September 15, 6pm, online

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ABSTRACT

Modern design goals for social media platforms have focused on growth in terms of increasing user population and engagement, but are starting to show their growing pains with the widespread of hate speech, cyberbullying, and fake news. This design focus on growth at any cost is increasing the amount and reach of antisocial behavior online. In this talk, I will share my research in human-computer interactions that explores practical design interventions that encourage users to better empathize with one another. In my efforts to better implement and test these design interventions, I’ve developed new experimental tools and methods that create ecologically valid social media simulations, allowing researchers to conduct large-scale online social media experiments in a fully curated and controlled social media environment.

BIO

Dominic DiFranzo is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Lehigh University.  His research in human-computer interaction translates established social science theories into design interventions that encourage social media users to stand up to cyberbullies, fact check fake news stories, and engage in other prosocial actions. In his effort to better implement and test these design interventions, he has also developed new experimental tools and methods that create ecologically valid social media simulations, giving researchers control of both the technical interface and social situations found on social media platforms. His research has been published in numerous conferences and journals, including the ACM CHI Conference, the ACM CSCW Conference, the International World Wide Web Conference, and the ACM Web Sci Conference.

SCHEDULE

• 6-6:30pm: Networking via virtual whiteboard and zoom
• 6:30pm: Presentation
• 7:30pm: Q&A

HOW THIS WORKS:

We will be using:

• A Zoom meeting for the event
• A Miro virtual whiteboard during the pre-talk networking

Links for both the Zoom meeting and the Miro whiteboard will be sent to registered attendees.

SPONSOR

Thank you to our generous sponsor!

Join us to celebrate the life and legacy of Tom Tullis.

Details about how to connect will be sent out the evening before the event.

At the end of March industry thought-leader Tom Tullis was diagnosed with COVID-19. Over April, Tom fought a hard battle against the virus. Sadly, Tom passed from complications of COVID-19 on April 29th, 2020. He was 68 years old.

Tom was not only a valued member of the UXPA Boston Board, but also a highly respected international contributor to the field of UX for over 40 years. Whether he was laying the smackdown as Mr. T-Test or sharing his love of research and data with everyone, his charm, wit, intelligence, and passion had no equal. We will miss our dedicated volunteer, mentor, UX expert, photographer, teacher, author, colleague, and friend.

Please join the Tullis family to remember, celebrate, and honor Tom’s life in a remote service.

Please join at 3:45 PM to make sure you can connect with no issues. The service begins promptly at 4:00 PM. You can find details on how to attend once you obtain your ticket. Open your ticket, click the “View Links” button, and follow the instructions. Be sure to use your Eventbrite account email address when registering to make sure you can access the remote service information.

After a selection of speakers, slideshows, and memories, all attendees will be invited to join one of three reception rooms to talk with speakers and other guests.

Program Details

• 3:45 PM – Virtual Room Opens
• 4:00 PM – Celebration begins, welcome from GatheringUs
• 4:05 PM – Speakers, Slide Shows, and Videos
  • Cheryl Tullis Sirois
  • Bill Albert
  • Ann Chadwick-Dias
  • Chris Hass
  • Elizabeth Rosenzweig
  • Steve Krug
  • Marguerite Bergel
  • Marty True
  • Lori LeDoux
  • Oliver Brooks
• 5:30 PM – Celebration ends, 3 reception rooms open
  • Fidelity Folks & Alumni
  • Bentley Folks & Alumni
  • UX Folks & Friends
• 6:30 PM – Receptions end, Zoom rooms close

A downloadable link to view the event will be posted later.

If you have questions, please contact president@uxpaboston.org.

June 9, 6pm, online

BostonCHI-June-2020-networking-board

ABSTRACT

We need physicality in computing now more than ever, and shape displays may help us reclaim it. During this time of remoteness, our daily experience of work and learning is a stark reminder that videos on a flat computer screen cannot replace the intimacy of touch and the feeling of presence when sharing a room. Shape displays challenge this status quo by transforming their physical shape to represent information and people. I will discuss how we can use these interfaces to enrich remote experiences, and what advances will be needed to turn them from lab prototypes into reality. Our research group’s work on prototyping tools for shape-changing interfaces and on new form technologies like shape-changing swarm robots is driven by a shared vision of a future of embodied interaction and remote togetherness beyond pixels. 

BIO

Daniel Leithinger is Assistant Professor (Computer Science and ATLAS Institute) at the University of Colorado at Boulder and head of the ATLAS NYC satellite lab. Together with his students, he creates shape-changing human-computer interfaces that push information past the boundaries of flat displays, and into the real world. Daniel received his PhD at the MIT Media Lab in 2015. His research has been presented at ACM UIST, TEI and CHI, and he has received design awards from Fast Company, Red Dot and IDEA.

SCHEDULE

• 6-6:30pm: Networking via virtual whiteboard and zoom
• 6:30pm: Presentation
• 7:30pm: Q&A

HOW THIS WORKS:

We will be using:

• A Zoom meeting for the event
• A Miro virtual whiteboard during the pre-talk networking

Links for both the Zoom meeting and the Miro whiteboard will be sent to registered attendees.

SPONSOR

Thank you to our generous sponsor!