 Accenture
161
North Clark St.
Chicago IL 60601
USA
Research Interests
Web services, mobile computing, Bluetooth and telematics.
Recent Projects
Accenture Repository Navigation Tool: A tool that enables large software projects to perform traceability and impact analysis by finding inter-relationships among the large number of documents in a software project repository. CommunityLink: An illustration of how linking homes, business, local government and institutions in one integrated network will allow increased interaction among community members and improve local services. Manufacturing
Services: Integrating sensors and wireless technologies to create intelligent equipment that is aware of its surroundings. Mobile
Valet: A set of new services that we can deploy through smart phones that will collaborate with the environment to support remote user tasks. Personal Choice
Point: An intelligent agent that enables consumers to manage their finances the way they actually think about them, by negotiating tradeoffs between competing life goals such as homes, vacations and automobiles and examining the repercussions on their lifestyle. Pocket
Xchange: A standalone application that incorporates an enterprise knowledge model to integrate and distill vast amounts of information from the global, distributed Accenture Knowledge Xchange databases; it is used by several thousand people within the firm as a quick reference for writing proposals, identifying internal experts and finding information about clients and client engagements. Shopper's
Eye: A PDA equipped with a Global Positioning System receiver and wireless IP, which creates a two-way channel through which retailers can present customized offers to nearby shoppers based on their particular interests. Avalanche: A demonstration of how new technologies transform automobiles from a means of transportation to an interactive channel for delivering services.
Selected Publications
Personal Choice Point: Helping Users Visualize What It Means
to Buy a BMW
A. E. Fano and
S. Kurth
Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on
Intelligent User Interfaces
January 12-15, 2003
Miami, FL
[Abstract]
[Paper
(PDF)] Integrating Disparate Knowledge Sources
A. B. Brody, K. L. Dempski, J. E. Kaplan, S. Kurth, E. S. Liongosari and K. S. Swaminathan
Second International Conference on The
Practical Application of Knowledge Management (PAKeM '99)
April 21-23,
1999
London
[Abstract]
[Paper
(PDF)(ZIP)] PDF Help
Education
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Personal Interests
Home theatre, rock climbing and scuba diving. To Top |