Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (1993)
M.S. in Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (1990)
A.B. in Computer Science, Harvard University (1987)

Professional Background

Joseph Konstan joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in 1993 as an assistant professor and was later promoted to a professor. He also currently serves as the associate dean for research for the College of Science and Engineering and served as the associate head of the department from 2008-15. Konstan was named a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in 2009 and a Distinguished University Teaching Professor in 2010. He also was named an ACM Fellow in 2008 and an IEEE Fellow in 2013.

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Teaching Subjects

• User Interface Design
• Social Computing
• Recommender Systems

Honors and Awards

2023: Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award
2013: James Chen Annual Award
2013: IEEE Fellow
2013: SIGCHI Lifetime Service Award
2013: George W. Taylor/CSE Alumni Society Award for Distinguished Teaching
2011: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows
2011: SIGCHI Academy
2010: Award for Outstanding Contributions to Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education
2010: ACM Software System Award
2009: McKnight Professorships
2008: ACM Fellows Program
2006: ACM Distinguished Engineers, Scientists, and Members
1999: George W. Taylor Career Development Award
1998: National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER Award)

Selected Grants
Learning Engineering: Instrumenting a large-scale Student Information System for research
Konstan, J., Varma, S., Chen, B.; Schmidt Futures Foundation; 3/20/20 - 12/31/23

Development, Usability Evaluation, and Pilot Feasibility Study of an mHealth Application Supporting Self-Management of Accidental Bowel Leakage, "I"M ABLe
Bliss, D. Z., Benbenek, M. M., Konstan, J. A. & Gurvich, O. V.; NIH NINR NATL INST OF NURSING; 12/25/20 - 11/30/23

HCC: Small: Experiments in Community Q&A
Konstan, J. A.; National Science Foundation; 9/1/13 - 8/31/18