Danielle Lottridge
Digital Wellbeing: from Human Factors to Mixed Reality Rehab
When: Thursday 4th May, 2 pm
Where: Amphitheatre, Bat 660 How to get to there?
Abstract
The last 50 years of human computer interaction research have seen a shift of focus from task completion and work to supporting healthy use of computers and smartphones in our everyday lives. A growing body of research maps habits and uses of technology to mental and emotional health, relating patterns of use to stress and productivity. Less clear is how our everyday digital use changes us, e.g., how social platforms shape our relationships and digital interactions change how we think. This talk reviews grand challenges of research on digital wellbeing and charts the territory from pathological technology use to productive, embodied and creative use.
Bio:
Danielle Lottridge is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Auckland. Danielle studied at both the University of Toronto (PhD Human Factors Engineering) and Stanford University (Postdoctoral fellow in Communication), where she was the recipient of a Google Research Award. Before moving to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2018, Danielle did research at Yahoo Inc, working as part of an internal innovation team that released the videochat app Cabana, which was featured among “New apps we love” by the Apple App store. Her research uses the lens of Affective Interaction to reveal motivations, emotions and needs that underlie use in addition to impacts of use. This approach has been applied to better understand and to design for interactions ranging from multitasking to mixed reality as an aid for stroke survivors.