5091 Donal Bren Hall University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-3425 Email:   patil@uci.edu Phone:   949-258-3474 Fax:       949-824-1715

Sameer Patil is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Informatics, and a Graduate Student Researcher for the Institute for Software Research (ISR) at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) at University of California, Irvine (UCI)).

His specialization is in the research area of Interactive and Collaborative Technologies (ICT) (formerly known as CORPS - Computers ORganizations Policy & Society), and his advisor is Dr. Alfred Kobsa. His research interests are in the fields of Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW), Computer-Mediate Communication (CMC), Human Computer Interaction (HCI), and Ubiquitous Computing (ubicomp).

Specifically, he is exploring how to address privacy issues that affect systems designed for fostering greater awareness among collaborators. His research is funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Information Technology Research for National Priorities (ITR) grant: An Integrated Social and Technical Approach to the Development of Distributed, Inter-organizational Applications. Part of this research has featured in the Spring/Summer 2005 ISR Connector, and in an Informatics Research Highlight.

From January 2005 through June 2007, Sameer served as an elected council member of UCI's graduate student government - Association of Graduate Students (AGS). From January - June 2008, he was elected to the Verano Residents Council (VRC) to represent the residents of the Verano Place graduate housing community. He is also a Hiking Leader and was the Treasurer and the President of the UCI Hiking Club.