Judging at United Nations Reboot the Earth Hackathon
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A UN hackathon initiative in Silicon Valley - how cool is that?! The hackathon took place Nov. 7th-8th 2025 and I was part of judging all the amazing projects. A lot of the groups focused on AI-supported real-time information analyses and interactions. Definitely a couple of cool ideas. |
CHI Play'25 in Pittsburgh
Time for CHIPlay in Pittsburgh!
I presented our work on doable and locally-adapted action cards to support bottom-up flood resilience, which is a work together with James Fey and Katherine Isbister. In this Work-in-Progress, we present our approach of creating locally-adapted game content by mixing bottom-up and top-down approaches. The level to which content needs to be adapted to local contexts to support climate adaptation is an outstanding research question. Yet, a certain level is necessary to enable players/users to relate and be able to apply gathered information.
DIS'25 in Madeira
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Catching up with old and new friends at DIS'25 in Madeira, Portugal! After a wild landing, I joined an excellent workshop on "Designing Ocean Futures Literacies" organized by Lauren and their team. And I presented our work "HCI for Climate Resilience"; the first full paper of my postdoc at UCSC. |
DINACON'25 in Les, Bali
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An exciting time at DINACON has ended - now I am also a 'dinasaur'. Unlike other conference, this one asks you to spend between 1-4 weeks in a more remote location and produce something onsite for the locals. I loved that concept and had the pleasure of meeting teachers from local schools to talk about their approaches to teach about waste management. Based on my research, I developed a 32 card set that is locally adapted to the cultural norms, resources and language.
Demos and Talk at Climate Week at Baskin Engineering, UCSC
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First time demoing our prototypes with a broader audience at climate week! Both my student groups used the event to present their games and get feedback. The picture shows visitors around our AR stand. I also gave a talk on "Technology-Enhanced Informal Learning for Climate Resilience". If you're interested, feel free to check out the slides here. |