Personal Informatics and Social Sharing
I research
personal informatics applications, which are tools to collect personal information for self-reflection. I have started my work with automated collection tools, such as Pedometers and GPS Applications. I am interested in how social sharing can be used as a motivational tool for behavior change. There are many challenges with social sharing, around how people present themselves and want to maintain privacy.
Improving Resiliency in Parallel Processors
I previously worked on using redundancy to increase processor resiliency. As more processor cores are integrated into single chips, redundancy of components has become a common tactic. In certain parallel processor architectures, this redundancy can be enacted at multiple granularities (e.g. an entire processor core can be replicated, or just a component within one).
Text Entry with a Game Controller
As social experiences become ingrained in gaming experiences, the need for text entry has increased. For my undergraduate thesis,
Andrew Gaubatz and I analyzed methods for entering text on game controllers. We compared the standard interfaces on most consoles with ones developed by researchers, and found that although the research interfaces required fewer actions, people's familiarity with the QWERTY layout made it a faster interface.
