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David McDonald

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Associate Professor
Office: Mary Gates Hall 330R
Phone: 206.543.6429
Fax: 206.616.3152
Website: http://www.pensivepuffin.com/dwmcphd/

Primary Areas of Expertise

Biography

Dr. David W. McDonald is an associate professor in The Information School at University of Washington. Dr. McDonald has ongoing projects studying mass interaction in Wikipedia and technology and media use in the home. He has published research on ubiquitous sensing for behavior change, collaboration in distributed contributor systems, collaborative authoring, recommendation systems, and public use of large screen displays. His general research interests span Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Dr. McDonald earned his Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. At UC Irvine he was part of the Computing, Organizations, Policy and Society (CORPS) group. He worked at FX Palo Alto Laboratory in the Personal and Mobile technology group and at AT&T Labs, Human Computer Interaction group. Dr. McDonald recently finished serving as a Program Director for the Human Centered Computing (HCC), Network Science and Engineering (NetSE), and Social Computational Systems (SoCS) programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Education

  • Ph D, University of California, Irvine, 2000
  • MS, University of California, Irvine, 1995
  • MS, California State University, Hayward, 1992
  • BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988

Memberships

  • Association for Computing Machinery

Secondary Areas of Expertise

Publications and Contributions

  • Conference Extended Abstract Automatic Profiling of Users’ Health Interests from Online Communities (2012)
    Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare Authors: A Park, A Hartzler, J Huh, David McDonald, Wanda Pratt
  • Conference Paper Building for Social Translucence: A Domain Analysis and Prototype System (2012)
    Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW’12) Authors: David McDonald, S. Gokham, M. Zachry
  • Conference Poster Extracting Everyday Health Interests from Online Communities (2012)
    Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Authors: A Park, A Hartzler, J Huh, David McDonald, Wanda Pratt
  • Conference Poster Mentor matching in peer health communities (2012)
    Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Authors: A Hartzler, David McDonald, A Park, J Huh, Wanda Pratt
  • Conference Paper Tagging Wikipedia: Collaboratively Creating a Category System (2012)
    Proceedings of the 17th ACM international conference on Supporting group work page 219-228 ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4503-1486-2 Authors: Katherine Thornton, David McDonald
  • Conference Poster Toward Automatic Weaving of Medical Advice with Patient Experiences Using Text Classification (2012)
    Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Authors: J Huh, M Yetisgen-Yildiz, A Hartzler, David McDonald, A Park, Wanda Pratt
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal Barriers to Physical Activity: A Study of Self-revelation in an Online Community (2011)
    Journal of Medical Systems (JOMS) Volume 35 Issue 5 page 1225-1242 Authors: T. Toscos, S. Consolvo, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Collaborative Sensemaking during Admin Permission Granting in Wikipedia (2011)
    Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII'11) Authors: K. Derthick, P. Tsao, T. Kriplean, Alan Borning, M. Zachry, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Finding Patterns in Behavioral Observations by Automatically Labeling Forms of Wikiwork in Barnstars (2011)
    Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym'11) Authors: David McDonald, S. Javanmardi, M. Zachry
  • Conference Workshop Paper Multi-Label Classification of Short Text: A Study on Wikipedia Barnstars (2011)
    “Analyzing Microtext” Workshop at the Twenty-Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-11) Authors: H. Sajnani, S. Javanmardi, David McDonald, C. Lopes
  • Conference Workshop Paper Task Dependency and the Organization of the Crowd. In “Crowdsourcing and Human Computation: Systems, Studies and Platforms (2011)
    Workshop at the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’11) Author: David McDonald
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal The Organization of Home Media (2011)
    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction Volume 18 Issue 2 Authors: R. Sease, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Vandalism Detection in Wikipedia: A High-Performing, Feature–Rich Model and its Reduction Through Lasso (2011)
    Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym'11) Authors: S. Javanmardi, David McDonald, C. Lopes
  • Conference Paper Bringing the Field into Focus: User-centered Design of a Patient Expertise Locator (2010)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '10) Authors: A. Civan-Hartzler, David McDonald, C. Powell, M. M. Skeels, M. Mukai, Wanda Pratt
  • Conference Paper Is it normal to be this sore?: Using an Online Forum to Investigate Barriers to Physical Activity (2010)
    Proceedings of ACM International Health Informatics Symposium Authors: T. S. Toscos, S. Consolvo, David McDonald,
  • Conference Workshop Paper Self-Presentation: Structured and semi-structured user profiles. (2010)
    Presented at the "Models, theories and methods of study online behavior" Workshop as the ACM 2010 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'10) Authors: L Le, I Beschastnikh, David McDonald
  • Conference Workshop Paper Designing Mediating Spaces Between Citizens and Government (2009)
    Workshop on "Socially Mediating Technologies: Developing the Research Agenda" at the ACM 2009 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'09) Authors: Travis Kriplean, Ivan Beschastnikh, Alan Borning, David McDonald, Mark Zachry
  • Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal Designing for Behavior Change in Everyday Life (2009)
    IEEE Computer Authors: S. Consolvo, David McDonald, J A Landay
  • Conference Paper Goal-Setting Considerations for Persuasive Technologies that Encourage Physical Activity (2009)
    Proceedings of the 2009 Conference on Persuasive Technology (Persuasive '09) Authors: P Klasnja, S. Colsolvo, David McDonald, J A Landay
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal Incorporating Collaboratory Concepts into Informatics in Support of Translational Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (2009)
    International Journal of Medical Informatics Volume 78 page 21-Oct Authors: S. Lee, David McDonald, N Anderson, P Tarczy-Hornoch
  • Conference Paper Learning How: The Search for Craft Knowledge on the Internet (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09) Authors: C. Torrey, E Churchill, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Locating Patient Expertise in Everyday Life (2009)
    Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work page 291-300 Authors: A Civian, K T Unruh, David McDonald, Wanda Pratt
  • Conference Paper Musical Fingerprints: Collaboration around Home Media Collections. (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP) page 331-340 Authors: R Sease, David McDonald
  • Conference Workshop Paper Promoting Quality in Wikipedia through Enculturation (2009)
    GROUP '09: Extended Abstracts of the 2009 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work Authors: Ivan Beschastnikh, Travis Kriplean, David McDonald, Mark Zachry, Alan Borning
  • Conference Workshop Paper System Design for Social Translucence in Socially Mediating Technologies (2009)
    Extended Abstracts of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: David McDonald, Ivan Beschastnikh, Travis Kriplean, Alan Borning, Mark Zachry
  • Conference Paper Theory-Driven Design Strategies for Technologies that Support Behavior Change in Everyday Life (2009)
    Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'09) Authors: S. Consolvo, David McDonald, J A Landay
  • Conference Paper Using Mobile & Personal Sensing Technologies to Support Health Behavior Change in Everyday Life: Lessons Learned (2009)
    Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Fall Symposium page 338-342 Authors: P Klasnja, S Consolvo, David McDonald, J A Landay, Wanda Pratt
  • Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal Activity Recognition for the Digital Home (2008)
    IEEE Computer Authors: J. Yang, B N Schilit, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Activity Sensing in the Wild: A field trial of UbiFit Garden. (2008)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '08) page 1797-1806 Authors: T Toscos, P Klasnja, S. Consolvo, David McDonald, M Y Chen, J Froehlich, B Harrison, A LaMarca, L LeGrand, R Libby, I Smith, J A Landay
  • Conference Paper Articulations of Wikiwork: Uncovering Valued Work in Wikipedia through Barnstars (2008)
    Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW'08) Authors: Travis Kriplean, Ivan Beschastnikh, David McDonald
  • Conference Workshop Paper Collaborating Around Growing Media Collections in the Home (2008)
    CSCW 2008 Extended Abstracts Authors: R Sease, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Flowers or a Robot Army? Encouraging Awareness & Activity with Personal Mobile Displays (2008)
    Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing Authors: S. Consolvo, P Klasnja, David McDonald, D Avrahami, J Froehlich, L LeGrand, R Libby, K Mosher, J A Landay
  • Book, Scholarly-New HCI Remixed: Essays on Works that have Influenced the HCI Community (2008)
    ISBN/ISSN: 262050889 Authors: Thomas Erickson, David McDonald
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New Let's Shack Up: Getting Serious about GIM (2008)
    HCI Remixed: Essays on Works that have Influenced the HCI Community Author: David McDonald
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal Proactive Displays to Support Awareness in Fluid Social Environments (2008)
    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction Volume 14 Issue 4 page 16:1-16:31 Authors: David McDonald, Joseph F McCarthy, S Soroczak, David Nguyen, Al M Rashid
  • Conference Extended Abstract Problem Solving Probes: A Method for Discovering Conceptual Disconnects with Digital Living Technologies (2008)
    Workshop on "Designing for Families" at the ACM 2008 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW'08) Authors: K A Smith, N Karlova, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Relating Documents via User Activity: The Missing Link. (2008)
    Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces page 389-392 Authors: E. Pedersen, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Wikipedian Self-Governance in Action: Motivating the Policy Lens (2008)
    Proceedings of International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media Authors: Ivan Beschastnikh, Travis Kriplean, David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Community, Consensus, Coercion, Control: CS*W or How Policy Mediates Mass Participation. (2007)
    Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work page 167-176 Authors: T Kriplean, I Beschastnikh, David McDonald, S Golder
  • Conference Paper How-To Pages: Informal Systems of Expertise Sharing (2007)
    Proceedings of the Tenth European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work page 391-410 Authors: C. Torrey, David McDonald, B N Schilit, S Bly
  • Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal How-To Web Pages (2007)
    IEEE Computer Authors: C. Torrey, David McDonald
  • Conference Workshop Paper Social Computing: A Research Topic in Search of Disciplinarity (2007)
    Workshop on Research Directions for Social Computing at the ACM 2007 International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP'07) Author: David McDonald
  • Conference Paper Visual Conversation Styles in Web Communities (2007)
    Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Author: David McDonald
  • Conference Extended Abstract Broken Expectations in the Digital Home (2006)
    Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'06) Extended Abstracts Authors: S. Bly, B N Schilit, David McDonald, B Rosario, Y Saint-Hilaire
  • Conference Workshop Paper Collaborating Over Project Schedules (2006)
    CSCW 2006 Extended Abstracts Authors: S Soroczak, David McDonald
  • Conference Workshop Paper Exploring the social realities of online communities through the lens of a Human Information Behavior framework (2006)
    The 2nd annual Social Informatics ASIST preconference research symposium Interrogating Information Realities of Information and Communication systems. The 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Authors: Peyina Lin, David McDonald
  • Conference Extended Abstract IT@Home: Unraveling Complexities of Networked Devices in the Home (2006)
    Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'06) Extended Abstracts page 1711-1713 Authors: David McDonald, B N Schilit, S Bly
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal Participatory Design of a Collaborative Clinical Trial Protocol Writing System (2006)
    International Journal of Medical Informatics Volume 76 Issue 1 page 245-251 Authors: Chunhua Weng, David McDonald, D Sparks, J McCoy, John H Gennari
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal Asynchronous communication among clinical researchers: A study for systems design (2005)
    International Journal of Medical Informatics Volume 74 Issue 10 page 797-807 Authors: John H Gennari, Chunhua Weng, J Bendetti, David McDonald
  • Conference Workshop Paper Radical Appropriation: The Configurations of Wireless Networking in a Community Group (2005)
    eCSCW 2005 Extended Abstracts Author: David McDonald
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal Social Matching: A Framework and Research Agenda (2005)
    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction Volume 12 Issue 3 page 401-434 Authors: Loren Terveen, David McDonald
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal Technology, Work, and Information Flows: Lessons from the implementation of a wireless alert pager system (2005)
    Journal of Biomedical Informatics Volume 38 Issue 3 page 229-238 Authors: Madhu C Reddy, David McDonald, Wanda Pratt, Michael M Shabot

Presentations

  • "Brainstorming design for health: helping patients utilize patient-generated information on the web" (2012)
  • "Pervasive and Social Computing: Where are We Heading?" (2011)
    Presented at: IEEE
  • "Wiki Architectures as Social Translucence Enablers" (2011)
  • "Emerging Issues in Social Computing" closing panel (2009)
    Presented at: Association for Computing Machinery
  • "An Issue of Scale: Moving toward a Paradigm of Mass Participation Computing" (2009)
    Presented at: SIG USE - Special Interest Group on Information Needs, Seeking, and Use (ASIS&T)
  • "Evolving Community and the Future of Online Community Research" (2009)
    Presented at: PARC - Palo Alto Research Center
  • "Problem Solving Probes: Uncovering Conceptual Disconnects with Networked Ensembles" (2009)
    Presented at: University of Washington CSE & Microsoft Research
  • "The legacy and future of 'community' in NSF; or what have I gotten myself into?" (2009)
    Presented at: Association for Computing Machinery
  • "iSchools and Undergraduate Education" panel (2008)
    Presented at: iSchools Caucus
  • "<something> 2.0: Critical Aspects of Online Social Networking Systems" (2008)
    Presented at: Northwest Development Officer's Association
  • "Appropriation and Creativity in Online Communities" (2008)
    Presented at: Yahoo Research
  • "Consensus Large and Small: A Complementary Study of Wikipedia Social Practice" (2008)
    Presented at: Cornell University
  • "Community, Consensus, Coercion, Control: The Importance of CS*W in Wikipedia" (2007)
    Presented at: University of California, Irvine
  • "Critical Issues in Online Community" (2007)
    Presented at: ONE/Northwest
  • "Broken Expectations in the Digital Home" (2006)
    Presented at: Association for Computing Machinery
  • "Collaborating on Collaboration: How can we Leverage iSchool Multidisciplinarity to Improve the Study and Design of Communication and Collaboration Technologies" (2006)
    Presented at: iSchools Caucus
  • "Innovation and Collaboration" (2006)
    Presented at: Intel, Inc.
  • "Visual Conversational Styles in Online Communities" (2006)
    Presented at: Google, Inc.
  • "Visual Conversational Styles in Online Communities" (2006)
    Presented at: DUB - Human Computer Interaction and Design Group, University of Washington
  • "Community Through Pictures" (2005)
    Presented at: Microsoft, Inc.
  • "Visual Interaction to Support Online Community" (2005)
    Presented at: ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP)