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A3: A Coding Guidline
A3: A Coding Guideline for HCI+Autism Research using Video Annotation.

A3 (pronounced A-Cubed) or Annotation for ASD Analysis, define and operationalize a set of dependent variables which are ideal for the examination and evaluation (through Video Annotation) of the behavior of subjects with ASD who interact with technology.
Joshua Hailpern
Visualization of Remote Conversation Example
Visual Remote Conversations

The number of face to face conversations is consistently decreasing as new technologies increasingly available. We attempt to add back some of the nonverbal information lost with the addition of visual cues.
Pooja Mathur, Tony Bergstrom
A Spoken Impact
Spoken Impact Project: Audio and Visual Feedback for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

We explore how audio and visual feedback can encourage speech and vocalization in children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Joshua Hailpern
Better Energy Consumption Indicator
Designing a Better Energy Consumption Indicator

Rethinking how we can visualize energy consumption to homeowners using multiple levels of disaggregated goal-based feedback, including real-time, historical, and community comparisons
Erik Hinterbichler
network in the garden
The Network in the Garden: Social Media in Rural Life

Empirical analysis of behavioral differences between over 3,000 rural and urban social media users.
Eric Gilbert
VCode & VData
VCode and VData

VCode and VData are two new free tools to facilitate annotation and agreement calculations for Video. They are optimized for the annotation workflow, thus helping to provide accuracy and reliability.
Joshua Hailpern & Joey Hagedorn
conversation votes
Conversation Votes

Conversation Votes allows non-speaking participants an opportunity to augment and annotate a social mirror of conversation. This table visualization gives a voice to quiet comments.
Tony Bergstrom
lifesource
CodeSaw

CodeSaw is a social visualization of distributed software development. It visualizes both code and the conversation surrounding the code in a single space.
Eric Gilbert
isochords
Isochords

Isochords is a visualization of music focused upon the consonat intervals. Visually, it emphasizes chord structures and modulation to aid the understanding of chord quality, chord progressions, modulations, etc.
Tony Bergstrom
ginger

Ginger

Ginger extended the forms of Chit Chat Club to explore abstracted visual interaction to communicate social cues. Ginger provides a physical avatar to allowing people to interact in mixed virtual and physical environments.
Tony Bergstrom and Matthew Yapchaian

conversation clock
Conversation Clock

Conversation Clock seeks to augment developing dialog by displaying a representation of conversation to all present. The table demonstrates turn-taking, domination, interruption and activity throughout a conversation.
Tony Bergstrom
portal frame
Portal Frame

Portal Frame provides a low maintanence means to foster social bonds. Based upon context aware devices, Portal Frame creates a constantly updating image indicative of the user's activity.
Tony Bergstrom
buddy squares
BuddySquares

An application to visualize instant messenger contact lists on the desktop in real time. The visualization aims to compute and display presence data in an ambient manor.
Matthew Critchlow
online queues
Online Queues

An applet that visualizes online queues and encourages interaction between those stuck in line.
Matthew Critchlow
i-living

 

text tone
TextTone

A versatile and flexible way of expressing tone and emotion in online chat.
Ankur Kalra