I am a second-year Ph.D. student in the Human-Centered Computing program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2005, I received a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University. I am currently exploring the domain of everyday health and wellbeing, to which I hope to apply my experience in social computing and mobile applications. My advisor is Professor Elizabeth Mynatt and I work in her everyday computing lab. Away from school, I try to cultivate my taste in electronic dance music and recently have developed an inexplicable interest in economics and financial markets.
This spring, I am preparing for and taking the HCC Ph.D. qualifying exam. I am also finishing up my class requirements by taking Issues in Human-Centered Computing and Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Performance and Performativity. The latter class, which I am taking at UGA, will complete my minor in Literature, Communications and Culture. Finally, I will be designing and building the website for the Georgia Tech Web Science Initiative.
Recent Publications
- Diakopoulos, N., Luther, K., Medynskiy, Y. and Essa, I. The Evolution of Authorship in Remix Society. Proceedings of Hypertext 2007.
- Medynskiy, Y. and Bruckman, A.. The Effects of Conversations with Regulars and Administrators on New Users of a Self-Motivated Online Learning Environment. Proceedings of CSCL 2007.
- Wyche, S., Medynskiy, Y. and Grinter, R. Exploring the Use of Large Displays in American Megachurches. Extended Abstracts of CHI 2007.