Publications

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Ladan Najafizadeh, Jon E. Froehlich

2018

Interactively Modeling and Visualizing Neighborhood Accessibility at Scale: An Initial Study of Washington DC

Anthony Li, Manaswi Saha, Anupam Gupta, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: urban informatics, information visualization, urban data mining, urban accessibility, geo-visualization, walkability index

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk

A Feasibility Study of Using Google Street View and Computer Vision to Track the Evolution of Urban Accessibility

Extended Abstract Proceedings of ASSETS 2018

keywords: computer vision, google street view, urban informatics, urban data mining, urban accessibility

Lee Stearns, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

Towards Accessible Conversations in a Mobile Context for People Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Dhruv Jain, Rachel Franz, Leah Findlater, Jackson Cannon, Raja Kushalnagar, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: wearables, deaf, head-mounted display, wearable displays, mobile computing, augmented reality, real-time captioning

PDF | Citation | GlassEar

Applying Transfer Learning to Recognize Clothing Patterns Using a Finger-Mounted Camera

keywords: wearables, computer vision, visual impairments, pattern recognition, transfer learning

PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich, Lee Stearns

keywords: wearables, head-mounted display, low-vision, visual impairments, assistive technology, augmented reality

Matthew L Mauriello, Brenna McNally, Cody Buntain, Sapna Bagalkotkar, Samuel Kushnir, Jon E. Froehlich

A Large-Scale Analysis of YouTube Videos Depicting Everyday Thermal Camera Use

keywords: thermography, sustainable hci, environmental sustainability, thermal cameras, youtube, user-generated content

Scaffolding Authentic Wearable-Based Scientific Inquiry for Early Elementary Learners

Virginia Byrne, Seokbin Kang, Leyla Norooz, Rafael Antonio Velez, Monica Katzen, Afe Addeh, Jon E. Froehlich, Tamara L. Clegg

keywords: sharedphys, bodyvis, physiological sensing, large-screen displays, mixed-reality, scientific inquiry, collaborative learning, stem, wearables

Physiological Investigations with Live Physiological Sensing and Visualization Tools

Virginia Byrne, Tamara L. Clegg, Jon E. Froehlich, Seokbin Kang, Leyla Norooz

keywords: sharedphys, bodyvis, physiological sensing, large-screen displays, mixed-reality, scientific inquiry, collaborative learning, stem, wearables

PDF | doi | Citation | BodyVis

Exploring Augmented Reality Approaches to Real-Time Captioning: A Preliminary Autoethnographic Study

Dhruv Jain, Bonnie Chinh, Raja Kushalnagar, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: deaf, augmented reality, real-time captioning, sound awareness

PDF | doi | Citation | GlassEar

Prototyping and Simulating Complex Systems with Paper Craft and Augmented Reality: An Initial Investigation

Virginia Byrne, Tamara L. Clegg, Jon E. Froehlich, Seokbin Kang, Leyla Norooz

keywords: children, augmented reality, prototyping, prototyping tool, design process

PDF | doi | Citation | Rainbow

2017

TouchCam: Realtime Recognition of Location-Specific On-Body Gestures to Support Users with Visual Impairments

Lee Stearns, Uran Oh, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: wearables, accessibility, computer vision, low-vision, blind users, on-body interaction, skin texture classification, gesture recognition

Jonggi Hong, Alisha Pradhan, Jon E. Froehlich, Leah Findlater

Evaluating Wrist-Based Haptic Feedback for Non-Visual Target Finding and Path Tracing on a 2D Surface

keywords: wearables, haptics, accessibility, blind, blind users, haptic feedback, haptic wristband

Recognizing Clothing Colors and Visual Textures Using a Finger-Mounted Camera: An Initial Investigation

Chuan Chen, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich, Alexander Medeiros, Lee Stearns

keywords: wearables, blind, visual impairments, texture recognition

Investigating Microinteractions for People With Visual Impairments and the Potential Role of on-Body Interaction

Uran Oh, Lee Stearns, Alisha Pradhan, Jon E. Froehlich, Leah Findlater

| Acceptance Rate: 26.2% (33 / 126)

keywords: wearables, visual impairments, mobile, on-body interaction, microinteraction

Noa Chazan, Jon E. Froehlich, Jamie H Gilkeson, Matthew L Mauriello

A Pilot Deployment of an Online Tool for Large-Scale Virtual Auditing of Urban Accessibility

Manaswi Saha, Kotaro Hara, Soheil Behnezhad, Anthony Li, Mikey Saugstad, Teja Maddali, Sage Chen, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: mobility impairments, gis, crowdsourcing, urban accessibility

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk

Augmented Reality Magnification for Low Vision Users with the Microsoft Hololens and a Finger-Worn Camera

Victor De Souza, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich, Lee Stearns, Jessica Yin

keywords: wearables, visual impairments, assistive technology, augmented reality, reading printed text, magnification

PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight

TacTILE: A Preliminary Toolchain for Creating Accessible Graphics with 3D-Printed Overlays and Auditory Annotations

Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich, Liang He, Zijian Wan

keywords: blind, visual impairments, touchscreens, 3d printing, fabrication, speech interfaces, accessible graphics

PDF | doi | Citation |

Designing 3D-Printed Deformation Behaviors Using Spring-Based Structures: An Initial Investigation

Jon E. Froehlich, Mark Fuge, Liang He, Joshua Land, Huaishu Peng

keywords: 3d printing, fabrication, 3d-printed deformation behaviors, mechanical springs

PDF | doi | Citation | Ondulé

A Temporal Thermography System for Supporting Longitudinal Building Energy Audits

keywords: thermography, sustainable hci, environmental sustainability, environmental hci, sustainability, information visualization, thermal cameras, environmental sensing, sensors, design, environment, sustainability

PDF | doi | Citation | Scalable Thermography

Scalable Methods and Tools to Support Thermographic Data Collection and Analysis for Energy Audits

Matthew L Mauriello

keywords: thermography, sustainable hci, environmental sustainability, sustainability, thermal cameras, mobile, sensors, design, environment, sustainability

PDF | doi | Citation | Scalable Thermography

Early Explorations of Deformable Interactive Designs with 3D-Printed Springs

Liang He, Joshua Land, Huaishu Peng, Mark Fuge, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: fabricated objects

Erica Brown, Jon E. Froehlich, Matthew L Mauriello, Manaswi Saha

Live Physiological Sensing and Visualization Ecosystems: An Activity Theory Analysis

Tamara L. Clegg, Leyla Norooz, Seokbin Kang, Virginia Byrne, Monica Katzen, Angelisa Plane, Vanessa Oguamanam, Thomas Outing, Elizabeth Bonsignore, Jason Yip, Jon E. Froehlich

| Acceptance Rate: 25.0% (606 / 2424)

keywords: scientific inquiry, wearables, sensor-based learning

PDF | doi | Citation | BodyVis

Comparing Touchscreen and Mouse Input Performance by People With and Without Upper Body Motor Impairments

Leah Findlater, Karyn Moffatt, Jon E. Froehlich, Meethu Malu, Joan Zhang

| Acceptance Rate: 25.0% (606 / 2424)

keywords: accessibility, touchscreen accessibility, motor impairments, human performance, input devices, touchscreens, mouse

PDF | doi | Citation |

Differences in Crowdsourced vs. Lab-based Mobile and Desktop Input Performance Data

Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich, Karyn Moffatt, Joan Zhang

| Acceptance Rate: 25.0% (606 / 2424)

keywords: crowdsourcing, mobile, human performance, input devices, touchscreens

PDF | doi | Citation

Exploring Novice Approaches to Smartphone-based Thermographic Energy Auditing: A Field Study

| Acceptance Rate: 25.0% (606 / 2424)

keywords: formative inquiry, sustainable hci, urban informatics, environmental sustainability, environmental hci, sustainability

PDF | doi | Citation | Talk | Scalable Thermography

MakerWear: A Tangible Approach to Interactive Wearable Creation for Children

Majeed Kazemitabaar, Jason McPeak, Alex Jiao, Liang He, Thomas Outing, Jon E. Froehlich

| Best Paper Award

keywords: wearables, children, making, tangible interaction

PDF | Citation | MakerWear

SqueezaPulse: Adding Interactive Input to Fabricated Objects Using Corrugated Tubes and Air Pulses

Liang He, Gierad Laput, Eric Brockmeyer, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: fabricated objects, acoustic sensing, squeeze interactions, corrugated acoustics

PDF | Citation | SqueezaPulse

2016

Localization of Skin Features on the Hand and Wrist From Small Image Patches

Lee Stearns, Uran Oh, Bridget Cheng, Leah Findlater, David Ross, Rama Chellappa, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: handsight, computer vision, machine learning, on-body interaction, skin texture classification, biometrics, skin-based localization

Evaluating Haptic and Auditory Directional Guidance to Assist Blind People in Reading Printed Text Using Finger-Mounted Cameras

Lee Stearns, Ruofei Du, Uran Oh, Catherine Jou, Leah Findlater, David Ross, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: wearables, handsight, accessibility, visual impairments, real-time ocr, blind reading

New Horizons for the IoT in Everyday Life: Proactive, Shared, Sustainable

Joel Fischer, James A. Colley, Ewa Luger, Michael Golembewski, Enrico Costanza, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Stephen Viller, Ian Oakley, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: iot, internet of things, sharing economy, automation

PDF | doi | Citation

“That's Your Heart!”: Live Physiological Sensing & Visualization Tools for Life-Relevant & Collaborative STEM Learning

Leyla Norooz, Tamara L. Clegg, Seokbin Kang, Angelisa Plane, Vanessa Oguamanam, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: sharedphys, bodyvis, physiological sensing, large-screen displays, mixed-reality, scientific inquiry, collaborative learning, stem, wearables

PDF | doi | Citation | BodyVis

SharedPhys: Live Physiological Sensing, Whole-Body Interaction, and Large-Screen Visualizations to Support Shared Inquiry Experiences

Seokbin Kang, Leyla Norooz, Vanessa Oguamanam, Angelisa Plane, Tamara L. Clegg, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: sharedphys, bodyvis, physiological sensing, large-screen displays, mixed-reality, scientific inquiry, collaborative learning, stem, wearables

Evaluating Angular Accuracy of Wrist-based Haptic Directional Guidance for Hand Movement

Jonggi Hong, Lee Stearns, Tony Cheng, Jon E. Froehlich, David Ross, Leah Findlater

keywords: wearables, haptics, non-visual directional guidance, handsight

Matthew L Mauriello, Matthew Dahlhausen, Erica Brown, Manaswi Saha, Jon E. Froehlich

The Future Role of Thermography in Human-Building Interaction

keywords: thermography, human-building interaction, thermal cameras

Kotaro Hara, Christine Chan, Jon E. Froehlich

ReWear: Early Explorations of a Modular Wearable Construction Kit for Young Children

Majeed Kazemitabaar, Liang He, Katie Wang, Chloe Aloimonos, Tony Cheng, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: wearables, e-textiles, construction kits, electronic textiles, children, making

PDF | Citation | MakerWear

The Design of Assistive Location-based Technologies for People with Ambulatory Disabilities: A Formative Study

keywords: accessibility, mobility impairments, formative study, gis, navigation, trip planning

Kotaro Hara, Jon E. Froehlich

2015

Characterizing and Visualizing Physical World Accessibility at Scale Using Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning

keywords: crowdsourcing accessibility, computer vision, google street view, amazon mechanical turk, personalized routing, accessibility map visualizations

Supporting Everyday Activities for Persons with Visual Impairments Through Computer Vision-Augmented Touch

Leah Findlater, Lee Stearns, Ruofei Du, Uran Oh, David Ross, Rama Chellappa, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: computer vision, blind, visual impairments, finger camera, touch vision

Majeed Kazemitabaar, Leyla Norooz, Mona Leigh Guha, Jon E. Froehlich

MakerShoe: Towards an E-Textile Construction Kit to Support Creativity, Playful Making, and Self-Expression

keywords: wearables, e-textiles, construction kits, electronic textiles, children, making

PDF | Citation | MakerWear

Understanding the Role of Thermography in Energy Auditing: Current Practices and the Potential for Automated Solutions

Matthew L Mauriello, Leyla Norooz, Jon E. Froehlich

| Honorable Mention

keywords: energy audits, thermography, robotics, formative inquiry, design probes, sustainable hci, human-robotic interaction

Head-Mounted Display Visualizations to Support Sound Awareness for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Ramani Duraiswami, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich, Jamie H Gilkeson, Benjamin Holland, Dhruv Jain, Christian Volger, Dmitry Zotkin

keywords: wearables, accessibility, deaf, hard of hearing, head-mounted display, wearable, sound visualization, conversation support

PDF | Citation | GlassEar

AtmoSPHERE: Representing Space and Movement Using Sand Traces in an Interactive Zen Garden

Ruofei Du, Kent Wills, Max Potasznik, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: calm technology, tangible interactive art, xy servo table, sand drawings, zen gardens, physical computing

Ladan Najafizadeh, Seokbin Kang, Jon E. Froehlich

"I Like This Shirt": Exploring the Translation of Social Mechanisms in the Virtual World into Physical Experiences

keywords: wearables, e-textiles, tangible social interaction, social fabric, social objects

Leyla Norooz, Matthew L Mauriello, Anita Jorgensen, Brenna McNally, Jon E. Froehlich

BodyVis: A New Approach to Body Learning Through Wearable Sensing and Visualization

| Honorable Mention

keywords: physiological sensing, wearables, interactive body learning, tangible interactive computing

Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders by Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmark Locations with Google Street View: An Extended Analysis

Kotaro Hara, Shiri Azenkot, Megan Campbell, Cynthia Bennett, Vicki Le, Sean Pannella, Robert Moore, Kelly Minckler, Rochelle Ng, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: accessibility, crowdsourcing accessibility, google street view, low-vision, public transport, bus stop auditing, crowdsourcing, blind users, accessible bus stops, remote data collection

Gamifying Green: Gamification and Environmental Sustainability

keywords: persuasive technology, environmental sustainability, gamification, ubigreen, nest, opower, bikeshare, eco-driving, toyota prius, nissan leaf, recyclebank, ethics, gamifying green, motivation, credibility

2014

Tohme: Detecting Curb Ramps in Google Street View Using Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning

Kotaro Hara, Jin Sun, Robert Moore, David Jacobs, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: crowdsourcing accessibility, computer vision, google street view, amazon mechanical turk

The Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Finger-Mounted Camera and Feedback System to Enable Reading of Printed Text for the Blind

Lee Stearns, Ruofei Du, Uran Oh, Yumeng Wang, Rama Chellappa, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: wearables, accessibility, real-time ocr, text reading for blind

Matthew L Mauriello, Jon E. Froehlich

Towards Automated Thermal Profiling of Buildings at Scale Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and 3D-Reconstruction

keywords: environmental sustainability, 3d thermography, aerial robotics, automated energy auditing, building assessment

Jon E. Froehlich, Matthew Kay, Jakob Eg Larsen, Edison Thomaz

Disasters in Personal Informatics: The Unpublished Stories of Failure and Lessons Learned

keywords: personal informatics, field studies, quantified self, failures

Michael Gubbels, Jon E. Froehlich

Physically Computing Physical Computing: Creative Tools for Building with Physical Materials and Computation

keywords: children, making, physical computing, tangible user interfaces, makers, pixel, sensors, actuators, programming, materials

Matthew L Mauriello, Michael Gubbels, Jon E. Froehlich

Social Fabric Fitness: The Design and Evaluation of Wearable E-Textile Displays to Support Group Running

keywords: wearables, wearable displays, e-textiles, personal informatics, running, sports, health, fitness

PDF | Citation | Social Fabric Fitness

2013

An Initial Study of Automatic Curb Ramp Detection with Crowdsourced Verification using Google Street View Images

Kotaro Hara, Jin Sun, Noa Chazan, David Jacobs, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: computer vision, accessible urban navigation, mechanical turk, data collection, accessible cities, physical accessibility, crowdsourcing, google streetview, crowd verification

Yoojin Kim, Nitaben Sutreja, Jon E. Froehlich, Leah Findlater

Surveying the Accessibility of Touchscreen Games for Persons with Motor Impairments: A Preliminary Analysis

keywords: accessibility, motor impairments, smartphones, accessible touchscreens, tablets

PDF | Citation |

Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders by Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmark Locations with Google Street View

Kotaro Hara, Shiri Azenkot, Megan Campbell, Cynthia Bennett, Vicki Le, Sean Pannella, Robert Moore, Kelly Minckler, Rochelle Ng, Jon E. Froehlich

| Best Paper Award

keywords: crowdsourcing accessibility, google street view, accessible public transit, blind, low-vision, accessible urban navigation, mechanical turk, data collection, accessible cities

Leyla Norooz, Jon E. Froehlich

Exploring Early Designs for Teaching Anatomy and Physiology to Children Using Wearable E-Textiles

keywords: wearables, e-textiles, sensing and feedback, children, live physiology, educational technology, teaching, anatomy, body learning

Exploring Early Solutions for Automatically Identifying Inaccessible Sidewalks in the Physical World using Google Street View

Kotaro Hara, Victoria Le, Jin Sun, David Jacobs, Jon E. Froehlich

keywords: computer vision, google street view, machine learning, crowdsourcing, physical world accessibility, street-level accessibility

Eric Hekler, Predrag Klasnja, Jon E. Froehlich, Matthew Buman

Mind the Theoretical Gap: Interpreting, Using, and Developing Behavioral Theory in HCI Research

| Best Paper Award

keywords: health, behavioral science, behavioral theory, persuasive technology, persuasive design, behavior change, environmental sustainability, eco-feedback

Kotaro Hara, Victoria Le, Jon E. Froehlich

Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich, Kays Fattal, Jacob Wobbrock, Tanya Dastyar

| Honorable Mention

keywords: touchscreen accessibility, older adults, motor impaired users, controlled lab study

PDF | Citation |

Combining Crowdsourcing and Google Street View to Identify Street-level Accessibility Problems

keywords: crowdsourcing accessibility, google street view, accessible urban navigation, mechanical turk, data collection, accessible cities, physical accessibility, wheelchair, urban informatics