About Catherine G. Wolf
Catherine Gody Wolf (May 25, 1947 – February 7, 2018) was an American psychologist and expert in human-computer interaction. She was the author of more than 100 research articles and held six patents in the areas of human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, and collaboration. Wolf was known for her work at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, where she was a 19-year staff researcher. In the late 1990s, Wolf was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Despite a rapid physical deterioration, Wolf was still able to communicate with the world via electronic sensory equipment, including a sophisticated brain-computer interface. Remarkably, with almost no voluntary physical functions remaining, she published novel research into the fine-scale abilities of ALS patients. Wolf first felt symptoms of ALS in 1996, when her foot wouldn't flex properly. Concurrent with the loss of her muscle control, Wolf became increasingly an expert on brain-computer interface (BCI) systems, and helped other researchers learn more about how such systems can work.
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