GVU@CHI 2009

Many members of the GVU community are participating in CHI 2009. Scheduled April 4 - 9 in Boston, Massachussetts, CHI is the premier conference on human factors in computing systems.


SPECIAL HONORS
GVU Director, Beth Mynatt, has been elected into the CHI Academy. The CHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of human-computer interaction.

PAPERS
Best Paper Nominee:
Nourishing the Ground for Sustainable HCI:Considerations from Ecologically Engaged Art
Carl DiSalvo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kirsten Boehner, Cornell University
Nicholas A. Knouf, Cornell University
Phoebe Sengers, Cornell University

Tangible Sketching in 3D with Posey
Michael Philetus Weller, Carnegie Mellon University
Mark D Gross, Carnegie Mellon University
Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Georgia Institute of Technology

Pathfinder: An Online Collaboration Environment for Citizen Scientists
Kurt Luther, Georgia Institute of Technology
Scott Counts, Microsoft Research
Kristin Stecher, Microsoft Research
Aaron Hoff, Microsoft Research
Paul Johns, Microsoft Research

"It Feels Better Than Filing": Everyday Work Experiences in an Activity-Based Computing System
Stephen Voida, University of Calgary
Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Georgia Institute of Technology

Lightweight Tagging Expands Information and Activity Management Practices
Gerard Oleksik, Instrata
Max Wilson, Southampton University
Craig Tashman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gabriella Kazai, Microsoft Research
Natasa Milic-Frayling, Microsoft Research
Rachel Jones, Instrata
Gavin Smyth, Microsoft Research
Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, Microsoft Research

The Performance of Touch Screen Soft Buttons
Shumin Zhai, IBM Almaden Research Center
Seungyon Claire Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology

Computer Help at Home: Methods and Motivations for Informal Technical Support
Erika Shehan Poole, Georgia Institute of Technology
Marshini Chetty, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tom Morgan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Rebecca E. Grinter, Georgia Institute of Technology
W. Keith Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology

Extraordinary Computing:Religion as a Lens for Reconsidering the Home
Susan P. Wyche, Georgia Institute of Technology
Rebecca E. Grinter, Georgia Institute of Technology

Videolyzer: Quality Analysis of Online Informational Video for Bloggers and Journalists
Nicholas Diakopoulos, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sergio Goldenberg, Georgia Institute of Technology
Irfan Essa, Georgia Institute of Technology

Values as Lived Experience: Evolving Value Sensitive Design in Support of Value Discovery
Christopher A. Le Dantec, Georgia Institute of Technology
Erika Shehan Poole, Georgia Institute of Technology
Susan P. Wyche, Georgia Institute of Technology

It's Not Easy Being Green: Understanding Home Computer Power Management
Marshini Chetty, Georgia Institute of Technology
A.J. Bernheim Brush, Microsoft Research
Brian R. Meyers, Microsoft Research
Paul Johns, Microsoft Research

Baby Steps: Evaluation of a System to Support Record-Keeping for Parents of Young Children
Julie A. Kientz, University of Washington
Rosa I. Arriaga, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gregory D. Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology

Blogging at Work and the Corporate Attention Economy

Sarita Yardi, Georgia Institute of Technology
Scott A. Golder, Cornell University
Michael J. Brzozowski, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

Exploring Websites through Contextual Facets
Yevgeniy Medynskiy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mira Dontcheva, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Steven M. Drucker, Microsoft Research

NOTES
Sacred Imagery in Techno-Spiritual Design
Susan P. Wyche, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kelly E. Caine, Georgia Institute of Technology
Benjamin K. Davison, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shwetak N. Patel, University of Washington
Michael Arteaga, Georgia Institute of Technology
Rebecca E. Grinter, Georgia Institute of Technology

Pimp My Roomba: Designing for Personalization
Ja-Young Sung, Georgia Institute of Technology
Rebecca Grinter, Georgia Institute of Technology
Henrik Christensen, Georgia Institute of Technology

CThru: Exploration in a Video-Centered Information Space for Educational Purposes
Hao Jiang, Tsinghua University
Alain Viel, Harvard University
Meekal Bajaj, Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert A. Lue, Harvard University
Chia Shen, Harvard University

CASE STUDIES

Designing for and with Diaspora: A Case Study of Work for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia
Etherton John, Georgia Institute of Technology
Serrano-Baquero Daniel, Georgia Institute of Technology
Best Michael L., Georgia Institute of Technology
Smyth Thomas N., Georgia Institute of Technology

PANELS
Interacting with eHealth Towards Grand Challenges for HCI

mc schraefel, University of Southampton
Paul André, University of Southampton
Ryen W White, Microsoft Research
Desney S. Tan, Microsoft Research
Tim Berners-Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sunny Consolvo, Intel Research
Robert Jacobs, Tufts University
Christopher La Dantec, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town
Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
Daniel Weitzner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Isaac Kohane, Harvard University
Lena Mamykina, Georgia Institute of Technology
Peter Szolovits, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
Research ethics in the Facebook era: privacy, anonymity, and oversight
Nathan Bos, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Karrie G Karahalios, University of Illinois
Marcela Musgrove-Chávez, University of Illinois
Erika Shehan Poole, Georgia Institute of Technology
John Charles Thomas, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Sarita Yardi, Georgia Institute of Technology

WORKSHOPS
Developing Shared Home Behavior Datasets to Advance HCI and Ubiquitous Computing Research
Stephen S. Intille, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jason Nawyn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Beth Logan, Intel Corporation
Gregory D. Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology

Evaluating New Interactions in Healthcare: Challenges and Approaches
Rebecca Randell, City University London
Geraldine Fitzpatrick, University of Sussex
Stephanie Wilson, City University London
Lena Mamykina, Georgia Institute of Technology
Charlotte Tang, University of Calgary

Towards Intelligent Authoring Tools for Machinima Creation
Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark Riedl, Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael Nitsche, Georgia Institute of Technology

WORKSHOP PAPERS
Augmented-Reality Scratch: A Tangible Programming Environment for Children
Workshop on Tangibles For Children
Iulian Radu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Blair MacIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUMS
Contemporary Domestic Infrastructures and Technology Design

Marshini Chetty, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
Supporting Privacy by Preventing Misclosure
Kelly E. Caine, Georgia Institute of Technology

INTERACTIVITY
Tangible Sketching in 3D with Posey
Michael Philetus Weller, Carnegie Mellon University
Mark D Gross, Carnegie Mellon University
Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Georgia Institute of Technology

TOCHI
From Privacy Methods to A Privacy Toolbox: Evaluation Shows that Heuristics are Complementary

Giovanni Iachello, McKinsey & Co.
Gregory D. Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology

alt.chi
Opportunities for Actuated Tangible Interfaces to Improve Protein Study

Ashlie Brown, Georgia Institute of Technology
Hayes S. Raffle, Nokia

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Designing for Families

Carman Neustaedter, Kodak Research Labs
Svetlana Yarosh, Georgia Institute of Technology
A.J. Bernheim Brush, Microsoft Research

WORKS IN PROGRESS
An fNIR Based BMI for Letter Construction Using Continuous Control

Rudolph L. Mappus IV, Georgia Institute of Technology
Girish R. Venkatesh, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chetna Shastry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Amichai Israeli, Georgia Institute of Technology
Melody M. Jackson, Georgia Institute of Technology

Connected Space
Hee Rin Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Carl DiSalvo, Georgia Institute of Technology

Enhancing Brain-Machine Interface Throughput Using Simultaneous Activation Detection
Rudolph L. Mappus IV, Georgia Institute of Technology
Paul M. Corballis, Georgia Institute of Technology
Melody M. Jackson, Georgia Institute of Technology

A Design Evaluation of a User Interface for Tending Long-term Tasks
Robert Farrell, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Hina Shah, Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas Erickson, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Wendy A. Kellogg, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Coralog: Use-Aware Visualization Connecting Human Micro-Activities to Environmental Change
Tanyoung Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology
Hwajung Hong, Georgia Institute of Technology
Brian Magerko, Georgia Institute of Technology

Investigating the Impact of a Minimalist In-Home Energy Consumption Display
Tae-Jung Yun, Georgia Institute of Technology

Mediating Programming through Chat for the OLPC
Jill P Dimond, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sarita Yardi, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology

Computer as Audience: A Strategy for Artificial Intelligence Support of Human Creativity
Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark O Riedl, Georgia Institute of Technology

VIDEO SHOWCASE
CHIstory

Michael Bernstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul André, University of Southampton
Kurt Luther, Georgia Institute of Technology
Erin Treacy Solovey, Tufts University
Erika Shehan Poole, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sharoda A Paul, Pennsylvania State University
Shaun K. Kane, University of Washington
Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft Research

STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
Dress for Success: Automating the Recycling of School Uniforms

Fatima A Boujarwah, Georgia Institute of Technology
Amha Mogus, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jennifer Stoll, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kanan T Garg, Georgia Institute of Technology

STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION
Mobile Gesture Interaction Using Wearable Tactile Displays

Seungyon Claire Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Thad Starner, Georgia Institute of Technology

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