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Patrick Shih

Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering

Expert Bio

Patrick Shih is an assistant professor of informatics in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering; his research utilizes mixed methods approaches to tackle research problems in online and geographic communities. He focuses on leveraging awareness of individual and community activities embedded in sensor technologies, smart devices, social media, and online forums in the design and construction of novel persuasive interfaces and civic engagement platforms that facilitate sustainable motivational and behavioral changes. 

Before joining IU Bloomington, he was a research associate and lecturer in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State from 2012 to 2015.

He has a Ph.D. in information and computer science from the University of California, Irvine; an M.S. in information networking from Carnegie Mellon University; and a B.S. in computer science and engineering from UCLA.

Areas of Expertise

Human computer interaction, health informatics, social computing, computer-supported cooperative work, ubiquitous computing, creativity and design, interspecies computing.

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