<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is an announcement of Harrison Dong's MS Presentation. Harrison is a student in the Bx/MS in CS Program.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">===============================================</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Candidate: Harrison Dong</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Date: Monday, October 21, 2024</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Time: 3:00 pm CT</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Location: JCL 390</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Title: </span><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FocuShift: Actuated Intervention to Prevent Smartphone Overuse via Phone-Attached Shape-Changing Device</span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Abstract: </span><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With instant gratification constantly available at the tap of a screen, smartphone overuse has quickly become a widespread problem. Many digital applications have been built to combat this issue, either by blocking content entirely or by asking users to pause and reconsider before entering a distracting app. In this paper, we propose FocuShift, a shape-changing device that attaches to the phone case, as a novel tangible intervention to prevent smartphone overuse. Our device is designed to trigger a shape-change intervention periodically while a user is engaging with a distracting app, altering the ergonomics of the phone and promoting awareness while distracted. We deployed our device in-the-wild for a 48 hour study, comparing screen-time between baseline phone usage and phone usage with our shape-changing intervention active. We then conducted interviews with participants to understand the qualitative merits of our proof-of-concept.</span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div><font color="#000000">Advisor: <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ken Nakagaki</span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Committee Members: </span><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ken Nakagaki, Pedro Lopes, Marshini Chetty</span></font></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>
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