Currently working at Google's Seattle (Fremont) office on projects relating to maps and navigation. My dissertation topic at University of Washington was on the use of images and landmarks in navigation and localization. Prior to getting my MS and PhD from UW, I received my BS from UC Berkeley.

Projects


Publications

Visual Navigation for Mobile Devices Visual Navigation for Mobile Devices
Harlan Hile , Alan L. Liu , Gaetano Borriello , Radek Grzeszczuk , Ramakrishna Vedantham and Jana Kosecka
IEEE Multimedia, 2010. Journal Article
Customizing Directions in an Automated Wayfinding System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments Customizing Directions in an Automated Wayfinding System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
Alan L. Liu , Harlan Hile , Gaetano Borriello , Henry Kautz , Pat A. Brown , Mark Harniss and Kurt L. Johnson
ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Assistive Technologies, 2009. Full Paper (PDF)
Creating Compact Architectural Models by Geo-registering Image Collections Creating Compact Architectural Models by Geo-registering Image Collections
Radek Grzeszczuk , Jana Kosecka , Ramakrishna Vedantham and Harlan Hile
IEEE International Workshop on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, 2009. Full Paper (poster) (PDF)
Augmenting Images with Context on Mobile Devices Augmenting Images with Context on Mobile Devices
Harlan Hile , Radek Grzeszczuk , Ramakrishna Vedantham , Jana Kosecka , Alan L. Liu and Gaetano Borriello
The International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services, 2009. Poster (PDF)
Pedestrian Landmark-Based Navigation with Enhanced Spatial Reasoning Pedestrian Landmark-Based Navigation with Enhanced Spatial Reasoning
Harlan Hile , Radek Grzeszczuk , Alan L. Liu , Ramakrishna Vedantham , Jana Kosecka and Gaetano Borriello
Pervasive, 2009. Full Paper (PDF)
Evaluating a Wayfinding System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairment Evaluating a Wayfinding System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairment
Alan L. Liu , Harlan Hile , Gaetano Borriello , Henry Kautz , Pat A. Brown , Mark Harniss and Kurt L. Johnson
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009. Workshop Paper (PDF)
Landmark-Based Pedestrian Navigation from Collections of Geotagged Photos Landmark-Based Pedestrian Navigation from Collections of Geotagged Photos
Harlan Hile , Ramakrishna Vedantham , Gregory Cuellar , Alan L. Liu , Natasha Gelfand , Radek Grzeszczuk and Gaetano Borriello
Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, 2008. Full Paper (PDF)
    Best Student Paper
Positioning and Orientation in Indoor Environments Using Camera Phones Positioning and Orientation in Indoor Environments Using Camera Phones
Harlan Hile and Gaetano Borriello
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2008. Journal Article (PDF)
Information Overlay for Camera Phones in Indoor Environments Information Overlay for Camera Phones in Indoor Environments
Harlan Hile and Gaetano Borriello
Location and Context Awareness, 2007. Full Paper (PDF)
Indoor Wayfinding: Developing a Functional Interface for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments Indoor Wayfinding: Developing a Functional Interface for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
Alan L. Liu , Harlan Hile , Henry Kautz , Gaetano Borriello , Pat A. Brown , Mark Harniss and Kurt L. Johnson
ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Assistive Technologies, 2006. Full Paper (PDF)
PetTracker - Pet Tracking System using Motes PetTracker - Pet Tracking System using Motes
Zhengming (Stacy) Tang , Harlan Hile , Sushil Bajracharya and Raja Jurdak
International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 2005. Poster (PDF)
Microbiology Tray and Pipette Tracking as a Proactive Tangible User Interface Microbiology Tray and Pipette Tracking as a Proactive Tangible User Interface
Harlan Hile , Jiwon Kim and Gaetano Borriello
Pervasive, 2004. Full Paper (PDF)