Early development of reading habits significantly influences a child’s cognitive and linguistic growth. Shared reading—practices involving a child and a caregiver—is essential in bolstering vocabulary, comprehension, and critical thinking. Traditional joint reading sessions with printed books often involve the adult …
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Trauma is the physical, emotional, or psychological harm caused by deeply distressing experiences. With increased online interactions, social media content can trigger existing trauma and even retraumatize a person. Some platforms add content warnings related to common triggers like self-harm, …
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IFTTT enabled a novel programming experience to connect different intelligent services. For example, one can create an algorithm that will send a text message (e.g., “Don’t forget your umbrella!) if it is raining on a particular day. However, it only …
In the digital age, individuals are given various ways to portray themselves and manage self-presentation online. A growing body of research has demonstrated people express and perceive online identity through textual and visual cues such as emoji and avatar. Animated …
The advancement of machine learning and the availability of Big Data have opened up the possibilities of data-driven analysis and decision-making across nearly every industry. One example is the Construction industry, which increasingly deploys various sensing technologies in the field, …
You have been frequently watching videos from platforms such as YouTube or TikTok, odds are you have come across videos with titles such as, “REACTING TO…” or “Funny reactions of…”. This genre of videos is called “reaction videos”, namely a …
Watch me watch: Understanding watching reaction videos. Read more »
Project SHARP is aimed at assisting live coders as they code by providing version-control like functionality to each part of the piece they create. Live coding is the process in which a user uses a programming language to create something …
Voice-based conversational assistants are growing in popularity on ubiquitous mobile and stationary devices. In order to reap the benefits of these assistants fully, it is important to understand how users interact with such systems. My research project, Speech to Task, …
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In online spaces like YouTube and Reddit, algorithms are increasingly playing a significant role in shaping users’ newsfeed by personalizing content. This personalization often leads to filtering out content opposing to users’ interests, causing filter bubbles. Such filters can limit …
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This project aims to understand the state of the art of the current technologies for humanitarian demining in Colombia as a medium to generate relevant technological applications to contribute to the humanitarian demining process for both civilian and military population. …