Faculty
- Supporting Opportunistic GroupsPROJECT- This project is focused on tools, techniques and applications that support the opportunistic grouping of devices and/or users. This includes support for c... 
- Supporting Newcomer Socialization in Online Production CommunitiesPROJECT- Online production communities are becoming increasingly important, because they are creating the software that drives the Internet, generating valuable sc... 
- Social Ideation SystemsPROJECT- This project investigates how social computing systems can optimize real-time creative collaboration, whether in teams or with crowds. We are actively dev... 
- Social CybersecurityPROJECT- Our research into the human factors of cybersecurity focuses on people as social actors whose security behaviors are influenced by their relationships, co... 
- Sensor Data Mining and Wearable UI/UXPROJECT- Our research in sensors and machine learning techniques seeks to improve HCI experience by developing objective and near real-time methods for recognizing... 
- Seniors and Quality of Life TechnologyPROJECT- We address quality of life issues for seniors who have difficulty interacting with virtual information spaces. We lead projects to improve safe driving th... 
- Scaffolding Science Achievement in a Culturally Diverse ClassroomPROJECT- In this project, we aim to address the systematically-reduced standardized test scores of African American students compared to their Euro-American peers ... 
  - PrivacyGradePROJECT- Many people are surprised to learn how much data smartphone apps are collecting about them. PrivacyGrade is a website we are creating that presents the re... 
- Predicting User Mobility PatternsPROJECT- By modeling the temporal and spatial movements of individuals, we can predict how long they will stay in their current location and where they will transi... 
- Playtesting: Education and PracticePROJECT- Playtesting helps game designers evaluate not whether their games are useful and usable, but whether they are playful and playable. Strong playtest skills... 
- PhenomPROJECT- Our goals with Phenom are to (a) integrate various sources of data about us (e.g. call logs, contact lists, location data), and (b) offer an underlying pr... 
- Personal Informatics for Intercultural CompetencePROJECT- Working and living internationally can be a rewarding but difficult experience. This project investigates how people gain intercultural competence while d... 
