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SI student teams reach semifinals in CHI 2008 Student Design Competition
(Feb 2008) For the third year in a row, SI is sending teams of students to the Student Design Competition for the CHI conference.
This year's three SI teams all qualified for the semifinalist round by developing systems to improve services provided to those who are homeless.
Last year one of three SI teams -- the AltVerto team -- went on to finish first in the final round of competition at CHI 2007. At CHI 2006 an SI team took third place in the final round with their "Fitster" interface.
Sponsored by the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) special interest group of the Association for Computing Machinery, the CHI conference is the premier professional event in the field of human-computer interaction.
The three CHI 2008 team entries grew from projects developed in the fall 2007 SI 682: Interface and Interaction Design class, taught by Assistant Professor Mick McQuaid.
Each of these three teams, along with nine others from around the world, will present a poster on their project at the CHI 2008 conference in April in Florence, Italy.
From this group of 12 teams, four will be chosen to go on to the final round, which will feature an oral presentation to a panel of judges.
Here is a rundown of this year's SI projects and teams.
doGooder: Fostering volunteer communities to serve the homeless
doGooder connects people with service opportunities while fostering volunteer retention through community encouragement. By increasing volunteer involvement, doGooder enhances the capabilities of organizations that serve the diverse needs of homeless people.
Team members (Team Emantis):
- Jacqueline Cerretani
- Sameer Halai
- James Laing
- Joshua Morse
- Melissa Perez
Learn more:
www.emantis.com →
www.emantis.info/hifi/doGooder.html → (hi-fi prototype)
Portalis: Using an online game to support aid initiatives for the homeless
Portalis is a competitive online game that improves the flow of expert domain knowledge to case managers working with the homeless. The game also enables contributions from individuals who would otherwise not be able to volunteer because of time constraints.
Team Portalis members:
- Ayse Buyuktur
- David Hutchful
- Cheng-Lun Li
- Satyendra Nainwal
- Natasha Sant
QR-codes for the chronically homeless
This team is developing an information system with simple interfaces that uses quick-response codes to configure cell phones to perform basic functions that will improve the delivery of services to the homeless. These functions might include setting up reminders and augmenting current data entry methods used by homeless service agencies.
Team members:
- Ahmad K. Aljadaan
- Kumud Bihani
- Meseret Gebrekristos
Most of the members of these three teams are MSI students, but Natasha Sant graduated with her MSI degree this past December and Ayse Buyuktur is a student in the doctoral program at SI.
Three of these students were members of semifinalist teams at last year's conference as well -- David Hutchful, Joshua Morse, and Satyendra Nainwal. Hutchful's team won first place in the competition. Nainwal went on to win the Student Research Competition at CHI 2007.
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The doGooder project team presents in Florence. Left to right: Melissa Perez, Jacqueline Cerretani, Joshua Morse, Sameer Halai, and James Laing
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Team Portalis at CHI 2008. Left to right: Cheng-Lun Li, David Hutchful, Ayse Buyuktur, Satyendra Nainwal, and Natasha Sant
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The QR Codes team displays their poster at the competition. Left to right: Kumud Bihani, Meseret Gebrekristos, and Ahmad Aljadaan
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