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<P><STRONG>Harnessing digital trails to promote interpersonal connection</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Elizabeth Bales, University of Washington<BR></STRONG><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;">@ebales</STRONG></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><EM>Abstract</EM></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">While we desire to be close to the ones we love, our responsibilities often pull us away. This distance can be physical, such as a cross-country relationship, or it can be be social distance created by busy schedules or even cultural norms. In my research I explore the design and use of mobile technologies that bring us closer together without distracting us from our responsibilities. I will present on two projects designed to harness automatically collected sensor data to support remote connection; CoupleVIBE, a mobile application for helping couples who live apart to stay in touch through implicit communication, and CitiSense, a participatory air-quality sensing project. Finally I will share a brief look at some of our current sensor projects.<SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><EM>Bio</EM></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Elizabeth Bales is a Researcher at the University of Washington in Computer Science and Human Centered Design and Engineering. Her work focuses on the intersection of mobile devices and social interaction. Her primary focus is in how mobile devices can be leveraged both as sensors and communicative media to support implicit connection between individuals. She received her PhD from UC San Diego this past winter. She is a Google Anita Borg Scholar, and has worked at Intel Labs, Microsoft Research, Nokia Research, and Google on a variety of topics including the communicative nature of objects and supporting cross device information reaccess.</SPAN></P>
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