LASIGE Talks are fortnightly/monthly events to publicize recently distinguished publications or ongoing cutting-edge work by researchers from the research centre, consolidating the scientific culture of the LASIGE community.
Speaker: Vivian Motti (George Mason University, HCD Lab)
Date: January 29th, 2025, Wednesday
Where: C6.3.27
Program:
11:45 “Assistive Wearables: Delivering personalized support for neurodivergent adults through smartwatch applications”
12:25 Q&A + Break for snacks & coffee
Bio: Vivian Genaro Motti is an associate professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University where she leads the Human-Centric Design Lab (HCD Lab). Her research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Wearable Health, and Usable Privacy. She is the principal investigator for a NIDILRR-funded project on assistive smartwatches for young adults in inclusive postsecondary education. Her research has been funded by NSF, TeachAccess, CCI, 4-VA, and URSP, among others. Before joining Mason, Dr. Motti was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Human-Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing – at Clemson University.
During her postdoc, she contributed to the NSF-funded Amulet project, investigating human factors, usability, and privacy of wearable devices for healthcare. Dr. Motti received her PhD from Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). During her PhD, she was a research assistant to the EU-funded FP7 Serenoa Project. Her PhD thesis concerns a multi-dimensional framework for user interfaces adapted to the context of use.