University of New Hampshire
Germany / hci / ires / nsf / travel
Less than a year ago, I took my first course in Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) in which I began my involvement with Human Computer Interfacing (HCI). Thanks to the 2018 International Research Experience for Students (IRES), I got the chance to dive deeper into the world of HCI. The first week I spent getting familiarized[…]
driving / Germany / hci / ires / nsf / travel / ubicomp / unhires
Hallo! I’m starting my fourth week in Oldenburg. Last week, I really enjoyed going deeper into my project, which involves finding out whether gesture-based interactions between pedestrians and autonomous vehicles makes pedestrians feel safer and more in-control in jaywalking situations. Most research on interactions between pedestrians and autonomous vehicles gives the vehicles all of the[…]
We are pleased to introduce the six students who will participate in the 2018 HCI in Ubicomp IRES program. The program is a collaborative effort between Andrew Kun of UNH and Orit Shaer of Wellesley College, and it is funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE). We are grateful for the support. As[…]
Orit Shaer and I visited Germany in the summer of 2017 to meet with the students participating in our NSF IRES project. On this trip we worked with our German colleagues, Susanne Boll and Albrecht Schmidt on writing a report about this exciting opportunity for students to gain international experiences. The result is an article[…]
Germany / hci / ires / nsf / travel
Of course, not all of our time in Europe was spent working (though working with the Hololens everyday was incredibly fun). Pretty much every weekend was packed with trips around Germany and Europe as a whole. In a previous post, I mentioned that we visited Milan, where we had gelato and pasta, clearly the most[…]