[CS] Jasmine Liang Lu Candidacy Exam/May 14, 2025

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This is an announcement of Jasmine Liang Lu's Candidacy Exam.
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Candidate: Jasmine Liang Lu

Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Time:  3 pm CST

Remote Location: https://uchicago.zoom.us/my/hcilab (password: hci)

Location: JCL 298

Title: (Re)computing electronic waste: empowering users towards reducing, reusing, and recycling electronic waste

Abstract: Innovations across computing have enabled technologies to become ubiquitous, essential parts of our daily lives. However, the rapid development of new technologies has also enabled the rapid generation of electronic waste. In fact, e-waste is the largest consumer waste stream in the world with estimates of 82 million tons being generated annually by 2030. While much of the field of human computer interaction focuses on building and interacting with devices during device use, in my work, I explore how to extend to interactions beyond device use to also include when devices often become e-waste. To do so, I investigate "re-computing" electronic waste by incorporating computational methods and interaction design towards reducing, reusing, and recycling electronic waste. During this talk, I'll present an overview of our approaches: (1) exploring existing approaches in reusing e-waste, (2) building computational recycling tools, and (3) empowering end-users in sustainable computing. 

Advisors: Pedro Lopes

Committee Members: Pedro Lopes, Eric Paulos, Gregory Abowd and Ken Nakagaki