He completed his doctoral work in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Washington. He works in the area of temporal-informatics, studying how large populations interact with each other and with the dynamic Web and how those interactions can be enhanced. His interests are in understanding the dynamics of user behavior and data on the Web through text and log analysis, visualization, and the creation of new tools. Before graduate school, Eytan was a researcher at HP Labs and Xerox PARC for a number of years (spinning out a company called Outride somewhere in there). He received his Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eytan was co-founder of ICWSM and is co-general chair of the conference this year.