Nicola Dell (born 1981 or 1982) is a Zimbabwe-born computer scientist. She is an Associate Professor at Cornell Tech and in the information sciences department at Cornell University.[1] Dell researches Human-Computer Interaction with reference to survivors of intimate partner violence.[2][3] In 2024, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.[3]

Nicola Dell
Born1981 or 1982
EducationUniversity of East Anglia (BSc)
University of Washington (MS, PhD)
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsCornell Tech
ThesisMobile Camera-Based Systems for Low-Resource Environments

Biography

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Dell was born in Zimbabwe.[1] In 2004, she graduated from the University of East Anglia with a B.Sc. in computer science.[1][2] She later studied computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, receiving an MS in 2011 and a PhD in 2015.[1] She joined the faculty of Cornell Tech in 2016.[2]

Selected publications

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  • Freed, D., Palmer, J., Minchala, D., Levy, K., Ristenpart, T., & Dell, N. (2018). “A Stalker’s Paradise”: How Intimate Partner Abusers Exploit Technology. Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174241
  • Sterling, M. R., Tseng, E., Poon, A., Cho, J., Avgar, A. C., Kern, L. M., Ankuda, C. K., & Dell, N. (2020). Experiences of Home Health Care Workers in New York City During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine, 180(11), 1453. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3930

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Nicola Dell". Cornell Tech. Cornell University. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Nicola Dell". www.macfound.org. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b Blair, Elizabeth (October 1, 2024). "Here's who made the 2024 MacArthur Fellows list". NPR. Retrieved 23 October 2024.