Kumiyo Nakakoji received her B.A. degree in computer science from Osaka University, Japan, in 1986 and her M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1990. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and the Institute of Cognitive Science at University of Colorado, Boulder. Her studies are sponsored through a scholarship from Software Research Associates, Inc., Japan, where she has been an employee since 1986. Ms. Nakakoji is a member of Human Computer Communication group led by Prof. Gerhard Fischer. Her research interests include human-computer communication, artificial intelligence, knowledge-based design environments, case-based reasoning, and software design. Her dissertation title is "Delivering Case-based Information in Knowledge-based Design Environments."