Hwajung Hong
I am a second year Ph.D. student in Human-Centered Computing at Georgia Tech. My research interests lie in the area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, and Social Computing. I explore, design, and evaluate the social technologies to facilitate collaboration, communication, and connection to improve the well-being of the community and its members. The driving goal of my research is to develop socially empowering technology that provides life-long support for people with special needs, to translate the technology into appealing design which fits into the context of everyday life, and and to contribute practical framework of participatory design research for (with) cognitive disabilities. My advisors are Gregory Abowd and Rosa Arriaga.
Research
- Design-driven participatory research process More
- Collaborative Health Communication and Education Technology More
- Social application that promotes healthier urban food culture (Masters Project) More
- Ambient display for positive behavior changes More
Publications
Archived Conference Proceedings
- Designing a Social Network to Support the Independence of Young Adults with Autism
Hong, H., Kim, J.G., Abowd, G.D., Arriaga, R.I., Proc. of CSCW 2012: Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. Seattle, WA. 9% acceptance rate for top-tier submissions. - Towards a Framework to Situate Assistive Technology Design in the Context of Culture
Boujarwah, F.A., Nazneen, Hong, H., Abowd, G.D., Arriaga, R.I., Proc. of ACM ASSETS 2011: Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Dundee, Scotland. - Design Requirements for Ambient Display that Supports Sustainable Lifestyle
Kim, T., Hong. H., and Magerko, B., Proc. ACM DIS 2010: Conference on Designing interactive systems - Designing for Persuasion: Toward Ambient Eco-Visualization for Awareness
Kim, T., Hong. H., and Magerko, B., Proc. of Persuasive 2010: Conference on Persuasive Technology. Copenhagen, Denmark - Training Social Problem Solving Skills in Adolescents with High-Functioning Autism
Boujarwah, F.A., Hong, H., Arriaga, R.I., Abowd, G.D., Isbell, J., C., Proc. of ACM Pervasive Health 2010: Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare. Munich, Germany. - Refl-ex: Towards Designing An Interactive and Intelligent Tool for Social Skill Development of Individuals with HFA/ASD
Gillesen, J., Hong, H., Arriaga. R.I., Proc. of DPPI 2009: Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces. Compiegne, France.
Extended Abstracts, Workshops and Presentations
- A Specialized Social Networking Service to Promote the Independence of Young Adults with Autism
Hong, H., Kim, J., Abowd, G.D., Arriaga, R.I. "A Specialized Social Networking Service to Promote the Independence of Young Adults with Autism" to be presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, May 17-19 2012, Toronto, Canada. - SocialMirror: Motivating Young Adults with Autism to Practice Life Skills in a Social World
Hong, H., Kim, J.G., Abowd, G.D., Arriaga, R.I., CSCW 2012 Videos - Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Social Expectations of Individuals with Autism
Boujarwah, F.A., Nazneen, Hong, H., Abowd, G.D., Arriaga. R.I., IMFAR 2011: International Meeting for Autism Research, San Diego, CA. - Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Social Expectations of Individuals with Autism and Other Intellectual Disabilities
Boujarwah, F.A., Nazneen, Hong, H., Abowd, G.D., Arriaga. R.I., SCCR 2011: The 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, 16-19 February 2011, Charleston, SC. - TriggerHunter: Designing an Educational Game for families with Asthmatic children
Hong, H., Jeong, H., Arriaga, R.I., and Abowd, G.D., Extended Abstracts, Proc. ACM SIGCHI 2010: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Atlanta, GA. - Computer-Assisted Instruction and Social Problem Solving in Adolescents with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Isbell, J., Boujarwah, F.A., and Hong, H., Presented at the 12th Annual Conference on Autism, Intellectual Disabilities, and Other Developmental Disabilites., Maui, HI. - Interactive Visualization of Ecosystem Change for Public Education
Kim, T., Hong, H., and Magerko, B., Proc. IEEE InfoVis 2009: Symposium on Information Visualization. Atlantic City, NJ. - Coralog: Use-Aware Visualization Connecting Human Micro-Activities to Environmental Change
Kim, T., Hong, H., and Magerko, B., Extended Abstracts, Proc. ACM SIGCHI 2009: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Boston, MA.