Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Konstan paper selected as one of Most Influential Articles in 2020
The research on computational advertising by CS&E Professor Joseph Konstan was honored by the American Academy of Advertising Journals.
GroupLens students succeed in UIST 2021 SIC Challenge
Congrats to CS&E Ph.D. students Irene Ye Yuan and Georgie Qiao Jin for receiving the “Best Toio Award” for their remote communication concept called MoMoBot.
Paper on rethinking mental health interventions recognized at CSCW
The paper by co-lead authors C. Estelle Smith (Ph.D. 2020) and William Lane (M.S. 2020) earned an Honorable Mention award at CSCW 2021.
GroupLens research shines at CSCW 2021
Six papers and posters from CS&E faculty and students were shared during the virtual conference, with one being awarded an honorable mention.
Tune in: Radical AI podcast with CS&E's Stevie Chancellor
The assistant professor discussed AI, mental health, and the benefits and challenges of machine learning systems that are used to predict mental illness.
GroupLens research receives honorable mention at CHI 2021
The work by Ph.D. student Irene Ye Yuan and associate professor Lana Yarosh looked at tabletop games in the age of remote collaboration.
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Professor Joseph Konstan, an expert in human-computer interaction, studied the impact of interruptions on the performance and emotions of office workers.
Yarosh named McKnight Presidential Fellow
This recognition is given to outstanding faculty who have recently achieved tenure and promotion to associate professor.
Department research shows ways to support cancer patients
GroupLens researchers partnered with CaringBridge to identify useful ways to provide support during cancer journeys.
Faculty
Latest research projects, publications, and talks
Perceptions of Visual and Multimodal Symbolic Mediated Social Touch: Role of Technology Modality, Relationship, and Task Emotional Salience [journal]
Posted December 17, 2021
Svetlana Yarosh (associate professor), Xizi Wang, Yuan Yao
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Suicide Risk and Protective Factors in Online Support Forum Posts: Annotation Scheme Development and Validation Study [journal]
Posted November 9, 2021
Stevie Chancellor (assistant professor), Steven A Sumner, Corinne David-Ferdon, Tahirah Ahmad, Munmun De Choudhury
JMIR Mental Health
Sway Together, Stay Together: Visualizing Spiritual Support Networks Through the SoulGarden Prototype [poster]
Posted October 23, 2021
Avleen Kaur (B.S. 2020), C. Estelle Smith (Ph.D. 2020), Loren Terveen (professor)
The 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
The Future of Research on Online Health Communities: Discussing Membership, Structure, and Support [conference paper]
Posted October 23, 2021
Alexandra Papoutsaki, Jina Huh-Yoo, Haley MacLeod, Lena Mamykina, Andrew D Miller, Svetlana Yarosh (associate professor), Daniel A Epstein
The 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
Effective Strategies for Crowd-Powered Cognitive Reappraisal Systems: A Field Deployment of the Flip* Doubt Web Application for Mental Health [conference paper]
Posted October 18, 2021
C Estelle Smith (Ph.D 2021), William Lane (M.S. 2021), Hannah Miller Hillberg (Ph.D. 2018), Daniel Kluver (Ph.D. 2018), Loren Terveen (professor), Svetlana Yarosh (associate professor)
The 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) - Honorable Mention
“The Smartest Decision for My Future”: Social Media Reveals Challenges and Stress During Post-College Life Transitions [journal]
Posted October 1, 2021
Crystal Gong, Koustuv Saha, Stevie Chancellor (assistant professor)
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Quantifying the Gap: A Case Study of Wikidata Gender Disparities [conference paper]
Posted September 15, 2021
Charles Chuankai Zhang (Ph.D. student), Loren Terveen (professor)
17th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym)
A Review of Affective Computing Research Based on Function-Component-Representation Framework [journal]
Posted August 13, 2021
Haiwei Ma (Ph.D. student), Svetlana Yarosh (associate professor)
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
Characteristics of women in sober living houses: Age, mental illness, physical illness, and their associations with reasons for leaving [journal]
Posted July 21, 2021
Amy R. Krentzman, Monica Sharratt, Kristin A. Mannella, Katherine T. Foster, Svetlana Yarosh (associate professor), Jennifer M. Jester
Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
"I Cannot Do All of This Alone": Exploring Instrumental and Prayer Support in Online Health Communities [conference paper]
Posted May 11, 2021
C. Estelle Smith (Ph.D. student), Zachary Levonian (Ph.D. student), Haiwei Ma (Ph.D. student), Robert Giaquinto (Ph.D. student), Gemma Lein-Mcdonough, Zixuan Li, Susan O'Conner-Von, Svetlana Yarosh (associate professor)
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems