Hello All,

Tomorrow at *11 am* Andres will be giving a talk in the DGP conference room (5187). His abstract and bio are included below.

He will also be in the lab beforehand (at around *9:30 am*) for some demos so if you would like to show him or chat with him about your work, please let me know and I will add you to the list.

-Michelle

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*Title:* Social and Spatial Interactions

*Abstract:* Mobile phones were originally conceived and have traditionally been utilized for personal use. The improvement in sensor and short-range communication technologies offers possibilities to explore shared use of mobile phones. In this paradigm shift, collocated users engage in collaborative activities using their devices, thus going from personal-individual towards shared-multiuser experiences and interactions. The Social and Spatial Interactions (SSI) platform extends the current individual use of these devices to support shared collocated interactions with mobile phones. The platform supports shared collocated interactions, using the mobile phone as a physical interface and a sensor network built in the phone to track the position of the phones on a flat surface. The question the platform addresses is if people are willing to share their devices and engage in collaborative interactions. In this talk I will discuss the different methods used to create playful and engaging interactions in the context of the SSI project.

*Bio:* I am an Associate Professor of interaction design in the Mads Clausen Insitute at the University of Southern Denmark in Kolding. My recent work at Nokia focused on the design and evaluation of novel interaction techniques for mobile phones and other interactive surfaces. My interests lie in the areas of mobile human-computer interaction (HCI), co-design, and design research.

I got my Masters degree in Visual Communication Design from Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM), Santiago, Chile. In 2004 I received a Professional Doctorate in Engineering (PDEng) degree in User-System Interaction from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands, which included a one-year project in Philips Research. In 2009 I completed my PhD at the TU/e on co-designing mixed reality support tools for industrial designers. As part of my PhD work, I was a visiting researcher at the University of Art and Design Helsinki (TAIK).