Recommender systems provide personalized information access to users of Internet
services from social networks to e-commerce to media and entertainment. As is appropriate …

HCI researchers have been gradually shifting attention from individual users to communities
when engaging in research, design, and system development. However, our field has yet to …

This paper contributes to knowledge on workshops as a research methodology, and
specifically on how such workshops pertain to e-learning. A literature review illustrated that …

Can entrepreneurs develop a nation, serve the poor, and pursue creative freedom, all while
generating economic value? In Chasing Innovation, Lilly Irani shows the contradictions that …

Practice-based design research is often emergent. Methods, tactics, goals and even topics
can unfold and change as researchers adapt and learn in the course of their projects. This …

At a time where computer technology is putting human lives and work under pressure, we
discuss how to provide alternatives. We look back at Participatory Design (PD) which was …

Paid crowd work offers remarkable opportunities for improving productivity, social mobility,
and the global economy by engaging a geographically distributed workforce to complete …

We suggest that a commitment to political participatory design defines a new role for
children in participatory practices--the role of protagonist. The objective here transcends the …

Child welfare agencies across the United States are turning to data-driven predictive
technologies (commonly called predictive analytics) which use government administrative …

The last decades in urban design research are characterised by a focus on technological
aspects of cities which is commonly known as the smart city strategy. The concerns and …