Congratulations to Jed Brubaker, who was accepted as a participant in the CHI 2014 Doctoral Consortium! The CHI 2014 Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for Doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of distinguished researchers. Jed also co-organized a workshop that was accepted […]
Congratulations to Oliver Haimson and Kate Ringland, whose team project was accepted for inclusion in the 2014 Social Media Expo, sponsored by Microsoft FUSE Labs. The Social Media Expo is part of the iConference in Berlin, Germany, and Oliver and Kate’s team will receive a travel award to attend the conference. The project is titled […]
STAR group members will be presenting three papers at CHI this year: Brubaker, J. R., Dombrowski, L., Gilbert, A., Kusumakaulika, N., & Hayes, G. R. (2014). Stewarding a Legacy: Responsibilities and Relationships in the Management of Post-mortem Data. Proceedings of the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014. Haimson, O. L., Brubaker, J. R., & […]
The new book Interactive Technologies for Autism: Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-Preserving Technologies, co-authored by Gillian Hayes and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers, is now published online! Development, deployment, and evaluation of interactive technologies for individuals with autism have been rapidly increasing over the last decade. There is great promise for the […]
Congrats to Lynn Dombrowski, who received an honorable mention UC Irvine Public Impact Fellowship award for her work on design and technology’s role in reducing food insecurity! Lynn works focuses on: – The design, development, and evaluation of systems alongside local hunger focused nonprofits to address identified local food needs. – Empowering local communities with technology. – […]
Congratulations to Sen Hirano on passing his Phase II Exam with the paper “Exploring the Potential for Gas Sensors to Classify Odors in Ubicomp Applications.” “The sense of smell is the primary method many animals use to infer information about their environment. Although human noses are less developed, it is still a sense on which […]
This morning, Gillian gave a speech as part of the California Senate Subcommittee on Autism hearing! Catch Gillian in the video of the live-stream starting around 1:10:10. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzQcL6t9hpI&w=575]
The new book Technology Tools for Students with Autism: Innovations that Enhance Independence and Learning, published this month by Brookes Publishing, features two chapters authored by STAR Group members! Gillian and Jed are authors on the chapter “Using Mobile Technologies to Support Students in Work Transition Programs”, and Gillian is also an author on the […]
Congrats to Gillian, who recently spoke at the UCInsights conference titled “The Autism Spectrum: Help and Hope” about her research on technologies for autism. STAR PhD students Sen Hirano and Kate Ringland also presented demos of their autism technologies projects, vSked and SensoryPaint.
Jed is quoted in a new Reader’s Digest article, “Coping with Death on Facebook“. “With a funeral, there is a specific time and place for people to mourn,” says Jed Brubaker, a University of California, Irvine, social media scholar. “On Facebook, anyone at any time can engage in this process.”