Archived Projects
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In the CycleTalk project, we are developing a new collaborative learning support approach that makes use of tutorial dialogue technology in the context of a collaborative simulation based learning environment for college level thermodynamics instruction.
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This project investigates the role of Design and Design Thinking in HCI research and practice. On the research side, the work investigates how research through design can become an effective research approach within HCI. Recent work in this area focuses on how research ...
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The key idea of the Digital Bridges project is to extend existing resources for technology-based education to create a vibrant environment for globalized instructional support and collaborative professional development.
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Rahul Tongia Bernardine Dias -
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This project explores product opportunities for scaffolding the social role transition experienced by teens as they shed their high school identities and begin to discover and invent who they desire to be as a college student. The project particularly looks at the use of ...
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This project seeks to provide a new integration of theories and methods from the fields of CSCW and CSCL that will advance both areas individually and, together, human-computer interaction as a whole, in particular in connection with computer-mediated intercultural ...
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Context-aware systems adapt to users’ context of use. We are investigating novel interaction techniques to support end-users in building their own context-aware applications. In particular, we are supporting end-users in specifying complex Boolean context logic and ...
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Much of the research on 3D interaction, particularly for immersive virtual environments, focuses on emulating the real world. Emulating the real world is not necessarily bad, but in a virtual environment we can do better. Our focus is on creating new interaction ...
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This project explores how gaze, speech and sound, small movements, gesture, and proximity to the user affects the way that we perceive and work with social robots. We are testing these design primitives on everything from simple wheeled robots to humanoid systems.
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In face-to-face settings, people use pointing and other gestures to communicate quickly and efficiently with their conversational partners. The aims of this project are, first, to understand how people use gesture to coordinate their talk and actions in collaborative ...
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The Hug, a soft, huggable robot that uses sensing technology and wireless telephony, was designed to provide social and emotional support for elders who live at a distance from their family members. It provides intimate communication through voice augmented with touch, ...
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Design ResearchWebpage: goodgestreet.com/movies/hug.mov
