Lisa Elkin
Ph.D. Student at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolLisa Elkin is a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington's ACE Lab with eight years of experience exploring human-computer interaction, specializing in input and interaction techniques and quantitative data analysis. She brings a strong multidisciplinary background—master’s degrees from Waterloo and Carnegie Mellon and a math-heavy undergraduate degree—that informs rigorous experimental design and novel interaction solutions. Her research experience includes a Microsoft research internship and a string of teaching and research roles that demonstrate both technical depth and clear communication of complex ideas. Outside academia she’s applied leadership and creative direction skills from running youth dramatic arts programs, a detail that hints at her ability to blend technical research with user-focused, creative thinking.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of WashingtonMasters of Entertainment Technology, Masters of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon UniversityMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (3)
factorial9
r-package8
transform6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
lelkin/ARTool
Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
R Package for Aligned Rank Transform for Nonparametric Factorial ANOVAs
Contributions:30 pushes, 2 branches in 9 months
r-packageanovasfactorialtransformrstats
lelkin/web-cse440-23wi
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:21 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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