STAR :: Social and Technological Action Research Group

EMR: Electronic Medical Records Nov 17, 2009 | No Comments

Researchers: Jed Brubaker, Leslie Liu, Sunyoung Park, Chris Combs, Karen Cheng (CDU), Sheba George (CDU), Gene Spiritus (UCI MC), Sherrie Kaplan (UCI Public Health)
There is no doubt that improving health care in the United States is a major focus for politicians on both sides of the aisle, corporations, and patient advocates.  In many cases, information [...]

FitBaby Nov 17, 2009 | No Comments

Premature birth is associated with long term health impairments including neurological and cognitive deficiencies, chronic lung disease, and altered growth patterns of lean, fat, and bone tissues. Furthermore, parents of premature infants may experience excessive stress, post-partum depression, and other challenges associated with the birth of and caring for their child.  We are designing, developing, [...]

Ensure: designing a healthcare system for families Nov 16, 2009 | No Comments

Ensure: designing a healthcare system for families….

Tracking and Recording Technologies in Everyday Life Nov 16, 2009 | No Comments

Tracking and Recording Technologies in Everyday Life

Interactive Visual Supports for Children with Autism Oct 26, 2009 | No Comments

Researchers: Mohammed Monibi, Gabriela Marcu, Sen Hirano, Michael Yeganyan, Sam Kaufman, Donald Patterson, Gillian Hayes, Gondy Leroy (Claremont Graduate University), and Gianlucco DeLeo (Old Dominion University)

Project: Visual schedules and choice boards are tools used in current best practices for helping children with autism and other special needs. These non-verbal kids need help communicating their [...]

Decision Making Surrounding Recording and Surveillance Technologies Oct 23, 2009 | No Comments

Researchers: David Nguyen, Gabriela Marcu, Brian Sone, Aurora Bedford, Alex Bretana, Gillian Hayes, Khai Truong (University of Toronto), James Scott (Microsoft Research), and Marc Langheinrich (ETH Zurich)

Project: Tools for electronic recording have become easier to use, less expensive, and more pervasive in recent years. As a result, just when people think they understand [...]

GroupMind Oct 22, 2009 | No Comments

Researchers: Patrick Shih, David Nguyen, David Redmiles, and Gillian Hayes
Project: Brainstorming is a collaborative activity. GroupMind is a large group display that will connect to participants’ laptops (local and remote) to foster brainstorming. Our current exploration uses mindmaps (also called concept maps) as the underlying mechanism for brainstorming. Development has involved retooling an open-source, single-user [...]

Surveillance, Gaze, and other forms of “Looking” in Second Life Oct 22, 2009 | No Comments

Researchers: Lilly Irani, Gillian Hayes, and Paul Dourish
Project: Online communities like second life can be a great place for people to develop relationships, and explore who they are and who they want to be, even when faced with labels, diagnoses, and other challenges in the offline world.  This project focuses on the ways identity, privacy, [...]