CAREER: Using Cultural Theory to Design Everyday Computing

计算设备和应用程序正在迅速渗透到我们日常生活的方方面面。计算从办公室桌面到家庭、社区和游戏中无处不在的存在对人机交互构成了挑战，因为对工作场所计算最重要的许多属性，如效率、解决问题的功能和标准化，对我们生活的其他部分来说并不是那么重要。设计适合日常生活的日常计算应用程序需要重新思考和调整我们的方法；否则，我们可能会让我们的所有生活都像工作一样。在这个项目中，PI将利用文化理论来分析日常生活的文化背景，并开发适当的计算机科学技术和方法，以支持开放式活动、用户反思、生活方式的变化、个人意义和日常价值观。这些主题将在三个应用程序的背景下进行研究：监测家庭情感氛围并为用户提供开放式反馈的系统；支持消费意识的家庭信息家电；以及探索背包旅行中情感问题的情感可穿戴设备。该项目整合了构成康奈尔大学新的信息科学计划的各学科的活动，并支持巩固目前在这一领域工作的跨学科研究人员社区。它还将教育来自不同背景和兴趣的学生通过跨学科课程和参与PI的研究来整合技术和文化观点。

Computing devices and applications are rapidly infiltrating every aspect of our everyday lives. The move of computing from the office desktop to ubiquitous presence in homes, in communities, and at play poses a challenge to human-computer interaction, because many of the attributes that are most important for workplace computing such as efficiency, problem-solving functionality, and standardization, are less central for other parts of our lives. Designing everyday computing applications that are appropriate for everyday life requires rethinking and adapting our methodologies; otherwise, we risk making all of our life like work. In this project, the PI will exploit cultural theory to analyze the cultural context of everyday life and develop appropriate computer science technologies and methodologies that support open-ended activity, user reflection, variations in style of living, personal meaning, and everyday values. These themes will be studied within the context of three applications: a system that monitors a home's emotional climate and provides users with open-ended feedback about it; information appliances for the home that support awareness of consumption; and an affective wearable device that explores emotional issues in backpacking. The project integrates activities across the disciplines that make up Cornell's new Information Science program, and supports the consolidation of the currently fragmented interdisciplinary community of researchers working in this area. It will also educate students from a variety of backgrounds and interests to integrate technical and cultural perspectives through interdisciplinary courses and involvement in the PI's research.