[CS] Harrison Dong MS Presentation - October 21, 2024

[Jessica Garza via cs]

This is an announcement of Harrison Dong's MS Presentation. Harrison is a student in the Bx/MS in CS Program.

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Candidate: Harrison Dong

Date: Monday, October 21, 2024

Time:  3:00 pm CT

Location: JCL 390

Title: FocuShift: Actuated Intervention to Prevent Smartphone Overuse via Phone-Attached Shape-Changing Device

Abstract: 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.

Advisor: Ken Nakagaki

Committee Members: Ken Nakagaki, Pedro Lopes, Marshini Chetty

Jessica Garza
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Computer Science
The University of Chicago
John Crerar Library 374
Office: (773) 702-2336

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