Many members of the GVU community are participating in CHI 2008. Scheduled April 5 - 10 in Florence, Italy, CHI is the premier conference on human factors in computing systems.

Papers
Celebratory Technology: New Directions for Food Research in HCI
Andrea Grimes, Richard Harper (Microsoft Research)
Best Paper Nominee

MAHI : Investigation of Social Scaffolding for Reflective Thinking in Diabetes Management
Lena Mamykina, Elizabeth Mynatt, Patricia R. Davidson (Saint Claires Hospital), Daniel Greenblatt (Motorola Research and GVU alum)

Designs on Dignity: Perceptions of Technology Among the Homeless
Christopher Le Dantec and Keith Edwards.
Awarded Best Paper

Re-Placing Faith: Reconsidering the Secular-Religious Use Divide in the United States and Kenya
Susan Wyche, Paul Aoki, and Beki Grinter

The Buzz: Supporting User Tailorability in Awareness Applications
James Eagan and John Stasko

Automatic Whiteout++: Correcting Mini-QWERTY Typing Errors Using Keypress Timing
James Clawson, Kent Lyons, Alex Rudnick, Robert A. Iannucci Jr., and Thad Starner

CareLog: A Selective Archiving Tool for Behavior Management in Schools
Gillian R. Hayes, Lamar M. Gardere, Gregory D. Abowd, and Khai N. Truong

Sesame: Informing User Security Decisions with System Visualization
Jennifer Stoll, Craig S Tashman, W. Keith Edwards, and Kyle Spafford

TALC: Using Desktop Graffiti to Fight Software Vulnerability
Kandha Sankarpandian, Travis Little, and W. Keith Edwards

Notes
Quickdraw: The Impact of Mobility and On-Body Placement on Device Access Time
Daniel Ashbrook, James Clawson, Kent Lyons, Nirmal Patel, Thad Starner

Life Scheduling to Support Multiple Social Roles
Andrea Grimes, Georgia Institute of Technology
A.J. Brush, Microsoft Research

Case Studies
When the Designer Becomes the User: Designing a System for Therapists by Becoming a Therapist.
Julie Kientz and Gregory Abowd.

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Fragile: A Case Study for Evoking Specific Emotional Responses
Carla Diana, Georgia Institute of Technology

Panels
Usability Evaluation Considered Harmful?
Elizabeth Mynatt, Georgia Tech
Bonnie John, Carnegie Mellon
Dan Olsen, Brigham Young University
Tom Rodden, University of Nottingham