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Jen Golbeck
Jennifer Golbeck
Born (1976-12-16) December 16, 1976 (age 47)
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park
University of Chicago
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorJames Hendler
WebsiteJennifer Golbeck

Jennifer Golbeck is a computer scientist. She currently is a professor at the College of Information,[1] an affiliate professor in the Computer Science Department, and an affiliate professor in the Journalism Department,[2] all at the University of Maryland, College Park. Golbeck was director of the University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab from 2011 to 2014.[3]

Education

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Jennifer Golbeck completed her Doctor of Philosophy in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park.[4] She also earned an SM and SB in Computer Science and an AB in Economics from the University of Chicago, and an MLA in Psychology from Harvard University.[1]

Research

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Jennifer Golbeck is known for her work on computational social network analysis. She developed methods for inferring information about relationships and people in social networks. Her models for computing trust between people in social networks are among the first in the field. Social trust was for used in early research on trust-based recommender systems.[5] She was a program co-chair of ACM RecSys 2015.[6] and General Chair in 2022[7]

Golbeck has received attention for her work on computing personality traits and political preferences of individuals based on their social network profiles.[8][9] Her presentation at TEDxMidatlantic, discussing the need for new methods of educating users about how to protect their personal data,[10] was selected as one of TED's 2014 Year in Ideas talks.[11] She presented at TEDxGeorgetown, about pets on the internet.[12]

Media and publications

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Golbeck has written for Slate,[13] The Atlantic, the LA Times, Wired, HuffPost, and served as a guest host on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, a talk show on Washington, DC's NPR affiliate, WAMU.[14]

She also works as a photojournalist, focused on news, political events, and demonstrations.[15]

Golbeck co-authored The Purest Bond: Understanding the Human-Canine Connection with Stacey Colino.[16] The book examines the psychology and science of people's connections with their dogs and debuted at #26 on the USA Today Bestseller List.[17]

Books

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  • The Purest Bond with Stacey Colino Simon & Schuster 2023 ISBN 9781668007846
  • Online Harassment (ed.) Springer (2018) ISBN 9783319785837
  • Social Media Investigation Singress (2015) ISBN 0-12-801656-6
  • Analyzing the Social Web Morgan Kaufmann (2013) ISBN 0-12-405531-1
  • Computing with Social Trust (ed.) Springer (2008) ISBN 1-848-00355-2
  • Trust on the World Wide Web: A Survey Now Publishers (2008) ISBN 1-601-98116-3
  • Art Theory for Web Design Addison-Wesley (2005) ISBN 1-57-676142-8

Personal life

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Golbeck splits her time between Silver Spring, Maryland and the Florida Keys.[citation needed]

Social media

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Golbeck is also a prominent social media figure. Her TikTok account about her research has over 200,000 followers[18] and her Twitter account has 40,000 followers.[19]

She and her husband rescue special needs golden retrievers and maintain popular social media accounts for them called The Golden Ratio, which features images and videos of their dogs. They have more than 600,000 followers on Snapchat[20] and 170,000 on Twitter.[21]. One of their special-needs foster dogs, Cheddar, was adopted by noted photojournalist Alex Brandon and his wife[22].

Golbeck also manages various other social media accounts, such as jen runs with dogs,[23] which highlights her experiences as an ultramarathon runner. Podcasts produced by Golbeck include The Golden Ratio Podcast,[24] Murders in Paradise,[25] and Runs With Dogs.[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b [1] "Jennifer Golbeck - College of Information"
  2. ^ [2] Jennifer Golbeck | CS"
  3. ^ Bederson, Benjamin B. "HCIL - Overview". www.cs.umd.edu. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  4. ^ [3] "Jennifer Golbeck CV"
  5. ^ [4] "Using Social Trust for Recommender Systems", ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, 2009
  6. ^ PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS of ACM RecSys 2015.
  7. ^ "RecSys – ACM Recommender Systems". RecSys 2022 - Organization.
  8. ^ [5] "Facebook profiles reveal personality traits to researchers", Washington Post, July 18, 2011
  9. ^ Golbeck, Jennifer; Hansen, Derek (2013). "A Method for Computing Political Preference Among Twitter Followers". Social Networks.
  10. ^ Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media 'likes' say more than you might think
  11. ^ TED 2014 Year in Ideas
  12. ^ [6] TEDxGeorgetown - Jennifer Golbeck - The Internet and Pets
  13. ^ [7] "Jennifer Golbeck - Slate Authors"
  14. ^ "Search for "golbeck" - The Kojo Nnamdi Show". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  15. ^ "AP". Associated Press Newsroom - Jen Golbeck.
  16. ^ Golbeck, Jen; Colino, Stacey (November 14, 2023). The Purest Bond. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-6680-0784-6. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  17. ^ "Best-selling Booklist". USA TODAY’s Best-selling Booklist November 22, 2023.
  18. ^ "TikTok - Dr. Jen Golbeck".
  19. ^ "Twitter - Dr. Jen Golbeck".
  20. ^ "Snapchat - The Golden Ratio".
  21. ^ "Golden Ratio - Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  22. ^ "Instagram - Cheddar Heisenfelt".
  23. ^ "jen runs with dogs (@jenrunswithdogs) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  24. ^ "The Golden Ratio Podcast on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  25. ^ "Murders in Paradise on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  26. ^ "Runs With Dogs on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
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