Research Interests	In many areas of human enterprise, individuals are often faced with considerable discrepancies between their vision of a responsible and thoughtful lifestyle and their actual daily behaviors. These areas include health and wellness, environmental sustainability and personal finance, among many others. In my research I investigate how computing technologies, in particular ubiquitous and pervasive computing, can help individuals bridge this gap and become more thoughtful and reflective, learn from personal experience, and translate their knowledge into action. In my PhD work, I explored these questions in the context of health management and care of chronic diseases, specifically diabetes. My research is grounded in field studies of complex human problems. I engage with research questions through the design and rapid prototyping of novel computing applications. I draw insights into the nature of relationships between humans and computing through in-depth analysis of individuals’ adoption of the new technology during deployment studies. I rely on a mixed-methods approach, combining techniques inspired by ethnography with controlled experiments.
Education	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Ph.D., Human-Centered Computing (2005-2009, Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth D. Mynatt) Minor: Cognitive Science Thesis title: “Designing Ubiquitous Computing Technologies for Reflection and Learning” Thesis committee: Dr. Gregory Abowd, Dr. Amy Bruckman, Dr. Nancy Nersessian, Dr. Paul Dourish (external) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA M.S. Human-Computer Interaction (1998-2000) Specialization: Computer Science Awarded a Certificate in Cognitive Science Ukrainian State Maritime Technical University, Nikolayev, Ukraine B.S. Computer Science (1990 – 1996) Minor: Shipbuilding Engineering Thesis title: “Design of AutoCad system for ship hull design”
Awards and Grants	— CHI 2006 Best Paper nomination — NYS Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research CAT 2004/05, $75K — NYS Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research CAT 2003/04, $50K — IBM Research Division Award for “Outstanding Contribution as a Summer Student”, Summer 1999
Publications
Journals and Scientific Magazines	Mamykina, L., Mynatt, E.D., 2008 (forthcoming). Two Approaches to Interpreting Health and Wellness Information, in International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (JAPUC), 2009. Mamykina, L., Candy, L., and Edmonds, E. 2002. Collaborative creativity. In Communications of ACM (CACM) 45, 10 (Oct. 2002), 96-99.
Conference Proceeding (Peer Reviewed)	Mamykina, L., Mynatt, E., Davidson, P., and Greenblatt, D. 2008. MAHI: investigation of social scaffolding for reflective thinking in diabetes management. In Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Florence, Italy, April 05 - 10, 2008). CHI '08. ACM, New York, NY, 477-486. Lin, J.J., Mamykina, L., Lindtner, S., Delajoux, G., and Strub, H.B. 2006 Fis’N’Steps: Encouraging Physical Activity with an Interactive Computer Game, in Proceedings of Ubicomp 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Volume 4206/2006, pp. 261-278. Mamykina, L., Mynatt, E. D., and Kaufman, D. R. 2006. Investigating health management practices of individuals with diabetes. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Montréal, Québec, Canada, April 22 - 27, 2006). R. Grinter, T. Rodden, P. Aoki, E. Cutrell, R. Jeffries, and G. Olson, Eds. CHI '06. ACM, New York, NY, 927-936. (Best Paper Nomination: top 5%) Lee, M.D., Mamykina, L., Harrison, C., 2005. Relational and Metaphorical Approaches to Information Visualization: Effects of Age and Graphical Facility, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2005, Orlando, Fl. Mamykina, L., Goose, S., Hedqvist, D., and Beard, D. V. 2004. CareView: analyzing nursing narratives for temporal trends. In CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Vienna, Austria, April 24 - 29, 2004). CHI '04. ACM, New York, NY, 1147-1150. Mamykina, L., Mynatt, E., and Terry, M. A. 2001. Time Aura: interfaces for pacing. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Seattle, Washington, United States). CHI '01. ACM, New York, NY, 144-151. Mamykina, L. and Wolf, C. G. 2000. Evolution of Contact Point: a case study of a help desk and its users. In Proceedings of the 2000 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States). CSCW '00. ACM, New York, NY, 41-48.
Patents:	Dai, J.-L., Mamykina O., Masticola, S., McGee, A., Michelis, R., Dapaport D., Remote wellness monitoring and communication, (United States Patent Application 20060008058)
Book Chapters (Peer Reviewed)	Mamykina, L., Mynatt, E.D., (forthcoming) An Iterative Discovery Approach in Designing Ubicomp Technologies that Assist Individuals in Managing Diabetes, in Informatics of Diabetes, (Asprey, W., Hayes, B., editors), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. Mynatt, E.D., Abowd, G.D., Mamykina, L., Keintz, J.A., (forthcoming) Understanding the Potential of Ubiquitous Computing for Chronic Disease Management, in Informatics of Diabetes, (Asprey, W., Hayes, B., editors), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. Mamykina, L., Mynatt, E.D., (forthcoming) Interpreting Health and Wellness Information in RFID & Smart Technologies for Information Convergence (Symonds, J., editor), IGI Global Publications.
Workshop Position Papers and Conferences without Proceedings	Mamykina, L., and Mynatt, E.D., 2009. Supporting diabetes management practices with ubiquitous computing, to be presented at the Engaging Design workshop at the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI’09 Mamykina, L. and Mynatt, E. D. 2007. Investigating and supporting health management practices of individuals with diabetes. In Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGMOBILE international Workshop on Systems and Networking Support For Healthcare and Assisted Living Environments (San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 11 - 11, 2007). HealthNet '07. ACM, New York, NY, 49-54. Mamykina, L., Mynatt, E.D., Role of Community Support in Coping with Chronic Diseases: A Case Study of a Diabetes Support Group, HCI International, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Abowd, G.D., Hayes, G.R., Kientz, J.A., Mamykina L., Mynatt E.D., Chronic Care Management: An Opportunity for Collaborative Technologies, Human Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC), HCIC’06, Colorado, USA. Mamykina, L., 2001, Supporting creativity of multidisciplinary teams, presented at the Computing for Creativity workshop at SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI’01.
Workshop Organizer	Randell, R., Fitzpatrick, G., Wilson, S., Mamykina, L., Tang, C., Evaluating new interactions in healthcare: challenges and approaches. In CHI '09 Extended Abstracts of ACM on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Boston, USA, April 4-9, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New York, NY. Mamykina, L., Bardram, J. E., Korhonen, I., Mynatt, E., and Pratt, W. 2004. HCI and homecare: connecting families and clinicians. In CHI '04 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Vienna, Austria, April 24 - 29, 2004). CHI '04. ACM, New York, NY, 1715-1716.
Invited Talks and Panels	“Interacting with eHealth: towards grand challenges for HCI” Panel at CHI’2009. In Extended Abstracts of ACM on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Boston, USA, April 4-9, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New York, NY. “Designing for reflection in chronic disease management”, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation workshop on Personal Health, December 2008 “Ubiquitous Computing Technologies for Elder Care”, New York Council of Senior Centers and Services (CSCS) 2005 Conference, Gratitude & Growth: Celebrating Diversity in Aging (workshop on Technology in Aging Services: Using it Today and Developing it for Tomorrow), January 2005 “Designing for Behavioral Change in Disease Management”, Columbia University, Department of Biomedical Informatics, May 2004 “Human Computer Interaction Techniques for Disease Management”, Thought Leaders Workshop, Rochester University, April 2004 “Practical application of HCI”, Georgia Institute of Technology, HCI MS annual open house, February 2004’
Affiliations and Community Service	— ACM SIGCHI professional membership since 1998 — ACM SIGCHI, CHI reviewer since 1999 — UbiComp reviewer since 2005 — UIST reviewer since 2007 — CSCW reviewer since 2007
Teaching Experience	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Spring 2006) Graduate Teaching Assistant (Dr. Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Advanced topics in HCC) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Spring 2000) Graduate Teaching Assistant (Dr. Wendy Newstetter, Qualitative Methods in HCI) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Fall 1999) Graduate Teaching Assistant (Dr. Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Introduction to HCI) Students Advised: — Daniel Greenblatt (M.S. HCI, Georgia Tech) — Gregory Delajoux (M.S. CS, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) — Kevin Trinn (B.S. CS, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Professional Experience
08/01-04/08	SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, Princeton, NJ Member of Technical Staff
08/01-08/02	ELIAS ARTS LLC., New York, NY Experience designer and strategist
07/00-07/01	RAZORFISH INC., New York, NY Usefulness and Usability Analyst, Information Architect
06/99-08/99	TJ WATSON IBM RESEARCH CENTER, Hawthorn, NY