad Starner. "Is It Gropable?–Assessing the Impact of Mobility on Textile Interfaces." In Wearable Computers, 2009. ISWC'09. International Symposium on, pp. 71-74. IEEE, 2009. NSF: CHS: Small: Touchscreen Interfaces for Working Dogs 2015 (~500K) Melody Moore Jackson PI Clint Zeagler CoPI NSF: CHS: Small: FIDO Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations 2013 (~500K) Melody Moore Jackson PI Clint Zeagler Co Author and Design Lead Georgia Space Consortium Grant 2012 - 2016 ($36,000) To be used for student projects and student travel to Johnson Space Center Clint Zeagler PI GT Student Trip to show work at JSC SunJewels, Electronic Jewelry Gift 2014 GTID + GOOGLE Class Exhibition at MODA ($25,000) Clint Zeagler PI Google Gift, Wearable Tech Exhibition Support 2014 ($25,000) Clint Zeagler PI NEA Feb 2011 (National Endowment for the Arts) EswatchBook – (accepted $20,000) Thad Starner PI ETRI SOW – March 2011 - ($78,000) Interface Textiles: Integrating Conductive Ink and Conductive Embroidery to Create Mobile Interfaces with Feedback – Thad Starner PI – ETRI is the largest government funded research institute in Korea – Zeagler was funded by ETRI to research electronic textiles between 2008 and 2012. Georgia Tech Technology Fee Allocation Grant ($120,000) Co-Authored with Craig Forest ME and Thad Starner IC. Funds from this grant are being used to purchase equipment needed to further my research in electronic textiles while also being available for student use and education. The equipment will be distributed between the new ID Interactive Computing Lab, the GVU Prototyping Lab, and the ME Inventure Studio Laboratory. HP/Palm Small Equipment Donation Coordinated HP/Palm sponsored class entitled Mobile User Experience, which included the donation of 2 Palm Pre devices for prototyping. HP / Palm Mobile User Experience Class Exhibition Conference & Speaking Activities Keynote Speaker - WT | Wearable Technologies Conference 2016 Invited Speaker - Technology Collaboration Center of Houston Event Series, Wearable Technology 2016 Invited Panelist - Computer History Museum, Opening for On You: A Story of Wearable Computing 2015 Invited Speaker - Georgia Tech Symposium on Design and Wearable Technology 2015 Invited Speaker - CSE Innovation Summit, Wearable Technology Boot Camp 2015 Invited Panelist - Grace Hopper Celebration, The Future of Wearable Technologies in Women’s Fashion 2014 Panel Moderator - Wireless Technology Forum, Future of Wearable Technology 2014 Social Media Chair, IEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers 2014 Invited Speaker - IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society 2013 Invited Speaker - Nanyang Technological University Wearable Technology Symposium 2013 Invited Speaker - Smart Fabrics Conference 2012 Design Competition Chair, IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers 2011 & 2012. Exhibition Curation: On You: Wearing 2016 MODA Museum Of Design Atlanta a Smithsonian Affiliate Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, USA On You: A Story of Wearable Computing 2015 Computer History Museum, Mountain Veiw, California, USA Meeting the Challenge: The Path Towards a Consumer Wearable Computer The history of wearable computing, showcased at multiple venues internationally -Georgia Tech Stubbins Gallery 2015 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA -World Economic Forum 2014 - Tiajin, China -Deutsches Museum & Google Online Museum Walkthrough 2014 - Munich, Germany -CDU Headquarters 2014 - Berlin, Germany -Factory Startup Incubator 2014 - Berlin, Germany -CHI 2014 - Toronto, Canada In The Bag Opening Party February 2009 On You 2, 2010 MODA Museum Of Design Atlanta a Smithsonian Affiliate Museum: clothing showcasing Clint Zeagler and Thad Starner's Georgia Tech research in wearable technology In The Bag, 2009 MODA Museum Of Design Atlanta a Smithsonian Affiliate Museum: handbag design process showcased and explained. Also presenting SCAD accessory design student work. Co-Curated with Kevin Knaus. On You, 2008 MODA Museum Of Design Atlanta a Smithsonian Affiliate Museum: showcasing Clint Zeagler and Thad Starner's Georgia Tech research in wearable technology and mobile and ubiquitous computing. Relevant Leadership Positions Atlanta Regional Board of Directors, FGI Fashion Group International, 2016-2017 Board of Directors, MODA Museum of Design Atlanta 2009-2010 Co Chair, Fashion Over Atlanta, 2009 Honors Include Georgia Tech Class of 1934 Outstanding use of Technology in Education Award (2013 with Thad Starner) Named one of Georgia Tech’s 30 under 30 by Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Voted Best Atlanta Fashion Designer 2006 & 2007, Creative Loafing Magazine Wearable Computing Center Forum Organization 2014 - (150+ attendees) Expert speakers include Adidas, UMN Professor, Jawbone. 2015 - (200+ attendees) Expert speakers include Google, Virginia Tech, APX labs and included a musical performance with a wearble tech instrument by Italian muscian Rho Industry / Designer Workshops Co Organized Suppervised Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book Workshop @ Parsons October 2011 Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book Workshop @ SCAD ATL March 2012 Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book Workshop @ Georgia Tech March 2012 Electronic Textile Interface Swatch Book Workshop @ Smart Fabrics Conference Miami April 2012 Wear and Tear: Contructing Technology for the Real World @ ISWC 2015, Osaka, Japan Thyssen Krupp and the Next User Interface for Elevators @ Georgia Tech, March 2016 Demos of Research DARPA Private Demo - July 2013 GVU Showcases – 2010-Present Orange Duffle Bag Charity Event (by invitation of Val Peterson) – Dec 5th 2010 On You 2 Media Walk Through – June 11th 2010 Turner Employee Showcase – May 4th 2010 CHI Media Showcase – April 10th 2010 ISWC Demos – Sept 5th 2009 Turner Employee Showcase – April 2009 Trade Shows Attended SPESA (Atlanta), TechTextil (Atlanta), Linea Pella (Bologna, Italy), Moda Unica (Milan, Italy), Bread and Butter (Berlin, Germany and Barcelona, Spain) Pitti Uomo (Florence, Italy), AmericasMart Premiere (Atlanta), Magic (Las Vegas), Pool (Las Vegas), Salon Del Mobile (Milan, Italy) THE HOOD - Rhó worked with Wearable Computing Center Program Manager Clint Zeagler and WCC engineer Scott Gilliland to create what became the Hood, a wearable electronic instrument. Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine – Fashion (Far) Forward - September 2014 Georgia Tech Feature – Dogs not Dawgs - January 2014 MIT Technology Review– Next in Wearable Computing: A device for Dogs - June 2013 CNN The Big I segment on Electronic Textile Swatch Book – Oct 19th 2010 Atlanta Journal Constitution - Tech-smart clothing fabric of the future July 2, 2010 ArtsCriticATL.com - Georgia Tech ech profs let you wear your computer on your sleeve -July 10, 2010 Atlantan Magazine – The New Nerd Mafia – Jan/Feb 2010 Atlanta Journal Constitution - "Fashion Over Atlanta" takes over retail this weekend Nov 11, 2009 Skirt – He’s So Original –– October 2009 Photographic collage shown at Vaknin Gallery 2008 Atlanta Journal Constitution - New handbag exhibit at MODA– Feb 15th 2009 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine – 30 Under 30 - July 2008 9.29 Dave FM – Oscar Fashion Commentator for Mara Davis – Feb 2008 Creative Loafing – Best Of Atlanta 2007 – Best Atlanta Fashion Designer 2007 – Sept 2007 Sunday Paper – It List – September 2007 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine – July 2007 Atlanta Magazine – Model Citizen – June 2007 The Atlantan – Men of Style – April 2007 Good Day Atlanta – Pecan Pie isn’t just dessert its fashion – TV – Aired May 16, 2007 Solo Fashion and Photography Installation Telephone Factory Art Show 2004 The Atlantan –Scene In Atlanta - May 2007 Atlanta Magazine – 5 Local Designers – March 2007 Atlanta Journal Constitution Peach Buzz – January 13, 2007 Woman’s Wear Daily Atlanta – just a good ol’ boy – January 2007 Where Atlanta Guest Book – 2006 / 2007 Deep Magazine – Beauty Queen – November 2006 The Intown Story – MODA displays t-shirts as art – November 2006 Sunday Paper – Slice of Couture Pie – October 29, 2006 Sunday Paper – The Shirt Off Your Back – October 21, 2006 Atlanta Journal Constitution – Baked With Love – Feature Story – October 15, 2006 Photographic collage shown at Vaknin Gallery 2008 Maribeth Gandy Coleman Director & Prinicple Research Scientist Interactive Media Technology Center Georgia Institute of Technology Melody Moore Jackson Associate Professor of Computing School of Interactive Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Thad Starner Professor of Computing School of Interactive Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Laura Moody Cultural Affairs Marketing & Devlopment Magager City of Atlanta GA Kevin Knaus Professor of Fashion Marketing Savannah College of Art and Design Clint Zeagler www.clintzeagler.com
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