Curriculum Vitae
An abbreviated version of my CV highlighting recent activity.
RECOGNITION
Funding
- 2024 Better Scientific Software Fellowship, U.S. Department of Energy (Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research and National Nuclear Security Administration) & U.S. National Science Foundation
- Preeminent Postdoctoral Program, University of Central Florida
Awards
- 2023 University Award for Outstanding Dissertation, University of Central Florida
- Best Paper Award, Workshop on Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Software Engineering, International Conference on Software Engineering (GE@ICSE 2023)
Press
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Newton, O. B. & Fiore, S. M. (2024). Understanding participation and corporatization in service of diversity in free/libre and open source software projects. Journal of Systems and Software, 217. DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.112163
Newton, O. B., Saadat, S., Song, J., Sukthankar, G., & Fiore, S. M. (2022). EveryBOTy counts: Examining the relationship between bots and productivity in open source software teams. Topics in Cognitive Science, 16(3). 450-484. DOI: 10.1111/tops.12613
Stowers, K., Kasdaglis, N., Rupp, M. A., Newton, O. B., Chen, J.Y.C., & Barnes, M.J. (2020). The IMPACT of agent transparency on human performance. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 50(3). 245–253. DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2020.2978041
Newton, O. B. & Stanfill, M. (2020). My NSFW video has partial occlusion: deepfakes and the technological production of nonconsensual pornography. Porn Studies, 7(4). 398–414. DOI: 10.1080/23268743.2019.1675091
Conference Proceedings
Duruaku, F., Nguyen, B., Newton, O. B., Fiore, S. M., & Jentsch, F. G. (2024). Scaffolding team minds: Using metacognitive training to boost social cognition and theory of mind for effective collaborative problem solving. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 68(1). DOI: 10.1177/10711813241275920
Sonnenfeld, N. A., Niacaris, L., Diaz Alfaro, G., Nguyen, B., Daniliv, V., Newton, O. B., Jentsch, F. G., & Fiore, S. M. (2024). Eliciting requirements and recommendations for training macrocognition in teams: Considerations for collaborative problem solving. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 68(1). DOI:10.1177/10711813241275508
Newton, O. B., Fiore, S. M., & Song, J. (2023). Validation of a theoretical framework of task complexity for research on visualization in support of decision making. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1). DOI: 10.1177/21695067231196237
Newton, O. B. & Fiore, S. M. (2023). Leveraging corporate engagement for diversity in free/libre and open source software projects. The Fourth Workshop on Gender Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering at the 45th International Conference on Software Engineering (GE@ICSE2023). DOI: 10.1109/GEICSE59319.2023.00010 Dissertation Research | Awarded Best Paper
PRESENTATIONS
Silva, A. C. & Newton, O. B. (2024, September). Psychological fidelity: A systematic review to support simulation-based training. Poster accepted at 2024 ASPIRE—the HFES International Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
Newton, O. B. & Fiore, S. M. (2023, October). Modeling the relationship between social diversity and organizational decision making in open collaborations in information systems. Paper presented at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Dissertation Research
Newton, O. B. & Fiore, S. M. (2023, July). Understanding the relationship between attitudes and behaviors towards interdisciplinary research and perceptions of team learning. Paper presented at the 2023 International Science of Team Science Conference, Bethesda, MD.
Newton, O. B. & Fiore, S. M. (2023, July). A preliminary study of team learning in scientific software development. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Conference, Bellevue, WA.
Newton, O. B. & Fiore, S. M. (2023, June). Perceptions of collective learning in scientific software teams. Poster presented at the International Conference on Science of Science and Innovation, Evanston, IL.
APPOINTMENTS
Research Faculty Affliate - University of Montana November 2024 - Present
Postdoctoral Scholar - University of Central Florida January 2023 - November 2024
Management of research activities and staff for projects funded by major organizations (National Science Foundation, Minerva Research Initiative) applying mixed methods to model human behavior, cognition, and performance (a) in individuals and groups (b) with emerging technologies (c) in sociotechnical systems
