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Creating Effective Decision Aids for Complex Tasks
The aim of my research is to understand how to design effective systems of people and technology. These systems range from an intelligent architect’s assistant that suggests design alternatives, to a wheelchair mounted robot arm that can be controlled by a quadriplegic person. Solving such challenges requires understanding what technology can be made to do, and how people think and work. Thus, I have always taken an interdisciplinary approach in her work. Interesting problems do not restrict themselves to specific disciplines, so why should I? Dr.
IDeaS Summer Institute
A Practise-based Approach to Human Centred Computing
Volker Wulf is a professor in Information Systems and the director of the Media Research Institute at the University of Siegen. At Fraunhofer FIT, he heads a research group in the field of User-centred Software-Engineering (USE). He is also a founding member of the International Institute for Socio-Informatics (IISI), Bonn.
HCII Seminar Series - Chancey Fleet
Chancey Fleet is a Blind tech educator and activist based in Brooklyn. She is the founding Assistive Technology Coordinator at the New York Public Library, where she runs a free- peer-powered tech coaching service that connects library patrons with print-reading disabilities to 150 hours of one-to-one coaching each month; curates a rotating selection of workshops on tech topics with accessibility in mind; and runs the Dimensions Lab for free and open tactile graphics creation. Chancey is a 2017 Library Journal Mover and Shaker.
Economy Map: An Experiment in the Visualization of Complexity
Jason Pearson is the Founder of TRUTHstudio, a consultancy that provides research, analysis, strategy, visualization, and communication support to organizations working in the public interest. He is the former President and CEO of GreenBlue, a non-profit sustainability institute that equips business with the science and resources to make products more sustainable. Economy Map is a research project of TRUTHstudio.
HCII PhD Thesis Defense: Judy Choi
Engaging with Users on Public Social Media
Jeffrey Nichols is a Research Staff Member and Manager of the Social Media and Crowd Research group at IBM Research - Almaden. He leads research efforts on crowdsourcing, social media analysis and social engagement. He joined IBM in 2006 after receiving his Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. He has worked in the areas of mobile computing, automated design, and end-user programming.
HCII Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: Jason Wu
Dream Worlds: Imagining the Worlds of Walden and The Night Journey
Tracy is an experimental game designer and Chair of the Interactive Media Division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she directs the Game Innovation Lab. This design research center has produced several influential independent games, including Cloud, flOw, Darfur is Dying, The Misadventures of P.B.
When New Technology Is Old: Organizing Surgery in the Face of Legacy Robotic Surgical Systems
I am a fifth year doctoral student at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and I study real-world use of robotics in skilled, collective work. I ask questions like: How are robots actually involved in work? What can we do with them that we couldn't before? What might we lose? What does all this mean for organizations? Before coming to MIT for my doctorate, I spent 9 years as a principal consultant in a firm of organizational psychologists. We specialized in helping teams discuss touchy topics productively.
THESIS DEFENSE: Haiyi Zhu
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Thesis Defense: James Pierce
Making "Making" Accessible
Amy Hurst is an associate professor of Human-Centered Computing in the Information Systems Department at UMBC and studies accessibility challenges in real-world settings. Her research focuses on addressing accessibility problems understanding diverse user’s abilities, habits, and preferences.
3D Printing Summit
Morphing Matter: Designing Bioinspired Transformative Materials and Interfaces
Lining Yao is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science. She is the founding director of the Morphing Matter Lab. By developing transformative and adaptive materials, the lab desi
From personal informatics to personal analytics: personalized decision-support in health
Dr. Lena Mamykina is a Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University. Dr. Mamykina’s research resides in the areas of Biomedical Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, and Computer-Supported Collaborative Work. Her broad research interests include individual and collective cognition, sensemaking, and problem-solving in the context of health and wellness.