{"605619":{"#nid":"605619","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ivan Allen College Well Represented at Human Factors in Computing Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts was well represented at the just-concluded 2018 edition of the premier conference for human computer interaction, the Association for Computing Machinery\u0026rsquo;s SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and students were involved in at least six of the papers presented at the conference, also known as CHI, which ended April 26, 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe papers included\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Problem of Community Engagement: Disentangling the Practices of Municipal Government\u003C\/em\u003E, which won\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2018\/4\/ph-student-digital-media-tackles-community-engagement-technology\/605261\u0022\u003Ehonorable mention\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from organizers for being in the top 5 percent of all papers presented for the conference. Eric Corbett, a Ph.D. student in Digital Media in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELMC\u003C\/a\u003E, co-authored the paper with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/ledantec\u0022\u003EChristopher Le Dantec\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the School.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther papers included:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGoing the Distance: Trust Work for Citizen Participation\u003C\/em\u003E, another paper from Corbett and Le Dantec that examines the importance of trust in civic interactions, and how technical solutions to citizen engagement can impact trust in those relationships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAddressing Network Anxieties with Alternative Design Metaphors\u003C\/em\u003E, co-authored by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/disalvo\u0022\u003ECarl DiSalvo\u003C\/a\u003E, an LMC associate professor. The paper investigates anxieties produced by interactive network technologies, and how those fears might be calmed through design-led inquiries and research through design. DiSalvo co-authored the paper with James Pierce of the University of California, Berkeley.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;\u003Cem\u003EOnly if you use English you will get to more things\u0026rdquo;: Using Smartphones to Navigate Multilingualism\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026rdquo; co-authored by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/kumar\u0022\u003ENeha Kumar\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor with a joint appointment in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the School of Interactive Computing. The paper examines \u0026ldquo;the factors that shape language choice and use\u0026rdquo; on mobile devices, according to the authors. Kumar\u0026rsquo;s co-authors on this paper were Navenna Karusala, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Aditya Vishwanath, Adidtya Vashistha of the University of Washington, and independent researcher Sunita Kumar.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEl Paquete Semanal: The Week\u0026rsquo;s Internet in Havana\u003C\/em\u003E, another paper co-authored by Kumar. The paper presents the results of extensive fieldwork and highlights the human infrastructure that supports the collection of digital information circulated on Cuba\u0026rsquo;s black market. For more information, see\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/news\/605526\/georgia-tech-research-cuban-offline-internet-could-inform-future-definitions\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Into Cuban \u0026lsquo;Offline Internet\u0026rsquo; Could Inform Future Definitions of Connectivity\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on the School of Interactive Computing website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStitching Infrastructures to Facilitate Telemedicine for Low-Resource Environments\u003C\/em\u003E, also co-authored by Kumar, presents a qualitative examination of a telemedicine program in India and the factors that have helped make it a success. Kumar co-authored the paper with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Michaelanne Dye and Amy Bruckman, David Nemer of the University of Kentucky, and independent researcher Josiah Mangiameli.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, see\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chi.gatech.edu\/2018\/\u0022\u003EGT@CHI\u003C\/a\u003E, which details Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s extensive involvement in the conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts was well represented at the just-concluded 2018 edition of the premier conference for human computer interaction, the Association for Computing Machinery\u0026rsquo;s SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faculty and Staff present papers at premier conference for interactive technology"}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2018-04-27 13:10:34","changed_gmt":"2018-05-02 15:16:28","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"137891":{"id":"137891","type":"image","title":"Christopher Le Dantec","body":null,"created":"1449178698","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:38:18","changed":"1475894769","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:09","alt":"Christopher Le Dantec","file":{"fid":"194863","name":"headshot-small_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot-small_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/headshot-small_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":72489,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/headshot-small_0_0.jpg?itok=m6BmSvOq"}},"507851":{"id":"507851","type":"image","title":"Neha Kumar","body":null,"created":"1457114400","gmt_created":"2016-03-04 18:00:00","changed":"1475895270","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:30","alt":"Neha Kumar","file":{"fid":"204902","name":"neha.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/neha_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/neha_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52721,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/neha_0.jpeg?itok=-g5uLcQV"}}},"media_ids":["137891","507851"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"177781","name":"ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems"},{"id":"177738","name":"Eric Corbett"},{"id":"46331","name":"Christopher Le Dantec"},{"id":"138871","name":"Neha Kumar"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}