KhouryVis, CONGRATULATIONS DOCTOR LAURA SOUTH on a successful #PhD dissertation defense of "Designing for Photosensitive Epilepsy Across Social, Interactive, and Immersive Platforms"! and to Dr. @michelle_borkin for the immense achievements of your student! #DataVis #HCI #a11y
If you are #photosensitive (or just hate strobing graphics!) you can install Laura's Chrome Extension PhotosensitivityPal here to automatically flag GIFs: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/photosensitivitypal/jfbeiilmcgaofgkhkbdepkafoikbmklh?pli=1
Dr. Michelle Borkin (left) and Dr. Laura South (right) celebrating with some sparkling cider in the lab
Summary of Contributions: RG1: Understanding user needs Interviews, Online forums Social VR, Films, and long-form media RG2: Designing effective systems System prototypes, Evaluation benchmarks Consumer-driven, Creator- driven, Platform-driven Simulated and collected datasets GIFs, Data vis, Films RG3: Collecting empirical data Testing In-the-wild, Crowdsourced warnings GIFs, Data vis, Films and videos
Whiteboard doodles: Map showing Massachusetts with Williams College and Northeastern connected by hearts. Blue tulip and the words "you should be so proud!"