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Faculty of Information at CHI23: premier international conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Submitted on Monday, April 17, 2023

Several Faculty of Information professors and students will be presenting at the upcoming ACM CHI Conference taking place in Hamburg, Germany and online from April 23-28.

The CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems annually brings together researchers and practitioners from all over the world, who have as an overarching goal to make the world a better place with interactive digital technologies.

This year again, the University of Toronto has an impressive presence at the conference with 4th most number of papers, of which two received the best paper award and two received honorable mentions.

Please note that some of the links have not yet been activated but will be when the conference opens.

Papers

  1. Devansh Saxena, Erina Seh-Young Moon, Aryan Chaurasia, Yixin Guan, and Shion Guha. 2023. Rethinking “Risk” in Algorithmic Systems Through A Computational Narrative Analysis of Casenotes in Child-Welfare. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 19 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581308 (Best Paper Award)
  2. Ananya Bhattacharjee, Joseph Jay Williams, Jonah Meyerhoff, Harsh Kumar, Alex Mariakakis, and Rachel Kornfield. Investigating the Role of Context in the Delivery of Text Messages for Supporting Psychological Wellbeing. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23) April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 19 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580774 (Best Paper Award)
  3. Ethan Z. Rong, Mo Morgana Zhou, Ge Gao, Zhicong Lu. 2023. Understanding Personal Data Tracking and Sensemaking Practices for Self-Directed Learning in Non-classroom and Non-computer-based Contexts. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581364 (Honorable Mention)
  4. Abhraneel Sarma, Alex Kale, Michael Moon, Nathan Taback, Fanny Chevalier, Jessica Hullman, and Matthew Kay. 2023. multiverse: Multiplexing Alternative Data Analyses in R Notebooks. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 15 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580726 (Honorable Mention)
  5. Kelly McConvey, Shion Guha, and Anastasia Kuzminykh. 2023. A Human-Centered Review of Algorithms in Decision-Making in Higher Education. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 15 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580658
  6. Brenna Li, Tetyana Skoropad, Puneet Seth, Mohit Jain, Khai N. Truong, and Alex Mariakakis. 2023. Constraints and Workarounds to Support Clinical Consultations in Synchronous Text-based Platforms. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23) April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 17 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581014
  7. Ananya Bhattacharjee, Jiayu Pang, Angelina Liu, Alex Mariakakis, and Joseph Jay Williams.Design Implications for One-Way Text Messaging Services that Support Psychological Wellbeing. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) (will be presented in CHI) https://doi.org/10.1145/3569888
  8. Arnav Verma, Luiz Morais, Pierre Dragicevic, and Fanny Chevalier. 2023. Designing Resource Allocation Tools to Promote Fair Allocation: Do Visualization and Information Framing Matter? . In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580739
  9. Dina Sabie, Hala Sheta, Hasan Shahid Ferdous, Vannie Kopalakrishnan, and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. 2023. Be Our Guest: Intercultural Heritage Exchange through Augmented Reality (AR). In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 15 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580726
  10. Sharifa Sultana, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, and Jeffrey M. Rzeszotarski. 2023. Communicating Consequences: Visual Narratives, Abstraction, and Poly- semy in Rural Bangladesh. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 19 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/ 3544548.3581149
  11. Tanusree Sharma, Smirity Kaushik, Yaman Yu, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, and Yang Wang. 2023. User Perceptions and Experiences of Targeted Ads on Social Media Platforms: Learning from Bangladesh and India. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 23 pages.https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581498
  12. Manika Saha, Tom Bartindale, Sharifa Sultana, Gillian Oliver, Dan Richardson, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, and Patrick Olivier. 2022. Community Voice as Data: Affordances of Participatory Videos for International Program Development.  In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 27 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/1122445.1122456
  13. Majeed Kazemitabaar, Justin Chow, Carl Ka To Ma, Barbara J. Ericson, David Weintrop, Tovi Grossman. 2023. Studying the Effect of AI Code Generators on Supporting Learners in Introductory Programming. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 23 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580919
  14. Mohi Reza, Angela Zavaleta Bernuy, Emmy Liu, Tong Li, Zhongyuan Liang, Calista Barber, and Joseph Jay Williams. 2023. Exam Eustress: Designing Brief Online Interventions for Helping Students Identify Positive Aspects of Stress. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581368
  15. Rachel Phinnemore, Mohi Reza, Blaine Lewis, Karthik Mahadevan, Bryan Wang, Michelle Annett, and Daniel Wigdor. 2023. Creepy Assistant: Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure the Perceived Creepiness of Voice Assistants. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581346
  16. Bhat, Avinash, Austin Coursey, Grace Hu, Sixian Li, Nadia Nahar, Shurui Zhou, Christian Kästner, and Jin LC Guo. “Aspirations and Practice of Model Documentation: Moving the Needle with Nudging and Traceability.”  In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 17 pages.
  17. Ziyao He, Yunpeng Song, Shurui Zhou, and Zhongmin Cai. Interaction of Thoughts: Towards Mediating Task Assignment in Human-AI Cooperation with a Capability-Aware Shared Mental Model.   In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 18 pages.
  18. Bryan Wang, Gang Li, Yang Li. Enabling Conversational Interaction with Mobile UI using Large Language Models.   In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 17 pages.
  19. Jiannan Li, Maurício Sousa, Karthik Mahadevan, Bryan Wang, Paula Akemi Aoyagui, Nicole Yu, Angela Yang, Ravin Balakrishnan, Anthony Tang, and Tovi Grossman. Stargazer: An Interactive Camera Robot for Capturing How-To Videos Based on Subtle Instructor Cues. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages.
  20. Benett Axtell, Eleen Gong, and Cosmin Munteanu. 2023. An Underdeveloped Metaphor: The Mismatched Designs and Motivations of Digital Picture Interactions. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 30, 2, Article 19 (April 2023), 36 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3569887 Presented at CHI 2023.
  21. Olivia Doggett, Kelly Bronson, and Robert Soden. 2023. HCI Research on Agriculture: Competing Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Definitions and Opportunities. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 24 pages.
  22. Samar Sabie, Robert Soden, Steven J. Jackson, and Tapan Parikh. Unmaking as Emancipation: Lessons and Reflections from Luddism. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 15 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581412
  23. Adrian Petterson, Keith Cheng, and Priyank Chandra. 2023. Playing with Power Tools: Design Toolkits and the Framing of Equity. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 23 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581490
  24. Suhyeon Yoo, Georgianna Lin, Hyeon Jeong Byeon, Amy S. Hwang, Khai N. Truong.  Understanding tensions in music accessibility through song signing for and with d/Deaf and Non-d/Deaf persons. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 18 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581287

Late Breaking Work

  1. Harsh Kumar, Yiyi Wang, Jiakai Shi, Ilya Musabirov, Norman A. S. Farb, and Joseph Jay Williams. 2023. Exploring the Use of Large Language Models for Improving the Awareness of Mindfulness. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 Pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585614
  2. Ferguson, S., Akemi Aoyagui, P., Kuzminykh, A. Something Borrowed: Exploring the Influence of AI-Generated Explanation Text on the Composition of Human Explanations. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany.
  3. Sophia Jit, Jennifer Spinney, Priyank Chandra, and Robert Soden. 2023. Semi- Automated Approach for Evaluating Severe Weather Risk Communication. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585753

Symposium

  1. Colin Gray, Craig MacDonald, Carine Lallemand, Alannah Oleson, Anna Carter, Olivier St-Cyr, and Caroline Pitt. EduCHI 2023: 5th Annual Symposium on HCI Education. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573790 

Workshops

  1. Ananya Bhattacharjee, Dana Kulzhabayeva, Mohi Reza, Harsh Kumar, Eunchae Seong, Eunchae Seong, Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat, Rob Bowman, Rachel Kornfield, Alex Mariakakis, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Munmun De Choudhury, Gavin Doherty, Mary Czerwinski, Joseph Jay Williams. Integrating Individual and Social Contexts into Self-Reflection. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573803 
  2. Ruba Abu-Salma, Reem Talhouk, Jose Such, Claudia Aradau, Francesca Meloni, Shijing He, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Cansu Ekmekcioglu, Dina Sabie, Rikke Bjerg Jensen, Jessica McClearn, Anne Weibert,Max Kruger, Faheem Hussain, Rehema Baguma, Diverse Migration Journeys and Security Practices: Engaging with Longitudinal Perspectives of Migration and (Digital) Security. 
  3. Jaisie Sin, Heloisa Candello, Leigh Clark, Benjamin R. Cowan, Minha Lee, Cosmin Munteanu, Martin Porcheron, Sarah Theres Völkel, Stacy Branhamm, Robin N. Brewer, Ana Paula Chaves, Razan Jaber, Amanda Lazar. CUI@CHI: Inclusive Design of CUIs Across Modalities and Mobilities.
  4. Adrian Petterson, Ashique Ali Thuppilikkat, Paridhi Gupta, Shamika Klassen, Maggie Jack, Jun Liu, and Priyank Chandra. 2023. Supporting Social Movements Through HCI and Design. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573812
  5. Eleonora Mencarini, Christina Bremer, Chiara Leonardi, Jen Liu, Valentina Nisi, Nuno Jardim Nunes, and Robert Soden. 2023. HCI for Climate Change: Imagining Sustainable Futures. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573833
  6. Yana Boeva, Arne Berer, Andreas Bischof, Olivia Doggett, Hendrik Heuer, Juliane Jarke, Pat Treusch, Roger A Søraa, Jasmina Tacheva, and Maja-Lee Voigt. 2023. Behind the Scenes of Automation: Ghostly Care-Work, Maintenance, and Interferences

Doctoral Consortium

Olivia Doggett. 2023. Designing For Sustainable and Equitable Agricultural Labor and Technologies. In Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany.