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- Self-Determination Theory in HCI: Shaping a Research Agenda
Last April and May, we participated as part of the chair committee at the CHI’22 Workshop on SDT. The workshop was divided into two sessions: the first one in virtual … - PET Lab at CHI’22
The Self-Determination Theory keeps being part of our research lab interests! This time Gabriela will be present at CHI’22 in New Orleans participating in the organizing committee of the Self-Determination … - PhD Thesis Defense: In the Quest for the Motivation App: Designing Effective Behavior Change Apps Through the Lens of the Self-Determination Theory
On January 27th Gabriela publicly defended her Ph.D. Thesis, becoming the first Pet Lab member to obtain a doctorate degree. The jury was formed by:Prof. Rafael Lalive, présidentProf. Kévin Huguenin, … - A Paper Summary: Careless Participants Are Essential for Security Research
I was reading a paper recently that studied if the use of screener techniques such as attention checks can bias the findings of survey studies. This work addressed surveys in … - Are you being kept in the picture? Fighting against privacy conflicts in the uploading of content on social media without consent
Here is a blog related to our recent lab research about multiparty privacy conflicts (MPCs). The blog was published in HECimpact. Click on this link to read the full article.