I am a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, and adjunct faculty in the Information School. My principal research interests currently concern designing for civic participation and engagement, sustainability (in particular around land use and transportation), and designing for human values. In a previous life I worked quite a bit on constraint-based languages and systems, and on object-oriented languages.

Projects


Publications

Supporting Reflective Public Thought with ConsiderIt Supporting Reflective Public Thought with ConsiderIt
Travis Kriplean , Jonathan T. Morgan , Deen G. Freelon , Alan Borning and Lance Bennett
Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2012. Full Paper (PDF)
ConsiderIt: Improving Structured Public Deliberation ConsiderIt: Improving Structured Public Deliberation
Travis Kriplean , Jonathan T. Morgan , Deen G. Freelon , Alan Borning and Lance Bennett
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011. Work in Progress (PDF)
Enhancing Independence and Safety for Blind and Deaf-Blind Public Transit Riders
Shiri Azenkot , Sanjana Prasain , Alan Borning , Emily Fortuna , Richard E. Ladner and Jacob O. Wobbrock
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011. Full Paper (PDF)
Playful Civic Engagement Using Large Public Displays
Christian Steins , Christoph Peschel , Daniel Warnke and Alan Borning
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011. Workshop Paper (PDF)
Supporting Active Listening and Grounding on the Web through Restatement
Travis Kriplean , Michael Toomim , Jonathan T. Morgan , Alan Borning and Andrew J. Ko
Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2011. Horizons (PDF)
OneBusAway: Results from Providing Real-Time Arrival Information for Public Transit. OneBusAway: Results from Providing Real-Time Arrival Information for Public Transit.
Brian Ferris , Kari Watkins and Alan Borning
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2010. Full Paper (PDF)
    Best Paper Nominee
Patients, Pacemakers, and Implantable Defibrillators: Human Values and Security for Wireless Implantable Medical Devices Patients, Pacemakers, and Implantable Defibrillators: Human Values and Security for Wireless Implantable Medical Devices
Tamara Denning , Alan Borning , Batya Friedman , Brian Gill , Tadayoshi Kohno and William H. Maisel
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2010. Full Paper (PDF)
Parenting from the Pocket: Value Tensions and Technical Directions for Secure and Private Parent-Teen Mobile Safety
Alexei Czeskis , Ivayla Dermendjieva , Hussein Yapit , Alan Borning , Batya Friedman , Brian Gill and Tadayoshi Kohno
Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security, 2010. Full Paper (PDF)
Supporting Agile Modeling through Experimentation in an Integrated Urban Simulation Framework Supporting Agile Modeling through Experimentation in an Integrated Urban Simulation Framework
Travis Kriplean , Alan Borning , Paul Waddell , Christoffer Klang and James Fogarty
International Conference on Digital Government Research, 2010. Full Paper (PDF)
OneBusAway: Location-Aware Tools for Improving Public Transit Usability OneBusAway: Location-Aware Tools for Improving Public Transit Usability
Brian Ferris , Kari Watkins and Alan Borning
IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2010. Article (PDF)
Laying the Foundations for Public Participation and Value Advocacy: Interaction Design for a Large Scale Urban Simulation Laying the Foundations for Public Participation and Value Advocacy: Interaction Design for a Large Scale Urban Simulation
Batya Friedman , Alan Borning , Janet Davis , Brian Gill , Peter H. Kahn , Travis Kriplean and Peyina Lin
International Conference on Digital Government Research, 2008. Full Paper (PDF)