Chris Long

Current

Sr. Research Scientist at SET Corporation

Past

Principal Scientist at Global InfoTek, Inc.
Postdoctoral Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University
Graduate Student Researcher at University of California, Berkeley

User Interface Engineer at Cohera Corporation
Summer Intern at Sun Microsystems Laboratories
Summer Intern at Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Virginia
Junior Programmer at SAIC

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Education

University of California, Berkeley
University of Virginia
Phillips Exeter Academy

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

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Chris Long’s Summary

I have extensive experience both as a computer scientist and software engineer. As a scientist, I have designed experiments, gathered data, and analyzed results, with software and humans as subjects. As an engineer, I have designed, prototyped, implemented, and evaluated a variety of software artifacts, from user interfaces to distributed agent simulations. The primary area of my work has been human-computer interaction (HCI), especially for pen-based interfaces and security technologies.

I am currently most interested in advancing the science and engineering the solutions that make security and privacy technologies easier to understand and use (HCISEC).

Chris Long’s Specialties:

HCI, usable security, software engineering, technical writing and speaking

Chris Long’s Experience

Sr. Research Scientist

SET Corporation

(Privately Held; Defense & Space industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Principal Scientist

Global InfoTek, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

March 2005 — June 2009 (4 years 4 months)

Provides technical and conceptual leadership for ongoing projects, including hands-on technical contribution such as software architecture, programming, and testing. Supports the company in obtaining new business by finding opportunities, writing proposals, and reviewing colleagues' proposals.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Carnegie Mellon University

(Computer Software industry)

2001 — 2005 (4 years )

Led the design and development of the Chameleon secure desktop environment, with Courtney Moskowitz and Professor Greg Ganger. Also, developed a prototype interface for managing distributed intrusion detection
systems.
Graduate Student Researcher

University of California, Berkeley

(Computer Software industry)

1993 — 2001 (8 years )

Designed, implemented, and evaluated a tool for designing gestures for
pen-based user interfaces. Evaluation included laboratory user studies.
User Interface Engineer

Cohera Corporation

(Computer Software industry)

1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
Summer Intern

Sun Microsystems Laboratories

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1996 — 1996 (less than a year)
Summer Intern

Silicon Graphics, Inc.

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1993 — 1993 (less than a year)
Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Virginia

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )
Junior Programmer

SAIC

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1990 — 1990 (less than a year)

Chris Long’s Education

University of California, Berkeley

PhD , Computer Science , 1992 — 2001

Dissertation on pen-based user interfaces, which included: psychological studies on pen gesture memorability and similarity; building a tool to help pen-based UI designers create gestures; evaluting the tool in lab studies with real users.
University of Virginia

BS , Computer Science , 1988 — 1992
Phillips Exeter Academy

1985 — 1988