CSL Members Leila Homaeian, Nippun Goyal (alumni), Dr. Jim Wallace (alumni), and Dr. Stacey Scott's Full Paper "Group vs Individual: Impact of TOUCH and TILT Cross-Device Interactions on Mixed-Focus Collaboration" will be presented at the ACM CHI 2018 conference in Montreal, QC, April 21-26, 2018. The presentation will occur on Monday, April 23rd. Please stop by the talk if you're attending the conference. 

Paper Abstract: Cross-device environments (XDEs) have been developed to support a multitude of collaborative activities. Yet, little is known about how different cross-device interaction techniques impact group collaboration; including their impact on independent and joint work that often occur during group work. In this work, we explore the impact of two XDE data browsing techniques: TOUCH and TILT. Through a mixed-methods study of a collaborative sensemaking task, we show that TOUCH and TILT have distinct impacts on how groups accomplish, and shift between, independent and joint work. Finally, we reflect on these findings and how they can more generally inform the design of XDEs.

CSL Director Dr. Stacey Scott will be participating in the CHI 2018 workshop CHI Outdoors, and discussing her position paper "Interfaces for Farm Animals and their Caretakers in Outdoor (and Harsh Indoor) Computing Contexts". If you're interested in this work, please contact Dr. Scott.

Position Paper Abstract: Growing demand on the farming industry to increase productivity has fueled the need for increased automation on modern farms, including wearable sensors on individual animals, automated habitat monitoring, and mobile computing applications for farmers and other animal caretakers. Much of these technologies are utilized in harsh outdoor conditions, and often breakdown or are difficulty to use because of extreme usage conditions. These computing situations provide unique and interesting design challenges for outdoor interface design.

The full text for both of these papers is available on the CSL Publications page.

Hope to see you at CHI 2018 in Montreal in April!