Pardis Miri
Human Computer Interaction
semiri [at] ucsc [dot] edu
CV
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Papers
Assessment of Alternative Interfaces for Manual Commanding of Spacecraft Systems: Compatibility with Flexible Allocation Policies
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2014Authors: Dorrit Billman, Debra Schreckengost and Pardis Miri
PortLand: A Scalable Fault-Tolerant Layer 2 Data Center Network Fabric
Sigcomm 2009Authors: Radhika Niranjan Mysore, Andreas Pamboris, Nathan Farrington, Nelson Huang, Pardis Miri, Sivasankar Radhakrishnan, Vikram Subramanya, and Amin Vahdat
Present Projects
Research
I am excited about how to use new affordances of technology to more effectively engage, influence, shape, and change people's behavior for good by tapping into human emotion via wearable technology.
My reserach is a series of user-centric attempts to understand emotion and form novel ways to express and receive emotion via wearable technology.
I am interested in design and development of a system that targets immediate emotional expressivity over distance through technology affordances.
Emotional Expression
The expression of affection to our loved ones, the occasional “I love you”, “I think of you” or “I miss you” is critical to people’s wellbeing. However, current lifestyles and working situations pose barriers to emotional expression. An increasing number of couples are in long distance relationships. Substantial numbers of immigrant-oriented youth enter different countries every year trying to readjust living far away from their loved ones. All these people one way or another miss opportunities to express their feelings face-to-face. But, still they try to find ways to express their emotions over a distance.
Emotional Expressivity through Technology
The purpose of the study is to undersetand how people express their emotions through technology and how they wish they could have express their emotions assuming no technology limitations. The results of this study will be used to develop new ways for emotional expressivity using technology.
Emotional Expression Encoding and Decoding
This study is based on an early work that suggests the expression of personal emotions through private agreed codes or non-verbal expressions through wearable technology.
Wearable technologies either in the form of accessories (e.g. Google glasses, Haptic watches, EKG bracelets and etc.) or clothing with woven electronics and sensors are getting more publicity these days. The results of this study provide useful guidelines for a design of a user-friendly wearable smart clothing that allows non-verbal emotional expressivity.
What is Human Emotion?
My notes are based on the class thought by Professor June Gruber from Yale University. The course discusses the evolutionary origins of distinct emotions such as love, anger, fear, and disgust. It also covers how emotions might color processes such as thinking and memory, the relationship between emotions and the brain, development of emotions in childhood, and how emotions shape our social relationships. The course concludes by studying the pursuit of happiness and well-being, trying to understand what makes us happy.
Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods
My takeways from the Qualitative Data Analysis graduate level class at Univeristy of California, Santa Cruz.
Stanford HCI Seminar
My takeways from the HCI seminars at Stanford University.