Professor Katie A. Siek

I am a full professor in Informatics and the Chair of Informatics at Indiana University – Bloomington. I am part of the ProHealth group where I integrate pervasive technologies in health and wellness environments to study how technology affects interventions. My research interests include human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, and health informatics. Prior to returning to IU, I led the Wellness Innovation and Interaction Lab. (Formal Bio, CV). Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Office Hours:

I300 office hours: Mondays and Tuesdays from 12p-1p Eastern on the InfoI300 Zoom
Chair office hours: Fridays from 4:00pm-5:00pm. First come, first served; max 15 minutes per person.

Past Position Handoff: If you have questions for the Informatics Director of Undergraduate Studies, please contact Dr. Jennifer Terrell. If you have questions about the ProHealth graduate program, please contact Dr. James Clawson.

Study and Research Opportunities

2 funded virtual Research Experiences for Teachers for Summer 2021. Teachers selected for the 6-week experience will receive a stipend and materials to create a sociotechnical learning experience in their classrooms. Please contact me for more information.
10 funded virtual Research Experiences for Undergraduates for Summer 2021. Students selected for the 8-week experience will receive travel to and from Bloomington, a $4800 stipend, free room and board, and GRE preparation (if wanted). More information.

Current and Recent Activities

Awarded the IU Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET) Bloomington Dr. James E. Mumford Excellence in Extraordinary Teaching Award (June 2021)
Board of Directors for the Computing Research Association (2021-2024) (press release)
Keynote for UT Arlington Student Computing Research Festival
CCC Quad Paper Contribution on Modernizing Data Control: Making Personal Digital Data Mutually Beneficial for Citizens and Industry with Sujata Banerjee (VMware Research), Yiling Chen (Harvard University), Kobbi Nissim (Georgetown University), David Parkes (Harvard University), and Lauren Wilcox (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Advisory Board member for Reset: Re-enter STEM Through Emerging Technology
Council member for the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (press release) (2019-2021)
Co-PI with Amanda Lazar (U. of Maryland) on a National Science Foundation funded Toolkits for Aging in Place for Older Retirees (TAIPOR)
Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation supported Research Experience for Undergraduates ProHealth Site (2016-2018; renewed 2019-2022 [no cost to 2023])
We are planning Hello Research for Spring 2022. If you are a researcher in Indiana, let me know if you are interested in participating. If you are a student, stay tuned – more information is coming!

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Indiana University, 2006
M.S., Computer Science, Indiana University, 2004
B.S., Computer Science, Eckerd College, 2000

Professional

Current Student Collaborators

Ben Jelen, M.S. (IU Ph.D. Student, TAIPOR)
Pallabi Bhowmick (IU Ph.D. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
Novia Nurain (IU Ph.D. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)

Past Research Collaborators

Madeline Athanasiou (IU B.S. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
Lisa Warren (IU B.S. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
Nongfeng Wang (IU B.S. Student, I101 Project)
Vaishnavi Meda (IU B.S. Student, I101 Project)
Susan Monsey (IU B.S. Student, TAIPOR, Northrop Grumman)
Briana Hollins (IU B.S. Student, Precision Health Project)
Madison Hallowell (Bates College Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
Adileah Smith (U. Indy Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
Cassie Kresnye (IU Ph.D. Student, Precision Health)
Yuxing Wu (IU Ph.D. Student, Precision Health)
Carla Cobb (DePauw University B.S. Student, Precision Health Project)
Vanessa Pereira, B.S. (2019, IU B.S. Student, Yours is Better Project)
Haley MacLeod, Ph.D. (2018, Rare Disease Project, Facebook)
Shayan Khokar, B.S. (2018, IU B.S. Student, Computer Science, Muscle Memory Project, Amazon)
Olivia Richards, B.S. (Penn State 2019, U. Michigan PhD)
Samantha Whitman, B.S, M.S. (Arizona State University B.S. 2016, ASU Ph.D. Student)
Anne Freeman, B.S. (Georgetown University 2019, Applied Predictive Technologies (APT))
Mina Narayanan, B.S. (Auburn University 2019)
Leslie Liu, Ph.D. (PhD U. of Washington 2015, Facebook)
Majdah Alshehri (IU Ph.D. Student, Women’s Health)
Annu Prabhakar (IU Ph.D. Student, Mothers Information Technology Project)
Christopher Schaefbauer, Ph.D. (2016, Health Bridge Project, Amazon)
Swaminathan Ananthanarayan, Ph.D. (2015, Health Sense Project, U. of Oldenburg)
Danish U. Khan, Ph.D. (2013, Health Bridge Project, InCorta)
Kimberly Oakes, M.S. (2015, Muscle Memory Project,Adpearance)
Allison Brown (Ph.D. Student)
Halley Profita (Ph.D. Student)
Gerald Pulver (Ph.D. Student, Wardenburg EMR Project, U. of Colorado Anschutz)
Tuong An (Amy) Le (B.S. 2014)
Noelle Beaujon (B.S. 2014, Microsoft)
Mackenzie Miller (B.S. 2013; Raytheon)
Maryam Gooyabadi (B.S., 2010)
Alice Chien (B.S. 2015 – Deloitte Digital)
Miranda Sheh (B.S. 2015 – Ambi Labs)
Nate Lapinski (B.S. 2014 – SpotXchange)
Sara Zhang (IU B.S. Student – RightRez, Inc.)
Erin Leonhard (IU B.S. Student – Qualtrics)

Contact Information

Katie A. Siek, Ph.D.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Full Professor
Indiana University
Informatics
919 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408 USA

twitter: @katiesiek
email as faculty member: ksiek – at – indiana.edu
email as chair: ichair – at – indiana.edu
office: (812) 856-0598
fax: (812) 856-5754

Need an appointment with me? Come to my Chair office hours – Fridays 4:00-5:00p https://iu.zoom.us/my/profsiek. Need a different time? Rachael Lee (rachalee – at – iu.edu) will be able to coordinate alternative meeting times for me.

My office is located at Informatics East (Connector), Room 260. Parking information is available here.