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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. - How to fight against non-consensual photo sharing on online social networks? A blog article
We have discussed our research about multiparty privacy conflicts (MPCs) on the Swiss website “watson.ch“. Please click this link to read the full article. - The Epic Experimenter Award 2020
Good news! Two PET members, Kavous Salehzadeh Niksirat and Evanne Milhomme, were given the Epic Experimenter Award 2020 from HEC-LABEX for their experimental research effort on the Multiparty Privacy Conflict … - Our work on MPCs got accepted and presented in ACM DIS 2021
Kavous presented our paper about the MPC project entitled “I thought you were okay”: Participatory Design with Young Adults to Fight Multiparty Privacy Conflicts in Online Social Networks at ACM … - PETLabbers’ CHI 2021 Experience
ACM CHI is the most prestigious venue in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. Due to the travel bans and other restrictions during the COVID-19 era, CHI 2021 was online. Six … - Our work on Agon, a physical activity app based on SDT, got accepted at MobileHCI’21
Gabriela will present our work on Informed Choices, Progress Monitoring and Comparison with Peers: Features to Support the Autonomy, Competence and Relatedness Needs, as suggested by the Self-Determination Theory at … - A Research Talk: “I thought you were okay”: Participatory Design with Young Adults to Fight Multiparty Privacy Conflicts in Online Social Networks [DeSi Seminar]
Exposing other people to online social networks without obtaining their consent can harm their privacy and cause severe consequences! We call this incidence Multiparty Privacy Conflict or MPC. In our … - We got a paper accepted at the Adaptive and Personalized Persuasive Technology Workshop
Gabriela will present her position paper on Designing for Gender Role Differences Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory at the Adaptive and Personalized Persuasive Technology Workshop , held in conjunction … - Conference Summary on Ethics Matters: Rethinking Digital Design Tue, 2,23,2021
The ethics matters 2021 was an online conference organized by ethics lab for innovation, based in Zurich Switzerland. The ethics matters theme “Rethinking Digital Design” is a response … - AMLD workshop “Virtual Interviewer” is scheduled on April 27th
Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD) 2021 is starting this March virtually. Our workshop “Virtual Interviewer: Build your own interviewing agent” is scheduled on April 27th from 14:00 to 17:00. Interested … - “Virtual Interviewer” workshop proposal accepted at AMLD 2021!
Our proposal “Virtual Interviewer: Build your own interviewing agent” is accepted as a Workshop at AMLD 2021. - Interdependent Privacy and Surveillance in Intimate RelationshipsInterdependent Privacy The notion of privacy is a collective concern [1]. So when studying privacy or designing new technologies, it is essential to consider this social construct to better protect …
- What do recruiters look for in a candidate? Psychological Constructs Measured in Employment Interviews
The quest for work and interviews is a daunting chapter in one’s life. A job interview is a nervous phase for anyone. You walk into a strange building to meet … - The Positive Impact of Push vs Pull Progress Feedback: A 6-week Activity Tracking Study in the Wild
Despite the word wild in the title, this article will not be a safari (sorry refund is also not possible since you started reading it). Instead, you might discover why … - Reflecting (On Reflection)
One of the most critical human abilities is our capacity to extend our perception backwards and forwards in our lived experience. Persuasive technologies often leverage this in different ways – … - A review of Designing for Motivation, Engagement and Wellbeing in Digital Experience
A couple of months ago, while looking for strategies to design Self-Determination Theory (SDT) supporting apps, I came across this article. The title was quite captivating because it fits right …