A preview of what was coming
My flight was affected by the Ciara storm, but I ended up giving the talk remotely, as part of a…
A sabbatical semester
We’ve just came back from a productive sabbatical. Chrysanthi spend two months at the Telefonica research labs in Barcelona, supported…
Congratulations to Dr. Ruben Gouveia!
One of our very own, Rúben Gouveia, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Tracking in the wild: Exploring the everyday…
Research visit of Elçin Hancı
We had the pleasure of hosting between February and April 2019, Elçin Hancı – Ph.D. candidate at the Human-Technology Interaction…
On Technology-Assisted Reconstruction
We recently published an article summarizing our work and our vision for a methodological paradigm we call Technology-Assisted Reconstruction. You…
CHI’19 paper – 23 Ways to Nudge: A Review of Technology-Mediated Nudging in Human-Computer Interaction
Ten years ago, Thaler and Sunstein introduced the notion of nudging to talk about how subtle changes in the ‘choice…
Ruben Gouveia Finalist for the Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award
Ruben Gouveia has been selected as a finalist for the Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award at Ubicomp 2018 along with four…
Persuasive’19 coming to Limassol!
We’re proudly hosting Persuasive’19 in Limassol, from April 9 to 11, 2019. Persuasive Technology (PT) is a vibrant interdisciplinary research community,…
Research visit of Dr. Tuomas Kari
Dr. Tuomas Kari visited our lab during the period 3-7.9.2018. His background is in information systems science, and his main research…
H2020 project kick-off: Co-inform
The official kick-off of the H2020 project Co-Inform took place in May’18. Co-Inform is about empowering citizens, journalists and policy-makers…
CHI paper: Activity Tracking in vivo
While recent research has emphasized the importance of understanding the lived experience of personal tracking, very little is known about…
Research visitors
We had the pleasure of welcoming two research visitors over the past months. Mr Olli Korhonen, PhD student at the…
Persuasive’18 in Waterloo, Canada. Submit!
We’re involved in the organisation of the Persuasive’18 conference to be held in Waterloo, Canada. Deadline for papers: November 1, 2017.…
Mobile HCI workshop on Quantified Self. Submit!
We will be co-organizing a workshop on New Directions for Self-Quantification for Behavior Change as part of Mobile HCI 2017 in Vienna. Submit…
Best Paper & Best Poster award at Persuasive’17
We received two awards at the 12th International conference on Persuasive Technology. The best paper award went to Ana’s work on…
Subly: A Google Chrome Plugin for Subliminal Priming
With 50% of people spending over 6 h per day surfing the web, web browsers offer a promising platform for…
Does Beauty Matter in Behavior Change?
The use of motivational textual messages is a popular strategy for encouraging behavior change. Social media platforms, such as Instagram,…
Invited talk for the World Usability Day
We gave a talk in the WUD’16 Tallinn and WUD@ITMO events. The slides of the presentation are attached below.
Exploring the Design Space of Glanceable Feedback for Physical Activity Trackers
Recent research reveals over 70% of the usage of physical activity trackers to be driven by glances – brief, 5-second…
Designing behaviour
I intentionally chose a provocative title. Can we really design behaviour? Can technologies have such an influence on individuals’ behaviour that…
Does activity tracking make us happier?
In her recently published work, Jordan Etkin asked individuals to count their steps over the course of a day. Not surprisingly, she found…
Designing for different Stages in Behaviour Change
With multiple studies highlighting high abandonment rates of physical activity trackers, a question is raised as to how well they…
Honorable Mention for Best Paper @ Ubicomp'15
Together with Ruben Gouveia and Marc Hassenzahl, we received an Honorable Mention Award for Best Paper for the paper How Do…
How Do We Engage With Activity Trackers? A Longitudinal Study of Habito
We report on a 10-month in-the-wild study of the adoption, engagement and discontinuation of an activity tracker called Habito, by…
Can crowdsourcing boost intelligence in mHealth?
mHealth has undoubtedly made significant progress over the past decade. Yet, tools such as physical activity trackers are rather naive as fitness coaches:…
Evaluating ubicomp technologies ‘in the wild’
As HCI shifts “to the wild”, in-situ methods such as Diary Methods and the Experience Sampling Method are gaining momentum.…
Sustaining User Engagement with Behavior Change Tools
Technologies for behavior change have immense potential. Consider, for instance, the case of physical activity trackers. Our healthcare systems are…
Can smart energy meters change our behaviors?
Human behavior accounts for a significant chunk of domestic energy consumption. In fact, simple things like turning off the lights in empty…
What makes for good user experience over the long-term?
For long, HCI had neglected longitudinal studies. As a result, our understanding of the qualities of interactive technologies was limited…