Current Position:

Professor of Computer Science & Department Chair

Field Of Study:

Computer Science

Research Interests:

• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• User-Interface design
• Personal Information Management (PIM)
• Digital Notetaking
• Studio Teaching environments

Courses:

CSCI 315E Computers, Ethics, and Society

Prereq., WRIT 222 (FOR 220) or other University approved lower division writing course, AND successful completion of the Upper-Division Writing Proficiency Assessment (or consent of instr). Ethical problems that computer scientists face. The codes of ethics of professional computing societies. The social implications of computers, computing, and other digital technologies.

Education:

University of Oregon, 2001, PhD in Computer and Information Science

University of Montana, 1996, MS in Computer Science

Pennsylvania State University, 1989, BS in Computer Science

Professional Experience:

Andersen Consulting, 1990-1994.

Honors/Awards:

CAREER: From Pen and Paper to Computer: An Emerging Notetaking Paradigm for Students, Reimer, Y.J. Sponsoring agency: NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program. Award No. IIS-0545681. Five-year continuing award effective December 15, 2005.

Collaborative Research: Investigating and Refining the Studio Experience as a Method for Teaching Human-Computer Interaction. Sponsoring agency: NSF IIS. Award No. 0725145.  Three-year award effective August 1, 2007. Other collaborators include Katherine Cennamo (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and Sarah A. Douglas (University of Oregon).

SGER: Student Notetaking in the Digital Age, Reimer, Y.J. Sponsoring agency: NSF Small Grant for Exploratory Research. Award No. IIS-0524175. One-year award effective April 15, 2005.

Selected Publications:

 

• Reimer, Y.J. (2012). Lost and Found: Lessons Learned from a Design Retrospective. Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference extended abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA ’12), pp. 541-556. ACM Press. DOI Information: 10.1145/2212776.2212829
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• Reimer, Y.J., Cennamo, K., & Douglas, S.A. (2012). Emergent Themes in a UI Design Hybrid-Studio Course. Proceedings of the 43^rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ‘12), pp. 625-630. ACM Press. DOI Information: 10.1145/2157136.215731
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• Reimer, Y., Hagedal, M., Wolf, P., & Bahls, B. (2011). Turning the desktop inside-out: Evaluating information access and management through a single interface. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 62(12), pp. 2327-2346. DOI Information: 10.1002/asi.21627

Other Publications:

 

Reimer, Y.J., Brimhall, E., Cao, C., & O’Reilly, K. (May 2009). Empirical User Studies Inform the Design of an E-Notetaking and Information Assimilation System for Students in Higher Education, Computers & Education Journal 52, pp. 898-913. DOI information: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.12.013

Reimer, Y.J., Bubnash, M., Hagedal, M., & Wolf, P. (2009). Helping Students with Information Fragmentation, Assimilation and Notetaking. Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 2009 Joint International Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas, June 2009, pp. 15-18. New York, NY: ACM Press.

 

Reimer, Y.J., & Douglas, S.A. (2004). Ethnography, Scenario-Based Observational Usability Study, and Other Reviews Inform the Design of a Web-Based E-Notebook. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (IJHCI), Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 403-426.