Press Release and 
podcast -- Yahoo Answers users seek advice, opinion, as well as expertise in research by Mark Ackerman, Lada Adamic and STIET fellow Eytan Bakshy Press Release -- Bluffing in prediction markets research by Rahul Sami and STIET fellow, Stanko Dimitrov
Podcast discussing the STIET research program with Jeff MacKie-Mason and Tom Finholt
STIET video showing lifesize, uncompressed fiber-optic video conference from UM Atkins room to WSU via OptIPortal
Ben Congleton is a doctoral student in the School of Information. His background is a BS in business information technology and BS in computer science, Virginia Tech, 2005; MS in computer science, Virginia Tech, 2006.
His research interests include the social effects of technology, both the underlying cultural changes caused by technology and the design of technology to better support existing activities and the design of interactive systems, the design and sociocultural effect of pervasive systems, and the building of self-sustainable virtual communities. His advisor is Mark Ackerman.
