Prior to TaskTracer, he was deeply involved in collaborative filtering research. His research has been funded by the NSF, Intel, DARPA, and other DoD agencies. He was a recipient of an NSF CAREER award in 2002. In addition to academic research, Herlocker is very interested in research commercialization and entrepreneurship. He has co-founded two startup companies � MusicStrands, Inc. (now MyStrands), and Smart Desktop, Inc. (now a division of Pi Corporation). He is currently taking a leave of absence from the University, and serving as Chief Technical Officer and Vice-President of Engineering of the Smart Desktop division of Pi Corporation.See other events that are part of HCI Seminar Series Fall 2007See other events happening in September 2007