Lab News
The Everyday Computing Lab demoed three projects doing the 25th Anniversary GVU Demo Day. Jon presented his work focused on everyday Epilepsy self-management tools for patients and families. Jessica presented her work focused on validating online characterizations of eating disorders with clinically diagnosed patients. Maia presented her work designing adaptive technology to provide personalized support to cancer patients. The GVU Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology is dedicated to transforming computing research into innovative, relevant, and useful solutions that address the needs of people. Each October, the GVU hosts a research showcase which invites the public into the research labs.
Today Maia successfully defended her dissertation "Personalized mobile tools to support chronic health journeys." Her committee was led by her advisor, Elizabeth D Mynatt in addition to Gregory Abowd, Thad Starner, Beki Grinter, Wanda Pratt (Univ. of Washington), and Mark Ackerman (Univ. of Michigan). Congratulations Dr. Jacobs!!
Congratulations to Beth and Maia for their recent book chapter publication. "Design Principles for Supporting Patient-Centered Journeys" in Designing Healthcare that Works focuses on an assessment of how personal mobile technologies, integrated into a health care delivery system, may better support an individual's health care journey, using breast cancer as a case study. They discuss a case study which includes examining the practices of cancer navigators, characterizing how survivors describe their cancer journeys, and conducting a pilot study of tablet computers designed to offer holistic support to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Utilizing observations from this case study, they offer a set of design guidelines for supporting patients' personal health management while considering the broad range of challenges that comprise this work. For more information on this book, click here.
NC State University's Computer Science Department spring diploma ceremony took place Thursday May 11th. Our very own Beth provided the department's commencement address. Beth earned her Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in computer science from NC State before earning her Master of Science and PhD in computer science from Georgia Tech. Her address challenged the graduates to understand the ethical and cultural impacts of their future work as computer scientists, and the importance of meeting that challenge head on regardless of the the domains in which they apply their knowledge and skills. Congratulations Beth!
ECL lab members are participating in several CHI 2017 activities. On Saturday, Jessica will be participating in the 2nd Annual Computing in Mental Health Symposium. On Sunday, Jon, Jessica, Maia and Beth will all be participating in the annual Workshop on Interactive Systems in Health .
Beth is charing a panel on Research Opportunities and Visions for Smart and Pervasive Health . Panelists included Lena Mamykina, Donna Spruijt-Metz, and Katie Siek.
Jon is presenting on his original research about the Rejection of Non-seizures from Retrospective Video of Wristband Reported Epileptic Seizure Events .
Jessica is presenting a research highlight poster on the next steps from her paper on Defining Digital Self Harm .
Maia is presenting an original research poster on the Usability Assessment of a Personalized and Adaptive Health Tool.
Beth will be speaking as the Cray Distinguished Speaker Monday May 1, 2017 in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Her talk will focus on a decade of research that explores the combination of computing research, human-centered design, and health management theory to create promising approaches for promoting wellness, supporting behavior change, and delivering improved health outcomes.
Click here for more information on the event!
The official local chapter of the Anita Borg Institute is launching on April 27! To celebrate this occasion, six local scientists, researchers, and businesswomen have been invited to discuss their research and impacts for Atlanta and beyond! Lab member Jessica Pater will be presenting her research on characterizing self harm online and how we might meaningfully connect these online activities and behaviors into clinical practice. For more information, click here for more information. Congrats Jessica!
The ECL was well represented at the 2017 GT Institute for People and Technology Industry Innovation Day. Hosted at the GVU Center, the Research Showcase component of the day focused on connecting industry leaders to Georgia Tech research in people-centered technology that enhances our communities and impacts how we live day-to-day.
Jon Bidwell presented a poster on Supporting everyday self-management practices for pediatric patients with epilepsy
Maia Jacobs presented a poster and demo on Designing Adaptive Technology to Provide Personalized Support to Cancer Patients .
Jessica Pater presented a poster on Exploring the connections of eating disorder content online and clinical practices .
Aditi Dhar presented a poster on User Centered Design of a Patient Monitoring Dashboard for Cancer Navigators .
The lab will be repressed at the 2017 CSCW conference in Portland, OR. Jessica will be presenting the paper "Defining Digital Self-harm" which was awarded a Best Paper distinction. She will be presenting the paper on Tuesday 2/28 at 2:30. Congratulations Jessica and Beth!!
On October 13, the White House hosted a day-long conference focused on the research and programs on the forefront of U.S. science and technology. This invitation-only event brings together technologists, innovators, researchers and industry leaders to participate in conversations around what are the grand challenges and cutting-edge research for the next several decades. The frontiers discussed this year included health care innovation and precision medicine, accelerating clean energy, space exploration.
Mynatt participated in the National Frontiers track, where attendees discussed harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence, including data science, machine learning, automation, and robotics.
The White House also announced new research partnerships and a $300 million investment in research initiatives that reflected the frontiers discussed at the conference.