Laboratory News & Updates
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Participate in GVU Nonprofit Choice Experiment
November 25, 2008
You can participate in the online GVU Nonprofit Choice Experiment now; it takes about 15 minutes to participate. By participating, you'll help:
- increase knowledge about online charitable behavior;
- raise funds for charity and help decide which charity will receive the funds raised in this experiment.
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Lena Mamykina's Defense of Dissertation
November 21, 2008
Lena Mamykina successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "Designing Ubiquitous Computing for Reflection and Learning." Congratulations Lena!
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CSCW 2008 Paper: "Charitable Technologies: Collaborative Computing in Nonprofit Fundraising"
November 12, 2008
CSCW 2008 paper: "Charitable Technologies: Collaborative Computing in Nonprofit Fundraising" (PDF); paper authors are Jeremy Goecks, Amy Voida, Steve Voida, and Elizabeth D. Mynatt.
Abstract: This paper presents research analyzing the role of computational technology in the domain of nonprofit
fundraising. Nonprofits are a cornerstone of many societies and are especially prominent in the United States, where
$295 billion, or slightly more than 2% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (i.e. total national revenue), was directed
toward charitable causes in 2006. Nonprofits afford many worthwhile endeavors, including crisis relief, basic services
to those in need, public education and the arts, and preservation of the natural environment. In this paper, we
identify six roles that computational technology plays in support of nonprofit fundraising and present two models
characterizing technology use in this domain: (1) a cycle of technology-assisted fundraising and (2) a model of relationships among stakeholders in technology-assisted fundraising. Finally, we identify challenges and research opportunities for collaborative computing in the unique and
exciting nonprofit fundraising domain.
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UIST 2008 Paper: "Re-framing the desktop interface around the activities of knowledge work"
October 22, 2008
UIST 2008 paper: "Re-framing the desktop interface around the activities of knowledge work" (PDF); paper authors are Steve Voida, Elizabeth D. Mynatt, and Keith Edwards.
Abstract:
The venerable desktop metaphor is beginning to show signs
of strain in supporting modern knowledge work. In this
paper, we examine how the desktop metaphor can be re-
framed, shifting the focus away from a low-level (and
increasingly obsolete) focus on documents and applications
to an interface based upon the creation of and interaction
with manually declared, semantically meaningful activities.
We begin by unpacking some of the foundational
assumptions of desktop interface design, describe an
activity-based model for organizing the desktop interface
based on theories of cognition and observations of real-
world practice, and identify a series of high-level system
requirements for interfaces that use activity as their primary
organizing principle. Based on these requirements, we
present the novel interface design of the Giornata system, a
prototype activity-based desktop interface, and share initial
findings from a longitudinal deployment of the Giornata
system in a real-world setting.
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ICOST 2008 Paper: "Abstracting nutritional information of food service facilities using the Pervasive Healthy Diet Adviser"
June 19, 2008
This paper was published in the proceedings of ICOST 2008. Full citation:
Jiten Chhabra, Jasjit Singh, Daniel Serrano Baquero 2008, "Abstracting nutritional information of food service facilities using the Pervasive Healthy Diet Adviser" Proceeding of International Conference on Smart Home and Health Telematics (ICOST 2008).
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Amy Voida's Defense of Dissertation
March 6, 2008
Amy Voida successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, "Exploring a Technological Hermeneutic: Understanding the Interpretation of Computer-Mediated Messaging Systems." Amy has accepted a postdoctoral position at the University of Calgary. Congratulations Amy!
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Steve Voida's Defense of Dissertation
March 4, 2008
Steve Voida successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "Exploring User Interface Challenges in Supporting Activity-Based Knowledge Work Practices." Steve has accepted a postdoctoral position at the University of Calgary. Congratulations Steve!
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