Future workplaces
Technology platforms are emerging as a new kind of workplace: from crowdwork to ‘peer economy’ platforms. This project uses ethnographic methods to address questions such as: Who are the workers on these platforms? What are…
Technology platforms are emerging as a new kind of workplace: from crowdwork to ‘peer economy’ platforms. This project uses ethnographic methods to address questions such as: Who are the workers on these platforms? What are…
OPAL is a programming language and environment for designing intelligent assistants based on natural language. Tasks in OPAL can explore multiple hypothetical worlds to resolve the ambiguity in users’ intent by exploring its potential implications…
Tamiko will discuss recent and current projects. A current project: “In the early/mid 1980s I was responsible for the visual and physical form of the Connection Machine CM-1/CM-2 massively parallel supercomputer;” now she is seeking…
One out of four people in the world have experienced mental illness at some point in their lives. DiPsy is a digital psychologist presented as a personalized chatbot, who can evaluate, diagnose, treat and study…
My group’s research in Human-Computer Interaction focuses on design, prototyping and implementation tools for the era of ubiquitous embedded computing and digital fabrication. We focus especially on supporting the growing ranks of amateur designers and…
Room2Room is a life-size telepresence system that leverages projected augmented reality to enable co-present interaction between two remote participants.