Maria M. Klawe

Professor of Computer Science and Dean of Engineering C-232, E-Quad. Princeton University Princeton, NJ USA 08544 Phone: (609)-258-2260 E-Mail: klawe@princeton.edu

Education

• B.Sc., Mathematics, University of Alberta, 1973
• Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Alberta, 1977
• Graduate Studies, Computer Science, University of Toronto, 1979

Graduate Students

• Jordan Boyd-Graber
• Xiaojuan Ma
• Sonya Nikolova

Teaching Interests

My particular interests are making mathematics accessible and appealing to all students and the use of technology to enhance learning and motivation. At Princeton I teach an experimental section of MAT 104 (second semester calculus) in the fall semester. New methods introduced in my section included active learning approaches, calculus cameos by engineering professors (short presentations illustrating where calculus is used in engineering applications), and teamwork on challenge problems.

Research Interests

• human-computer interaction
• cognitive aids for people with aphasia
• interactive multi-media (education, mathematics, programming, literacy, and art-therapy)
• gender issues related to information technology
• theoretical computer science (data structures, algorithms, complexity)

My current research is on the use of technology to improve the quality of life and independence of people with cognitive deficits. Our primary focus is on developing multi-modal applications such as daily planners, medication reminders, and recipe books for people with aphasia, but we are also exploring the use of such applications for the elderly with impaired vision or memory. Aphasia is the loss of language (e.g. ability to read, write, speak or comprehend speech) and commonly occurs as the result of stroke or other brain trauma.

Other interests

Watercolor painting, running, kayaking, electric guitar.

Sample Publications

1. K. Moffatt, J. McGrenere, B. Purves, and M. Klawe. (2004), The Participatory Design of a Sound and Image Enhanced Daily Planner for People with Aphasia, Proceedings of CHI 2004.
2. J. McGrenere, R. Davies, L. Findlater, P. Graf, M. Klawe, K. Moffatt, B. Purves, S. Yang (2003). Insights from the Aphasia Project: Designing Technology For and With People who have Aphasia, Proc. ACM Conference on Universal Usability, Vancouver, BC.
3. James Dai, Michael Wu, Jonathan Cohen, and Maria Klawe. (2003).  PrimeClimb: Designing to Facilitate Mediated Collaborative Inquiry, in Proceedings of CSCL 2003, Bergen, Norway. Kluwer Academic Publishers: 31-35.
4. Gauthier J, Fisher B, and Klawe M. (2003) Peer Presence and Real-Time Assessment: A Symbiotic Relationship in Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2003, Honolulu, HI.
5. Cohen J, Dai J, Wu M, Wu T, and Klawe M. (2002) Promoting Peer-to-Peer Discourse for Collaborative Mathematics in Canadian Grade 7 Classrooms, Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2002, Denver, CO. AACE: 325-326.
6. W. Duplantis, E. MacGregor, M. Klawe and M. Ng, 'Virtual Family': an Approach to Introducing Java Programming, Inroads (the SIGCSE Bulletin), vol.  33, no. 2, 2002.
7. M. Klawe, K. Inkpen, E. Phillips, R.Upitis, A. Rubin, E-GEMS :A Project on Computer Games, Mathematics, and Gender, in Ghosts in the Machine, eds. A. Rubin, N. Yelland, 2002.
8. K. Sedig, M. Klawe and M.Westrom, (2001) Role of interface manipulation style and scaffolding on cognition and concept learning in learnware. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 8(1) 34-59.