[Colloq] REMINDER: Hiring Talk - Today, Feb. 27 at 1:30 - Lena Mamykina

[Rachel Kalweit]

The College of Computer and Information Science presents a hiring talk by:
Lena Mamykina from Georgia Institute of Technology 

Friday, February 27 at 1:30 in 366 WVH

Title: Designing Technologies for Reflection and Learning in Chronic Disease Management

Abstract:
In many areas of human enterprise, private as well as professional, individuals' actions and choices depend on lessons learned from past experiences. One area that requires individuals to analytically engage with their past is management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes. Due to the high individual differences between cases, each affected individual must continuously refine their management practices and carefully study the impact of their actions and choices on their health. In this talk I will discuss three computing applications that were designed to help individuals capture diabetes related experiences and reflect on the captured records individually, with the help of diabetes educators and within a community of other individuals with diabetes. The deployment studies of these applications demonstrated that the ability to examine records of past experiences helped individuals assume a more proactive attitude towards their health and achieve their disease management goa
 ls. Careful examination of the patterns of users' engagement with the applications highlighted the importance of authentic learning opportunities, when individuals face challenges that need resolution, the significance of systematic approach to experimentation, and the value of structured social discourse about the captured records. 

Bio:
Lena Mamykina is a Ph.D. candidate at the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She holds a BS degree in Computer Science from the Ukrainian State Maritime Technical University and MS in Human-Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech. Lena' primary research area is Human-Computer Interaction; she is specifically interested in ubiquitous computing platforms, social networking applications, and persuasive computing techniques. Her current research focuses on learning and information sharing in context of chronic disease management and informal learning and knowledge sharing practices within clinical communities.

Host: Tim Bickmore

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