[UCI-Calit2] “Computation to Help Those Most in Need" - Seminar Tuesday August 20

Stuart Ross stuross at calit2.uci.edu
Wed Aug 14 21:49:40 PDT 2013


SURF-IT SEMINAR SERIES

Summer Undergraduate Fellowships in Information Technology


“Computation to Help Those Most in Need"


Dr. Gillian Hayes

Associate Professor of Informatics



Tuesday, August 20, 2013    11:45 AM

Room 3008, Calit2 Building

A light lunch will be available at 11:45; the seminar will begin at 12:00

The seminar is open to the public.


ABSTRACT: Vulnerable populations are at higher risk for educational, physical, and social challenges. At the same time, they often have limited access to and experience with information and communication technologies. However, the low cost of smartphones and data service through these phones is beginning to change this trend, opening new opportunities for using mobile and ubiquitous computing to support them. In this talk, I will describe a series of projects focused on empowering people who are not typically represented in the design process to use collected data to address real human needs in sensitive and ethically responsible ways.  Understanding, designing, and creating technologies of inclusion require inclusive and democratic approaches to design.  Additionally, in this work, design can be complicated by the need to consider the networks of people responsible for the care of others and their information. Thus, I will also describe holistic systems design methods that include participatory, democratic, and collaborative approaches for the creation of interfaces and interventions for a variety of people involved in any particular setting.

SPEAKER:  Dr. Hayes conducts research in human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing. She studies record keeping and surveillance technologies, particularly in natural, unplanned or public settings. She focuses particularly on the application of computing in education and healthcare. She earned her Ph.D. in 2007 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and began as an assistant professor at UCI in the same year. At UCI she has joint appointments in the School of Education and the School of Medicine.

The SURF-IT student working with Dr. Hayes is Sandy Pham, a major in business administration.

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