About the Authors

Byron Reeves is the Paul C. Edwards Professor in Stanford University’s Department of Communication, and currently serves as Codirector of the Stanford H-STAR Institute (Human Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research). He is also founder and faculty director of the Stanford Media X Program that organizes research and knowledge transfer between industry and Stanford IT researchers.

An expert on the psychological processing of media in the areas of attention, emotions, and physiological responses, Byron is coauthor of The Media Equation. He has published over one hundred research papers and his research has been the basis for products of companies such as Microsoft, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard, in the areas of voice interfaces, ...

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