CHCI News
Recent events in the HCI lab.
REU Symposium July 16, 2009 (2009-07-20)
all of the summer REU students presented posters of their summer research projects in McBryde 106--the Undergraduate Learning Center. Click on More News for excerpts from proceedings.
Excerpt from proceedings distributed at the REU symposium (2009-07-20)
Field Study of In-use Information Security and Interfaces within Childcare
Presenters: Tom DeHart (University of Rutgers-Camden)
Advisors: Laurian Vega, Steve Harrison, Dennis Kafura
AlgoViz.org: An Online Educational Community for Algorithm Visualizations
Presenter: Jonathan Park (Carnegie Mellon University)
Advisors: Clifford A. Shaffer, Stephen H. Edwards, Alexander Joel D. Alon, Monika Akbar
Graphical User Interface Design: Interfacing the Future of Home Controls
Presenter: Erik J. Irvin-Williams, Tavon D. Gatling (Norfolk State University)
Advisor: Dennis Gracanin
Pic-Up: A Tool for Collaborative Storyboarding
Presenter: Lulu Hu (Wellesley College), Joe Degol (Penn State University, Altoona)
Advisors: Shahtab Wahid, Scott McCrickard
Hyper-drama storytelling authoring tool
Presenter: Fabrice Marcelin (Virginia Tech/ESIH)
Advisors: Francis Quek, Ashley Robinson
Visualizing Temporary Objects in Java Applications
Presenter: Luke Marrs (Virginia Tech)
Advisors: Marc Fisher II, Barbara Ryder
VizBlog: From Java to Flash Deployment
Presenter: Joralis Sanchez Sola (University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez)
Advisors: Manuel Perez, Andrea Kavanaugh
The Making of L2Ork: The Virginia Tech Linux Laptop Orchestra
Presenter: Maya Renfro (VT), Andy Wood (University of Rochester), Michael Matthews (VT)
Advisors: Ico Bukvic
GPU-Accelerated Isosurface Volume Rendering
Presenter: olin Braley (Virginia Tech)
Advisors: Yong Cao, Denis Gracanin, Robert Hagan (UNC)
iPhone Application Development in Server-Client Communications
Presenter: Arthur Billingsley, Felicia Osborne, Roosevelt Cooper (Norfolk State University)
Advisors: Denis Gracinin, Ji-Sun Kim, Samah Gad, Felicia Doswell (NSU)
Social Network Sites
Presenter:Cesar E. Concepcion-Acevedo (University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez)
Advisors: Andrea Kavanaugh, Manuel Perez
Sonification as a Tool for Optimizing Software Configuration
Presenter: Andrew Wood (University of Rochester)
Advisors: Cody Hethorne, Pardha Pyla, Eli Tilevich, Ico Bukvic
Evaluating dynamic program representations for blended analysis
Presenter: Shrutarshi Basu (Lafayette College)
Advisors: Dr. Marc Fisher II, Dr. Barbara Ryder
Science in RAP (Recording and Audio Production): Leveraging Interest in Music Production Arts for Teaching STEM
Presenter: Phoebe Bakanas (Connecticut College)
Advisors: Dan Dunlap, Andrea Kavanaugh
Creating a visual survey tool and database for a non-profit organization: An Agile Usability approach
Presenter:Bernadel Benoit, Mario Calixte, Sherley Codio, Jennifer Francois (Virginia Tech/ESIH)
Advisors: Jeremy Barskdale, Scott McCrickard
Evaluation of a concept mapping approach used to improve team interaction in agile usability
Presenter: Sherley Codio, Jennifer Francois, Benoit Bernadel, Mario Calixte (Virginia Tech/ESIH)
Advisors: Jeremy Barskdale, Scott McCrickard
New website (2009-01-19)
The CHCI website is up and working. There are many new sections to the site, including a listing of alumni, internships, and existing students. We are planning on adding support for many new interesting features, such as support for Web 2.0 sites and even access from iPhones. Keep an eye on the site and let us know what you think.