Hayes Featured in Zocalo Public Square
A short article by Gillian titled “There’s actually an app for that” was recently published in Zocalo Public Square, a journalism project from Arizona State University. Now, people have been using computers for kids with autism for decades. So, that’s not new, but what we do have in the last few years is the advent […]
Best Paper Nominee at ICT4S 2014!
A many-authored paper, including STAR group members Lynn Dombrowski and Gillian Hayes among its authors, was nominated for a Best Paper Award at the ICT for Sustainability 2014 conference! TITLE: ICT4S 2029: What will be the systems supporting sustainability in 15 years? AUTHORS: Birgit Penzenstadler, Bill Tomlinson, Eric Baumer, Marcel Pufal, Ankita Raturi, Debra Richardson, […]
STAR Ubicomp 2014 Papers
STAR group members will be presenting two papers at Ubicomp this year: Ringland, K., Zalapa, R., Neal, M., Escobedo, L., Tentori, M., and Hayes, G.R. et al SensoryPaint: A Multimodal Sensory Intervention for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders. To Appear in Proc Ubicomp 2014. Matic, A., Hayes, G.R., Tentori, M., Abdullah, M., and Schuck, S. Collective use of […]
PervasiveHealth Best Paper Candidate!
Congratulations to Laura Pina and Gillian Hayes, whose paper “In Situ Cues for ADHD Parenting Strategies Using Mobile Technology” has been selected as a best paper candidate for PervasiveHealth 2014! Pina, L., Rowan, K., Roseway, A., Johns, P., Hayes, G.R., Czerwinski, M. In Situ Cues for ADHD Parenting Strategies Using Mobile Technology. To Appear in […]
Autism AppJam
The 2nd Annual UCI Autism AppJam was a huge success! Over 25 teams created applications to help people with autism and their families. Gillian Hayes and Kate Ringland are quoted in a recent article in the O.C. Register:. UC Irvine graduate student Kate Ringland’s team created a dance therapy application for Kinect. The application challenges […]
Congratulations to Garnet Hertz on His New Faculty Appointment!
Congratulations to Garnet Hertz on his new faculty appointment as Canada Research Chair in Design and Media Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada!
Congratulations to Sen Hirano on His Advancement!
Congratulations to Sen Hirano on advancing to Ph.D. candidacy. Sen presented his work on using gas sensors to assist novice cooks. Sen’s committee was comprised of Drs. Gillian Hayes, Don Patterson, Bill Tomlinson, Judy Olson, and Rebecca Black. Congratulations!
Custodio Wins Chancellor’s Award of Distinction!
Congratulations to STAR’s own Erick Custodio, who won the UCI Class of 2014 Chancellor’s Award of Distinction! The Chancellor’s Award of Distinction recognizes an exceptional group of graduating students who exhibit a commitment to cutting-edge research, leadership, or service to UCI. The award recognizes UCI’s most outstanding undergraduates.
2014 NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
Congratulations to STAR PhD student Oliver Haimson, who received an Honorable Mention for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) for 2014. The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. […]
Brubaker Quoted in Knowledge@Wharton!
Jed’s work is featured in an article in online business analysis journal Knowledge@Wharton, titled “Rest in Peace: Planning for Your Demise, Digitally“. But online memorials are delicate entities. Who has custody of the profile? Who gets access? Who has the right to decide what’s appropriate to include, and what is involved in those decisions? Jed […]