{"52530":{"#nid":"52530","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GVU Brown Bag: CHI Preview Talks (part 3)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EPimp My Roomba: Designing for Personalization\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYa Young Sung \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EABSTRACT:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWe present a study of how householders personalize their domestic\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nvacuuming robot, iRobot\u2019s Roomba\u2122. In particular, we build on Blom and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMonk\u2019s theory of personalization that argues that personalization does\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nnot only occur naturally but can also be induced by design choices. In\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthis study, we created a \u0022personalization toolkit\u0022, which allowed\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npeople to customize their Roomba\u2019s appearance and distributed it to 15\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nhouseholds. Our observations of these households provide empirical\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nsupport that personalization can facilitate positive experiences with a\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRoomba, and having materials to hand can increase the odds of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncustomization. We conclude by discussing design implications for\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npersonalization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBIO:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJaYoung Sung is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in HCC. She is co-advised\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nby Rebecca Grinter and Henrik Christensen, working in the area of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHuman-Robot Interaction with particular focus on designing domestic\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nservice robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EValues as Lived Experience: Evolving Value Sensitive Design in Support of Value Discovery\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChristopher Le Dantec\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EABSTRACT:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Value Sensitive Design (VSD) methodology provides a comprehensive\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nframework for advancing a value-centered research and design agenda.\u00a0\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAlthough VSD provides helpful ways of thinking about and designing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nvalue-centered computational systems, we argue that the specific\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nmechanics of VSD create thorny tensions with respect to value\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nsensitivity. In particular, we examine limitations due to value\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nclassifications, inadequate guidance on empirical tools for design, and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthe ways in which the design process is ordered. In this paper, we\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npropose ways of maturing the VSD methodology to overcome these\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nlimitations and present three empirical case studies that illustrate a\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nfamily of methods to effectively engage local expressions of values.\u00a0\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe findings from our case studies provide evidence of how we can\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nmature the VSD methodology to mitigate the pitfalls of classification\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nand engender a commitment to reflect on and respond to local contexts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nof design.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBIO:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChristopher Le Dantec, 2008 Foley Scholar and newly anointed Microsoft\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nResearch Fellow, is a 3rd year Human-Centered Computing Ph.D. student.\u00a0\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHe is advised by Keith Edwards. His research aims to understand the\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nvalues of individuals not well served by current technologies, to\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ndevelop design methods appropriate for working with marginalized\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncommunities, and to explore the role technology plays and as agent of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nchange. Prior to Georgia Tech, he was an interaction designer with Sun\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMicrosystems and helped establish its interaction design practice in\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthe Czech Republic.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\nComputer Help at Home: Methods and Motivations for Informal Technical Support\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EErika Poole\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EABSTRACT:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPrior research suggests that people may ask\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ntheir family and friends for computer help. But what influences whether\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nand how a \u201chelper\u201d will provide help? To answer this question, we\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nconducted a qualitative investigation of people who participated in\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncomputer support activities with family and friends in the past year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn this talk, I will describe how factors including maintenance of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\none\u2019s personal identity as a computer expert and accountability to\u003Cbr \/\u003E\none\u2019s social network determine who receives help and the quality of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nhelp provided.\u00a0 I will also discuss the complex, fractured relationship\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nbetween the numerous stakeholders involved in the upkeep of home\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ncomputing infrastructures. Based on these findings, I will then provide\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nimplications for the design of systems to support informal help-giving\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nin residential settings.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\nBIO:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\nErika Shehan Poole is a PhD candidate in\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nhuman-centered computing at Georgia Tech. Her dissertation research\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nexamines the user experience difficulties people have with information\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ntechnologies in residential settings.\u00a0 She has conducted empirical work\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ninvestigating how and why householders engage with professional\u003Cbr \/\u003E\ntechnical support, online communities, as well as people within their\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nsocial networks to coordinate to solve complex technology problems at\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nhome. She is currently developing social computing technologies that\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nsupport householder efforts to setup, maintain, and understand their\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nhome computing environments. Erika holds a BS degree in computer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nscience from Purdue University and an MS in computer science from\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-11 15:51:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:49","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2009-04-02T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2009-04-02T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2009-04-02T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2009-04-02 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2009-04-02 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2009-04-02 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}