Jhilmil Jain

Current

• User Experience Research Lead at Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA

Past

• Research Intern at Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA
• Research Intern at IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose , CA

Education

• Auburn University
• Auburn University
• University of Pune

• Cathedral And John Connon School

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Jhilmil Jain’s Summary

My goal is to drive teams and lead in the area of consumer-centric innovation by applying user-centered design techniques to create products that inform, inspire and entertain.

Jhilmil Jain’s Specialties:

• Excellent skills in problem definition and analysis
• Experience in exploring needs and usage using observation, audio diaries, and contextual inquiry
• Experience with usability testing methods: performance testing using controlled experiments, heuristic evaluation, cognitive walkthrough, think-aloud protocol, click analysis, and surveys/questionnaires
• Experience with interface design methods: paper prototyping, storyboarding, wizard of oz, wireframes, and using Gestalt’s principles

Jhilmil Jain’s Experience

• User Experience Research Lead

  Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  December 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  • Exploring device centric user interaction models in the retail domain. The Retail Store Assistant is a kiosk that provides customers with a more personalized shopping experience while allowing retailers to better fine-tune marketing campaigns. Press releases for the Retail Store Assistant project
  [1] http://news.com.com/HP+strolls+down+shopping+aisle+of+the+future/2100-1008_3-6187334.html
  [2] http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070529/20070529005906.html?.v=1
  [3] http://www.siliconvalleysleuth.com/2007/05/post_1.html (this one has a video)
  [4] http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/05/29/hp.retail.store.assistant/
  [5] http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=145283
  [6] http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3680381

• Research Intern

  Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA

  (Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

  • Designed, implemented, conducted and analyzed web-based surveys and multiple interviews.
  • Applied the results to develop and test a user interface for a retail product concept.
  • Developed a methodology for design of interfaces in different domains such as museum and office.

• Research Intern

  IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose , CA

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

  • Designed, developed, and tested a unique user interface for intuitively searching and visualizing results of an E-Learning database using Java, RDF and Jena API.

Jhilmil Jain’s Education

• Auburn University

  PhD , Computer Science (Major: Human Computer Interaction; Minor: Statistics) , 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  GPA: 4.0/4.0
  • Working on creating a framework for producing dynamic data structure visualizations in an integrated development environment - jGRASP.
  • Extending jGRASP for wireless application development.

• Auburn University

  Master's , Software Engineering , 2000 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  GPA: 4.0/4.0
  • Developed a web application to improve web site organization using data mining of web logs

• University of Pune

  Bachelor's , Computer Engg. , 1996 — 2000

• Cathedral And John Connon School

Additional Information

Jhilmil Jain’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Jhilmil Jain’s Interests:

• Human Computer Interaction: user experience research, user interface design, usability testing • Statistics: design and analysis of experiments • Databases: data mining, web mining, database design and management

Jhilmil Jain’s Groups:

Professional Activities

• Member: ACM, SIGCHI, BayCHI, UPA, UXnet
• Reviewer: CHI 2006-2008, AMCIS 2006, ACMSE 2004-2008, STC 2005, HCI 2007-2008, ICMI 2007, SIGCSE 2008, GHC 2008
• Local area leader for the World Usability Day - November 3, 2005
• Ambassador: UXnet www.uxnet.org/
• Treasurer – CHIMIT 2008
• Program Committee Member – CHIMIT 2008, ACMSE 2008, GHC 2008, CISIS 2009, HCII 2009


Other Activities

• Leading: Summer internship program, HP Labs (2007)
• Volunteer: Participant in the EXCITE (EXploring Interests in Technology and Engineering) camp 2004, IBM Almaden Research Center
• Leading the intern session for TechCamp 2006-2007, HP Research Labs.
• Ambassador: Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (2007)
• President: International Student Organization, Auburn University (2002)
• Senator: Graduate School Council, Auburn University (2001-2002)
• Member: Multicultural Diversity Commission, Auburn University, IWE, GHC 2007

•    BayCHI
•    Usability Professionals' Association International (UPA-I)
•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    Interaction Design Association
•    Boxes and Arrows
•    Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
•    ACM SIGCHI
•    UX Professionals
•    Killer Innovations
•    Machine Learning Connection
•    User Experience
•    Ethnography Forum
•    HP Connections
•    Voice of the Customer
•    Cloud Slam '09
•    Invent Your Future
•    Social Entertainment Professionals

Jhilmil Jain’s Honors:

• Honor Society Member: Phi Kappa Phi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon
• Awards for Superior Oral Presentation in Engineering Division, 13th and 16th Annual Research Forum, Graduate School Council, Auburn University, AL
• Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship Award, Auburn University, AL (2002-2006)
• Grace Hopper Scholarship Award (2006)
• Microsoft-ACM Student Research Competition Winner (2006)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Auburn University, AL (2007)

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