Ubiquitous Computing Research Group
We are interested in ubiquitous computing and the research issues involved in building and evaluating ubicomp applications and services that impact our lives. Much of our work is situated in settings of everyday activity, such as the classroom, the office and the home. Our research focuses on several topics:
- Automated capture and access to live experiences
- Context-aware computing
- Applications and services in the home
- Natural interaction
- Software architecture
- Technology policy, security and privacy issues
- Technology for individuals with special needs
Ubicomp Group Ph.D. Students (Past and Present):
Front Row (L to R): Gregory Abowd, Shwetak Patel
Middle Row (L to R): Giovanni Iachello, Erich Stuntebeck, Gillian Hayes, Tracy Westeyn, Kris Nagel, Anind Dey, Jen Mankoff, Julie Kientz, Zhigang Hua, Jay Summet, Mario Romero
Back Row (L to R): Brian Landry
Recent News:
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 | Mario Romero passed his Ph.D. defense today. Congratulations! He is set to graduate in August this year.
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| Congratulations to Mayank Garg, Mayank Goel, Sidhant Gupta, and Yi Han who graduated with their Master's Degrees in CS today! Mayank Garg will work for Dell in Austin, TX, and Sidhant Gupta will be starting as a Ph.D. student at University of Washington. Additional congrat is for Hyorim Park who received her Master's Degree in Human Computer Interaction at today's commencement! Best wishes to all!
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| As usual, there was an Abowd academic family reunion at the CHI 2009 conference in Boston. Family members really enjoyed themselves. One of the things that Gregory Abowd brought back from the CHI 2009 was a caricature of Julie, Gregory and Shwetak playing whirlyball. What a great masterpiece!
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| VisWeek organizers have again used Mario Romero's visualization as part of their cover. The front page of VisWeek 2009 includes his visualization.
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Last modified 29 December 2008 at 1:52 pm by mayank |
