Professor · College of Information · University of Maryland

Projects

// research projects by theme

Medication Decision Making

Aidara
Supporting older adults's over-the-counter medication decision making
Aidara

Older Adults' Activity Tracking

MyMove
Facilitating older adults to collect In-Situ activity labels on a smartwatch with speech
MyMove
High-quality Activity Labels
Investigating how older adults perceive and provide high-quality activity labels for training personalized activity recognition systems
High-quality Activity Labels
Meaningful Activities
Exploring what activities older adults find meaningful and worthy of tracking, challenging the deficit-focused approach that dominates current activity tracking technology design
Meaningful Activities

Stroke Rehabilitation

Finger-worn Accelerometers
Investigating the use of finger-worn accelerometers to capture both gross arm and fine hand movements for the assessment of real-world upper-limb use
Finger-worn Accelerometers
GoalTrack
Supporting stroke survivors' rehab goal setting through multimodal data capture
GoalTrack

Multimodal Self-Tracking

FoodScrap
Promoting rich data capture and reflective food journaling through speech input
FoodScrap
TandemTrack
Shaping consistent exercise experience by complementing a mobile app with a smart speaker
TandemTrack

Mobile Data Visualization

Mobile Data Visualization
Facilitating older adults to collect In-Situ activity labels on a smartwatch with speech
Mobile Data Visualization
Trend Vis on Mobile
Comparating animation and small multiples for trend visualization on mobile phones
Trend Vis on Mobile
Ranges over Time on Mobile
Comparing approaches to visualizing ranges over time on small displays
Ranges over Time on Mobile

Personal Data Visualization

Data@Hand
Providing an overview of how to e­ffectively visualize, analyze, and communicate data on mobile devices
Data@Hand
Reaching Broader Audiences
Providing an overview of how to e­ffectively visualize, analyze, and communicate data on mobile devices
Methods for Personal Vis
Providing an overview of how to e­ffectively visualize, analyze, and communicate data on mobile devices
Methods for Personal Vis
Visualized Self
Understing how people reflect on personal data through visual data exploration
Visualized Self
Personal Insights
Examining what insights people gain from their data and how they use visualizations to communicate the insight to inform how to support identifying and communicating these personal insights
Personal Insights

Personalized Self-Tracking

Personalized Tracking
Enabling people to personalize their self-tracking regimen is a promising way to address diverse tracking needs while at the same time enhancing a user’s sense of identity and engagement with the tracking tool
Personalized Tracking
Co-Designing Food Tracker
Identifying design opportunities for food tracker customization
Co-Designing Food Tracker
Semi-automated Tracking
Facilitating older adults to collect In-Situ activity labels on a smartwatch with speech
Semi-automated Tracking
OmniTrack for Research
Enableing researchers to rapidly translate their study design into a study app, deploy the app remotely, and monitor the data collection, all without requiring any coding
OmniTrack for Research
OmniTrack
Facilitating older adults to collect In-Situ activity labels on a smartwatch with speech
OmniTrack

Personal Productivity

Meaning of Personal Productivity
Understanding how knowledge workers define, evaluate, and reflect on their productivity
Meaning of Personal Productivity
Time for Break
Understanding information workers’ sedentary behavior through a break prompting system
Time for Break
TimeAware
Leveraging framing effects to enhance personal productivity
TimeAware