I am a PhD trained human-computer interaction researcher and industry trained user experience researcher specializing in the design of data-driven software.
I currently study how clinicans use electronic health records to read and write clinical notes. My PhD focused on how people use computational notebooks and electronic health records to document and communicate work involving large amounts of data.
2018
University of California, San Diego
PhD Cognitive Science
Thesis: Design and Use of Computational Notebooks
2013
University of Washingon
MS Human Centered Design & Engineering
2011
University of Illinois
BS Industrial Engineering - Highest Honors
Journal
[j4]
Redundancy of Progress Notes for Serial Office Visits
Michelle Hribar, Abigail Huang, Adam Rule, Austin Igelman, Bradley Henriksen, Haley Dusek, Isaac Goldstein, Michael Chiang, Wei-Chun Lin
Ophthalmology 2019 (In Press)
[j3]
Ten Simple Rules for Writing and Sharing Computational Analyses in Jupyter Notebooks
Adam Rule, Amanda Birmingham, Cristal Zuniga, Ilkay Altintas, Shih-Cheng Huang, Rob Knight, Niema Moshiri, Mai H. Nguyen, Sara Brin Rosenthal, Fernando Pérez, Peter W. Rose
PLoS Computational Biology 2019 (In Press)
[j2]
Aiding Collaborative Reuse of Computational Notebooks with Annotated Cell Folding.
Adam Rule, Ian Drosos, Aurélien Tabard, Jim Hollan
PACM HCI (CSCW) 2018
[j1]
Using Visual Histories to Reconstruct the Mental Context of Suspended Activities
Adam Rule, Aurelien Tabard, Jim Hollan
Human-Computer Interaction 2017
Conference
[c4]
Exploration and Explanation in Computational Notebooks.
Adam Rule, Aurélien Tabard, Jim Hollan
CHI 2018 - Honorable Mention (top 5% of submissions)
[c3]
Validating free-text order entry for a note-centric EHR.
Adam Rule, Steven Rick, Michael Chiu, Phillip Rios, Shazia Ashfaq, Alan Calvitti, Wesley Chan, Nadir Weibel, Zia Agha
AMIA 2015
[c2]
Restoring the Context of Interrupted Work with Desktop Thumbnails.
Adam Rule, Aurelien Tabard, Karen Boyd and Jim Hollan
Cog Sci 2015
[c1]
Designing interfaces for multi-user, multi-robot systems.
Adam Rule, Jodi Forlizzi
HRI 2012 - Honorable Mention (top 5% of submissions)
Workshop
[w2]
Traces: A Flexible, Open-Source Activity Tracker for Workplace Studies Adam Rule, Aurelien Tabard, Jim Hollan CSCW 2016
[w1]
Visualizing Computer Activity to Support the Resumption of Long-term Creative Work
Adam Rule
Creativity + Cognition 2015
Poster
[p3]
Design Thinking in Radiation OncologyAdam Rule, Erin Gillespie, Nadir Weibel, Todd PawlickiHFES Healthcare 2016
[p2]
Thinking in 4D: Preserving and Sharing Mental Context Across TimeAdam Rule, Aurelien Tabard, Jim HollanCSCW 2016
[p1]
Human Values in Tracking and Sharing Computer-Mediated Activity at WorkKaren Boyd, Adam Rule, Aurelien Tabard, Jim HollanCSCW 2016
2019 -
Oregon Health & Science University
Postdoctoral Scholar - Studying how clinicians use electronic medical records to document and communicate about patient care.
2013 - 2018
UC San Diego
Graduate Student Researcher - Employed a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to study the design and use of data-driven software. The three projects included in my dissertation were:
Summer 2012
Amazon
Design Intern - Conducted a half-dozen usability studies with customers of shopping interfaces for clothing and home goods. These included remote, field, and in-person studies of mobile and web interfaces.
Summer 2012
PATH
Technology Solutions Intern - Evaluated usability of inventory software for medical equipment in resource-constrained environments. Created interactive data visualizations for the same tool.
Summer 2011
Carnegie Mellon University
User Research Intern - Conducted contextual inquiries with robot team controllers. Crafted design guidelines for interfaces that control robot teams.
Summer 2010
Intel Research
User Research Intern - Conducted ethnographic study of a young man's experience with quadriplegia. Designed interactions with assistive robot.
2018
Honorable Metnion, CHI 2018 - top 5% of all submissions
2014-17
National Library of Medicine Training Grant - 3 years tuition & stipend
2012
Honorable Mention, HRI 2012 - top 5% of all submissions
2012
Microsoft Design Expo - Best Presentation
2011
University of Illinois Bronze Tablet - Top 3% GPA
2010
IESE Departmental Awards - Outstanding IE Junior
Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant - COGS 10 - Cognitive Consequences of Technology
Winter 2017
Teaching Assistant - DSGN 1 - Design of Everyday Things
Winter 2016
Teaching Assistant - COGS 120 - HCI Design - Outstanding Teaching Award
Winter 2015
Teaching Assistant - COGS 102b - Cognitive Ethnography
Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant - COGS 102c - Cognitive Design Studio
Undergraduate Students
Kendall Youngstrom - Now at Google
Ram Dixit - Now MS a student in Biomedical Informatics at UT Houston
Karen Boyd - Now a PhD student at UMD's iSchool
Regina Cheng - Now a PhD student in HCDE at UW
Nathan Hassanzadeh - UCSD
Michael Aaby - OHSU
Reviewer
CHI 2016, 2019
AMIA 2015, 2016, 2019
CSCW 2019
IUI 2019
Ophthalmology 2019
Composition of Clinical Documentation
June 10, 2019
Oregon Health & Science University, Casey Eye Institute
May 14, 2019
Oregon Health & Science University, Research Week
Exploration and Explanation in Computational Notebooks
Dec 7, 2018
Univeristy of Washington, Interactive Data Lab
Nov 8, 2018
Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology [video]
Dec 7, 2017
UC Berkeley, Berkeley Institute of Data Science