He holds a Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech, and a S.M. in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab. Prior to his academic appointment, Dr. Thomaz held industry positions in technology companies such as Microsoft and France Telecom. Dr. Thomaz's work has been published and received awards in leading academic conference such as Ubicomp, ICMI, IUI, and CHI. Dr. Thomaz is currently an active member of the NIH-funded Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (http://md2k.org) and a leading researcher in the emerging field of personal health informatics. His work has been featured in numerous publications such as MIT Tech Review, The Houston Chronicle, and The Wall Street Journal.