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                            Recent Master's Graduate from University of Washington<br />
                            conrad.logos (at) gmail.com<br />
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                            I use my background in cognitive science to analyze and improve human to human interaction over technology.
                            In the 90s people thought that the internet would open up the world of information to everyone, democratizing information.
                            While it undoubtably has helped connect people and spread ideas, technology risks cheapening human expression and creating echo chambers limiting our empathy and diversity of ideas.
                            I work to break down these barriers by <strong>building technology that increases human expression</strong> as well as <strong>opens up perspectives and safeguards opinions.</strong>
                            Using a combination of user-centered design and data-driven machine intelligence I hope to bridge the emotional and intellectual gaps that we see in today's online technology.
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                            I have just passed my masters milestone at the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of Washington while doing research in the Human Centered Design and Engineering Department.
                            <strong>I'm now seeking a full-time job in industry so I can make a tangible impact on the way we interact online.</strong>
                            My last research project examined the spread of misinformation along social networks with <a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/kstarbi/">Kate Starbird</a> in the <a href="http://boston.somelab.net">Misinformation Research Group</a>.
                            My second year I pursued projects in affective feedback in email communication and mapping personal values in online discussion with <a href="http://www.smunson.com/">Sean Munson</a>, Gary Hsieh, and Margaret Morris.
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                            Previously, I worked as Clinical Research Coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital in the Neuropsychology Laboratory.
                            I earned my Blachelor's degree in Computer Science with a minor in Anthropology at Boston University.
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				<p>Morgan Dixon, <strong>A. Conrad Nied</strong>, James Fogarty (2014).
					Prefab Layers and Prefab Annotations: Extensible Pixel-Based Interpretation of Graphical Interfaces.
					UIST 2014
					<a href="http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2642918.2647412">http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2642918.2647412</a>
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				<p>David W. Gow, <strong>A. Conrad Nied</strong> (2014).
					Rules from Words: A Dynamic Neural Basis for a Lawful Linguistic Process.
					PLoS ONE 9(1):e86212. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086212
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