Shilad's Home

Welcome!

Here you'll find information about my projects, school, music, and pictures!.

I'm an Assistant Professor at Macalester College in St. Paul. I build systems that empower people to be better contributors to online communities. (more academia-related info). When I not teaching or researching, I play jazz saxophone with Snowblind, play squash, and hang out with my wife Katy.

I received my Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota with GroupLens Research. Before that, I worked at Sourcelight Technologies building movie recommendation engines and movie-related websites for companies like Hollywood Video, Blockbuster Video, and Comcast. I also have been lucky enough to work for companies like Google, IBM Research, and Thomson West R&D,

Want to know more about me? Peruse these links to find out:

• Pictures - I'm an avid amateur photographer.
• Academic - Research and academic information, publications, industry experience, etc.
• Snowblind - My jazz quintent.