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Lauren Herckis

Adjunct Instructor

College of Engineering Affiliated

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  • Adjunct Instructor
    College of Engineering Affiliated
  • 412.268.4496

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Scientific Advisory Board, Metavethics Institute
    2 Mar 2023
    The Metavethics Institute is a Cambridge-based community-driven independent not-for-profit think tank dedicated to establishing a new field of research, democratizing knowledge, and developing ethical best practices through scientific research across integrity, privacy, safety, diversity, equity, and inclusion for digital and immersive environments. Our goal is to create a hub where scientists from top universities of the world (the University of Cambridge and Stanford University to name a few) interact with experts from the industry to study, develop and promote ethical and integrity principles to help organizations to build safe, inclusive, and accessible digital and immersive environments. Our key activities are: Help disseminate the knowledge of the potential and implications of digital and immersive environments. Create a hub of experts that can initiate international collaborations, conversations, and research projects. Support organizations with independent studies. Develop thought leadership and drive the creation of standards and policies for better digital and immersive environments.
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    METALS Admissions Committee
    8 Dec 2022
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Program Committee, International Conference of the Immersive Learning Network (iLRN)
    15 Nov 2022
    Member
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    FW-HTF-R A New Bridge to the Digital Economy: AI-Augmented Learning and Collaboration
    1 Oct 2022
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Collections Advisory Council
    11 Aug 2022
  • CONFERENCE REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
    5 Aug 2022
    Anonymous peer review
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
    29 Jul 2022
    Reviewer
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Science and Engineering Liaison Librarian Hiring Committee
    17 Jun 2022
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    International Working Group on Teaching and Learning Anthropology
    15 Jun 2022
    Member
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    METALS Adjunct Hiring Committee
    19 May 2022
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    CMUiii Faculty Hiring Committee
    22 Apr 2022
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Open Science Working Group, University Libraries
    13 Apr 2022
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Outreach for Library Teaching & Learning (OLibTel)
    15 Feb 2022
  • OFFICE HELD
    Chair of the Advisory Board
    13 Mar 2020
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    METALS Curriculum Committee
    10 Jun 2019
  • MEMBERSHIP
    ACM Association for Computing Machienery, Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
  • MEMBERSHIP
    American Anthropological Association
  • MEMBERSHIP
    American Educational Research Association
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Association for Computing Machinery
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Society for Applied Anthropology