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 was the case last year, this year we received a number of exceptionally strong applications. After careful deliberation, we selected the six students listed below to participate in the program. Three of them will conduct research at the University of Oldenburg under the supervision of Susanne Boll, and three will work at the Human-Centered Ubiquitous Media lab under the supervision of Albrecht Schmidt. Congratulations to all six! We are looking forward to a productive and fun summer.
Jocelyn Dunkley is a junior Computer Science and German major at Bryn Mawr College. She is interested in applications in VR and education and is excited to build her skills. She is passionate about the intersectionality of technology and the humanities and aims to bridge the gap between the two in her work. During the year she works on the History of Women in Science project as part of a Digital Scholarship Research Assistant at Bryn Mawr College. The project aims to showcase the achievement and processes of women in science at Bryn Mawr College in the early 1900s, since women’s achievements have usually been erased from history. After college, Jocelyn hopes to work in a startup environment in the VR sector.
Maxine Hood is a 2019 graduate of Wellesley College, majoring in Computer Science. She has a background in software engineering and is excited to expand her knowledge and experience with human-computer interaction. In her free time she enjoys biking, exploring, and baking.
Raniero Lara-Garduno is a PhD Student in Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. In the domain of HCI he is most interested in the intersection between machine learning’s powerful capabilities of recognizing behavior, and how it may be used to identify a human’s cognition whether it may be informed by culture, age, and cognitive decline or development. His research focus involves analyzes a human’s input data on digital systems that may help identify early signs of cognitive decline. He wishes to pursue a career to build digital cognitive impairment testing tools from knowledge gained in this research. In his free time he enjoys playing music, travel, and learning about new cultures and history.
Arianna Ninh is a senior majoring in Cognitive Science at University of California, Berkeley. She is interested in human-computer interaction, digital fabrication, and designing tangible user interfaces that support inclusivity and sustainability. As a part of the Hybrid Ecologies Lab at UC Berkeley, she has been working on creating novel wearable devices to understand how embodied interactions can augment self-expression and creativity. In her free time, she loves hiking, exploring, learning about plant biology and food science, and tackling art and fabrication projects.
Annabel Rothschild is a member of the Wellesley College class of 2020, majoring in Computer Science. She is intrigued by the ethical implications of each step of the data lifecycle, particularly how the way data is displayed and shared can influence a viewer’s perception. After Wellesley, she hopes to pursue a PhD in a subfield of computer science that allows her to further explore this topic.
Maggie Ugelstad is an incoming Senior at Wellesley College majoring in Computer Science. She is particularly interested in the intersection of Political Science and Computer Science and is excited to learn about how user interfaces can be improved for better levels of accessibility. She also studies Spanish and enjoys photography, cooking, and playing sports in her free time.