Jonathan Lester
I am a fifth-year PhD. candidate in the Electrical Engineering department at the University of Washington advised by Prof. Gaetano Borriello. My main research interest is Ubiquitous computing where I work on combining sensing with machine learning techniques to create systems which can perform activity inference—that is inferring what activities a person is performing like walking, running, traveling home, etc. The majority of these systems focus on medical applications designed to provide users and caregivers more insight into people’s lives.

I am the designer of the University of Washington/Intel Research Seattle Mobile Sensing Platform (MSP). A very useful research platform that combines sensing, communication, storage, and a great deal of computational power into a compact platform.

In addition to my main body of research I’m also interested in the design, refinement, implementation, and evaluation of computer systems and the art of turning interesting technologies into understandable and usable systems. I am a big believer in the idea that the more people exposed to a technology the better it is for the community. I’m a member of DuB, (Design, use, build – a mix of people interested in HCI and Design at the UW).