Kahlert School of Computing Faculty and Students Heading to Hamburg for CHI 2023

The Kahlert School of Computing is heading to Hamburg, Germany for the CHI 2023 conference, which will be held from April 23rd - April 28th. Considered to be the leading global conference on Human-Computer Interaction, the  ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems brings together business and academic leaders to discuss ways to develop and enhance new interactive digital technologies.

This year, the Kahlert School of Computing will have particularly strong representation at CHI with seven papers and one case study. The paper Never Skip Leg Day Again: Training the Lower Body with Vertical Jumps in a Virtual Reality Exergame by Kahlert School of Computing faculty affiliate Jens Harald Kreuger is being honored with the Best Paper Honorable Mention, a selective honor awarded to only the top 5% of papers from nearly 3,200 submissions. Overall, the University of Utah will be represented by 14 individuals including six professors alongside a mix of researchers and students. "The strong presence of the Kahlert School of Computing at the world’s leading HCI conference is a testament to the school’s growing emphasis on a human-centered approach to designing technologies of the future," said Prof. Mary Hall, Director of the Kahlert School of Computing.

Faculty and students from the Kahlert School of Computing will be presenting seven papers on a variety of subjects ranging from the impact of smart home technology on rehabilitation centers to methods used to spread misinformation through data visualization:

In addition to the seven papers, Postdoc researcher Johanna Cohoon will present a case study titled Adapting to Challenges in Qualitative Fieldwork through Theoretical Sampling co-authored with James Howison of the University of Texas at Austin.

In addition, students and faculty from the school will participate and present their work in the Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI) and the Workgroup on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH) workshop held at the conference.

EduCHI is the premier venue focused on research and practice connected to teaching HCI and supporting community building among HCI instructors.

• Building "Design Empathy" for People with Disabilities: An Unsolved Challenge in HCI Education
  Tamanna Motahar (University of Utah), Noelle Brown (University of Utah), Eliane Wiese (University of Utah), and Jason Wiese (University of Utah)
• Structured Self-Reflection to Evaluate Contextual Inquiry Techniques
  Noelle Brown (University of Utah), Nidhi Patel (University of Utah), Xavier Davis (University of Utah), and Eliane Wiese (University of Utah)

WISH aims to foster a community around innovations in consumer and medical health and wellbeing by connecting academic and industry researchers in HCI, medical informatics, health informatics, digital health, and beyond.

• HCI Research Challenges in Complex Healthcare Context (Work in Progress)
  Tamanna Motahar (University of Utah), Kazi Sinthia Kabir (University of Utah), Joshua Dawson (University of Utah), Jason Wiese (University of Utah)
• The Impact of Spinal Cord Injury on Participation in Human-Centered Research (Research Highlight)
  Kazi Sinthia Kabir (University of Utah), Ahmad Alsaleem (University of Utah), and Jason Wiese (University of Utah)

by Sameer Patil