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Research
Our research is broadly organized under the following four sub-labs:
 

APPEEALS

Abilities of People: Personality, Emotion, Embodiment, Adaptation, Language, and Speech

Key Question: Given that technologies are becoming more intelligent and human-like, how can one understand, study, and design interactive technologies that produce, consume, and embody uniquely human content?

Example areas of interest:
  • Human-robot interaction
  • Adaptation to and detection of user/driver emotion
  • Voice interfaces
  • Interfaces that personalize to and adapt to users
 

CARSITE

Communication with Automobiles: Research on Safety, Information Technology, and Enjoyment

Key Question: Given that the car is becoming the fastest-growing provider and consumer of Internet and driver content, how can one understand, study, and design interactive technologies that leverage the unique car environment?

Example areas of interest:
  • Emotion of drivers and cars
  • Voice interfaces and cars
  • Cognitive load
  • Innovative interfaces (e.g., haptics, robots)
  • Cars that personalize and adapt
 

SPACE

Social and Psychological Aspects of Computing Environments

Key Question: Given that information technologies are becoming mobile and ubiquitous, how can one understand, study, and design interactive technologies in multiple or simultaneous contexts with multiple people?

Example areas of interest:
  • Mobile interfaces
  • Smart rooms
  • Intelligent agents on networks
  • Social networks
 

TEACH

Technology with Everyone at the Center of Humanity

Key Question: Given that humans, regardless of economic, cultural, or social situations are essentially the same, how can one understand, study, and design interactive technologies for developing countries that do not assume that people in these countries are "different"?

Example areas of interest:
  • Developing countries (particularly India)
  • Non-literate populations
  • Kiosks
 
 
recent publications
Takayama, L. & Nass, C. (2008). Driver safety and information from afar: An experimental study of wireless vs. in-car information services. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.

Lee, J.-E. R., Nass, C., Brave, S., Morishima, Y., Nakajima, H., & Yamada, R. (2007). The case for caring co-learners: The effects of a computer-mediated co-learner agent on trust and learning. Journal of Communication.

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in the news
Wired for Speech wins the 2007 International Communication Association Outstanding Book Award for 2005-2006.

join the lab
Interested in doing research with the lab? We work with undergraduate student researchers (SRs), providing opportunities for direct hands-on experience with laboratory research.

Contact us to apply!