Julie Jacko

Educational Background

Ph.D.	Industrial & Systems Engineering	Purdue University	1993
M.S.	Industrial & Systems Engineering	Purdue University	1991
B.S.	Industrial & Systems Engineering	Purdue University	1990

Biography

Dr. Julie Jacko is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, and a Faculty Fellow in the Academic Health Center's Institute for Health Informatics. She is the Principal Investigator and Director of the University Partnership for Health Informatics (UP-HI). This $5.1 million grant from the office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology represents the first public-private partnership funded in the State of Minnesota to infuse our nation's workforce with individuals who have been trained to perform in one of six mission critical health information technology roles. Dr. Jacko's expertise is the design, implementation, and evaluation of interactive, next-generation computing and informatics solutions in complex domains including, but not limited to, healthcare and healthcare delivery, with the purpose of supporting the development of systems that are both usable and accessible. This is accomplished through research that is focused on the cognitive processes underlying the interaction of people with complex systems, particularly computer systems, with the ultimate goal of combining robust empirical results with the development of engineering models of human performance that can aid in the design of real-world systems. Dr. Jacko has an exemplary research track record spanning a period of 17 years in which over 120 refereed, scientific publications have been generated in these research areas. She has generated nearly $15 million in research funding in the last 10 years and was one of only 20 recipients of a National Science Foundation Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor awarded young investigators by the United States government. Dr. Jacko served as co-author on the #1 rated article for 2005 in the International Journal of Medical Informatics. Dr. Jacko has an extensive track record of professional leadership excellence, including:

1. Named one of the Top Ten Most Influential Informatics Professors by HealthTechTopia on September 14, 2010;
2. Appointed by the State of Minnesota Commissioner of Health to serve on the Minnesota e-health Advisory Committee, representing academics and clinical research for the State of Minnesota;
3. Elected to the Office of the President, the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) (2006-09);
4. Elected to the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group Governing Board Executive Committee, elected Member at Large (2007-2009);
5. Elected to the Office of Vice President for Membership and Communications - the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) (2003-06);
6. Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, published by Taylor & Francis;
7. Editor of the 3rd edition (and Co-Editor of the 1st and 2nd Editions) of the Human-Computer Interaction Handbook, to be published in 2011 by Taylor & Francis, the premier compendium of research and practice in the field of human-computer interaction.

In addition, Dr. Jacko has chaired or co-chaired numerous technical conferences and technical conference programs in the field of human-computer interaction spanning the last fifteen years. She received her BS, MS, and PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana where she held an NEC Graduate Fellowship.

Selected Publications

• Schumacher E. H. , Jacko, J. A. , Primo, S. A. , Main, K. L., Moloney, K. P., Kinzel, E. N., Ginn, J. (2008). Reorganization of visual processing is related to eccentric viewing in patients with Macular Degeneration. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 26(4-5), 391-402.
• Edwards, P. J., Moloney, K. P., Jacko, J. A., & Sainfort, F. (2008). Evaluating usability of a commercial electronic health record: A case study. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 66(10), 701-758.
• Yi, J. S., Kang, Y. A., Stasko, J., & Jacko, J. A. (2007). Toward a Deeper Understanding of the role of interaction in information visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 13(6), 1224 - 1231.
• Lin, M., Goldman, R., Price, K. J., Sears, A., & Jacko, J. A. (2007). How do people tap when walking? An empirical investigation of nomadic data entry. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65, 759-769.
• Barnard, L., Yi, J. S., Jacko, J. A., & Sears, A. (2007). Capturing the effects of context on human performance in mobile computing systems. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 11(2), 81-96.
• Scott, I. U., Jacko, J. A., Sainfort, F., Leonard, V. K., Kongnakorn, T., & Moloney, K. P. (2006) The impact of auditory and haptic feedback on computer task performance in patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration and control subjects with no known ocular disease. Retina, 26(7), 803-810.
• Moloney, K. P., Shi, B., Leonard, V. K., Jacko, J. A., Vidakovic, B., & Sainfort, F. (2006) Leveraging data complexity: Pupillary behavior of older adults with visual impairment during HCI. Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 13(3), 376-402.
• Price, K. J., Lin, M., Feng J., Goldman R., Sears, A. & Jacko, J. A. (2006) Motion does matter: An examination of speech-based text entry on the move. Universal Access in the Information Society, 4(3), 246-257.
• Yi, J. S., Melton, R., Stasko, J., & Jacko, J. A. (2005) Dust & Magnet: Multivariate information visualization using a magnet metaphor. Information Visualization, 4(4), 239-256.
• Jacko, J. A., Barnard, L., Yi, J. S., Edwards, P. J., Leonard, V. K., Kongnakorn, T., Moloney, K. P., & Sainfort, F. (2005) Empirical validation of the Windows® accessibility settings and multimodal feedback for a menu selection task for users with diabetic retinopathy. Behaviour & Information Technology, 24(6), 419-434.
• Barnard, L., Yi, J. S., Jacko, J. A., & Sears, A. (2005) An empirical comparison of use-in-motion evaluation scenarios for mobile computing devices. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 62 (4), 487-520.
• Alonso, M., Barreto, A. B., Cremades, J. G., & Jacko, J. A., & Adjouadi, M. (2005) Image pre-compensation to facilitate computer access for users with refractive errors. Behaviour & Information Technology, 24(3), 161-173.
• Edwards, P. J., Barnard, L., Leonard, V. K., Yi, J.S., Moloney, K. P., Kongnakorn, T., Jacko, J. A. & Sainfort, F. (2005) Understanding users with Diabetic Retinopathy: Factors that affect performance in a menu selection task. Behaviour & Information Technology, 24(3), 175-186.
• Lu, Y. C., Xiao, Y., Sears, A., & Jacko, J. A. (2005) A review and a framework of handheld computer adoption in healthcare. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 74, 409-422.
• Jacko, J. A., Moloney, K. P., Kongnakorn, T., Barnard, L., Edwards, P. J., Leonard, V. K., Sainfort, F., & Scott, I. U. (2005) Multimodal feedback as a solution to ocular disease-based user performance decrements in the absence of functional vision loss. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 18(2), 183-218.
• Jacko, J. A., Emery, V. K., Edwards, P. J., Ashok, M., Barnard, L., Kongnakorn, T., Moloney, K. P., & Sainfort, F. (2004) The effects of multimodal feedback on older adults' task performance given varying levels of computer experience. Behaviour & Information Technology, 23(4), 247-264.
• Sears, A. & Jacko, J. A. (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction: Development Process. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, 356 pages.
• Sears, A. & Jacko, J. A. (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction: Designing for Diverse Users and Domains. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, 284 pages.
• Sears, A. & Jacko, J. A. (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction: Design Issues, Solutions, and Applications. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, 382 pages.
• Sears, A. & Jacko, J. A. (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction Fundamentals. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis Group, 2009, 350 pages.
• Sears, A. & Jacko, J. A. (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications - 2nd Edition. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2008, 1,384 pages.
• Jacko, J. A. & Sears, A. (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum & Assoc., 2003, 1,277 pages.