Publications
For a more complete list of publications, please see my curriculum vitae.
Journals (Peer Reviewed):
| [J.3] | Huang, E.M., K. Yatani, K.N. Truong, J.A. Kientz, and S.N. Patel. Understanding Mobile Phone Situated Sustainability: The Influence of Local Constraints and Practices on Transferability. IEEE Pervasive Computing. Special Issue on Sustainability. January 2009. pp. 46-53. | |
| [J.2] | Kientz, J.A., G.R. Hayes, T.L. Westeyn, T. Starner, and G.D. Abowd. Pervasive Computing and Autism: Assisting Caregivers of Children with Special Needs. IEEE Pervasive Computing. Special Issue on Pervasive Healthcare. January 2007. pp. 28-35. | |
| [J.1] | Abowd, G.D., G.R. Hayes, G. Iachello, J.A. Kientz, S.N. Patel, M. Stevens, K.N. Truong. Prototypes and Paratypes: Designing Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Applications. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2005. pp. 67-73. |
Conference Full Papers (Peer Reviewed):
| [C.17] | Choe, E.K., M. Duarte, and J.A. Kientz. "Understanding and Designing Computing Technologies that Convey Concerning Health News" In the Proceedings of Design & Emotion 2010. Chicago, Illinois. 2010. | |
| [C.16] | Truong, K.N., J.A. Kientz, T. Sohn, A. Rossenzweig, A. Fonville, and T. Smith. "TCBI: The Design and Evaluation of a Task-Centered Battery Interface" In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2010. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2010. (Acceptance Rate: 19%) | |
| [C.15] | Halko, S. and J.A. Kientz. "Personality and Persuasive Technology: An Exploratory Study on Health-Promoting Mobile Applications" In the Proceedings of PERSUASIVE 2009. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2010. pp. 150-161. (Acceptance Rate: 31%) (Best Paper Award) | |
| [C.14] | Patel, S.N., J.A. Kientz, and S. Gupta. "Studying the Use and Utility of an Indoor Location Tracking System for Non-Experts." In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2010). Helsinki, Finland. pp. 228-245. (Acceptance Rate: 17%) | |
| [C.13] | Kientz, J.A., R.I. Arriaga, and G.D. Abowd. "Baby Steps: Evaluation of a System to Support Record-Keeping for Parents of Young Children." In the Proceedings of CHI 2009. Boston, MA. 2009. pp. 1713-1722. (Acceptance Rate: 25%) | |
| [C.12] | Kientz, J.A. and G.D. Abowd. "KidCam: Toward an Effective Technology for the Capture of Children's Moments of Interest." In the Proceedings of Pervasive 2009. Nara, Japan. 2009. pp. 115-132. (Acceptance Rate: 18%) | |
| [C.11] | Kim, S., J.A. Kientz, S.N. Patel, and G.D. Abowd. Are You Sleeping? Sharing Portrayed Sleeping Status within a Social Network. In the Proceedings of the 21st Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '08). San Diego, California, USA. 2008. (Acceptance Rate: 23%) | |
| [C.10] | Patel, S.N., T. Robertson, J.A. Kientz, M.S. Reynolds, and G.D. Abowd. At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2007: The 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. September 16-19, Innsbruck, Austria, 2007. pp.271–288. (Acceptance Rate: 19%) (Awarded Best Paper) | |
| [C.9] | Kientz, J.A., R.I. Arriaga, M. Chetty, G.R. Hayes, J. Richardson, S.N. Patel, and G.D. Abowd. Grow and Know: Understanding Record-Keeping Needs for the Development of Young Children. In the Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '07). San Jose, California, USA. April 28 – May 3, 2007. pp. 1351-1360. (Acceptance Rate: 25%) | |
| [C.8] | Kientz, J.A., G.R. Hayes, G.D. Abowd, and R.E. Grinter. From the War Room to the Living Room: Decision Support for Home-based Therapy Teams. In the Proceedings of 2006 20th Anniversary Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '06). Banff, Alberta, Canada. November 4-8, 2006. pp. 209-218. (Acceptance Rate: 22%) (Awarded Best Paper Honorable Mention, Nomination Rate: 5%) | |
| [C.7] | Kientz, J.A., S.N. Patel, A.T. Tyebkhan, B. Gane, J. Wiley, and G.D. Abowd. Where's My Stuff? Design and Evaluation of a Mobile System for Locating Lost Items for the Visually Impaired. In the Proceedings of the 8th international ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '06). Portland, Oregon, USA. Oct. 23-25, 2006. pp. 103-110. | |
| [C.6] | Patel, S.N., J.A. Kientz, G.R. Hayes, S. Bhat, and G.D. Abowd. Farther Than You May Think: An Empirical Investigation of the Proximity of Users to their Mobile Phones. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2006: The 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. Orange County, California, USA. September 17-21, 2006. pp. 123–140. (Acceptance Rate: 13%) | |
| [C.5] | Abowd, G.D., G.R. Hayes, J.A. Kientz, L. Mamykina, and E.D. Mynatt. Challenges and Opportunities for Collaboration Technologies for Chronic Care Management, Presented at The Human-Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC 2006). Fraser, Colorado, USA, 2006. | |
| [C.4] | Kientz, J.A., S. Boring, G.D. Abowd, and G.R. Hayes. Abaris: Evaluating Automated Capture Applied to Structured Autism Interventions. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2005: The 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. Tokyo, Japan, September 11-14, 2005. pp. 323-339. (Acceptance Rate: 9%) | |
| [C.3] | Hayes, G. R., J.A. Kientz, K.N. Truong, D.R. White, G.D. Abowd, and T. Pering. Designing Capture Applications to Support the Education of Children with Autism. In the Proceedings of Ubicomp 2004: The 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. Nottingham, United Kingdom, September 7-10, 2004. pp. 161-178. (Acceptance Rate: 18%) | |
| [C.2] | Hayes, G. R., S.N. Patel, K.N. Truong, G. Iachello, J.A. Kientz, R. Farmer, and G.D. Abowd. The Personal Audio Loop: Designing a Ubiquitous Audio-Based Memory Aid. In the Proceedings of Mobile HCI 2004. Glasgow, Scotland, September 13-16, 2004. pp. 168-179. | |
| [C.1] | Mankoff, J., A.K. Dey, G. Hsieh, J. Kientz, S. Lederer, and M. Ames. Heuristic Evaluation of Ambient Displays. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '03). Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, April 5 – 10, 2003. pp. 169-176. (Acceptance Rate: 16%) |
Book Chapters (Peer Reviewed):
| [B.1] | Patel, S.N., K.N. Truong, G.R. Hayes, G. Iachello, J.A. Kientz, and G.D. Abowd. Designing a Ubiquitous Audio-Based Memory Aid. To appear in the Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology. 2008. |
Patents:
| [P.1] | Kientz, J.A., S. Boring, and G.D. Abowd. Method and Computer Program Product for Obtaining and Processing Data Collected from Various Media. Patent filed August 31, 2007. US Patent Pending (11/848,522). |
Conference Workshops, Posters, Demonstrations, and Doctoral Colloquia (Peer Reviewed):
| [c.9] | Kientz, J.A. and G.D. Abowd. When the Designer Becomes the User: Designing a System for Therapists by Becoming a Therapist. In the CHI 2008 Extended Abstracts: Case Studies. April 5-10, 2008. Florence, Italy. 2008. | |
| [c.8] | Kientz, J.A. Supporting Data-Based Decision-Making for Caregivers through Embedded Capture and Access. Presented at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, October 17-20, Orlando, Florida, 2007. | |
| [c.7] | Kientz, J.A. Supporting Data-Based Decision-Making for Caregivers through Embedded Capture and Access. In the Extended Abstracts of The 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. September 16-19, Innsbruck, Austria, 2007. | |
| [c.6] | Kientz, J.A. and G.D. Abowd. Abaris: Computing Technology to Support Collaboration and Decision-Making for Discrete Trial Training. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) May 3-5, 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007. | |
| [c.5] | Kientz, J.A. and G.D. Abowd. Abaris: Technology to Support Collaboration and Decision Making for Discrete Trial Training. Poster at 2007 Progress and Challenges in the Behavioral Treatment of Autism Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. 2007. | |
| [c.4] | Kientz, J.A. and G.D. Abowd. Designing Technology to Aid in the Early Detection of Developmental Delay in Children. UbiHealth 2006: The 4th International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Pervasive Healthcare Applications and Ubicomp 2006. | |
| [c.3] | Hayes, G.R., J. Heflin, G.D. Abowd, L.M. Gardere, E. Matthews, J.A. Kientz, R. Oberleitner, T. Pering. Evaluating a Selectively Archived Video Recording System for Functional Behavior Assessment in Schools. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) (June 1- 3, 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 2006. | |
| [c.2] | Kientz, J.A. and G.D. Abowd. Collective Remembering in Evidence-Based Care. Workshop on Collective Remembering at CHI 2006. Montreal, Canada, April 22-27, 2006. | |
| [c.1] | Boring, S., J.A. Kientz, G.D. Abowd, and G.R. Hayes. Abaris: Capture and Access for Structured One-on-One Educational Settings. In the Extended Abstracts of Ubicomp 2005: The 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. September 11-14, Tokyo, Japan, 2005. |
Invited Papers and Presentations:
| [I.6] | Kientz, J.A., S.N. Patel, B. Jones, E. Price, E.D. Mynatt, G.D. Abowd. IT Systems to Support Aging in Place: Aware Home Research Initiative at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In the Proceedings of the International Future Design Conference on Global Innovations in Marco- and Micro-Environments for the Future, Seoul, Korea. pp. 276-286. 2007. |
| [I.5] | Patel, S.N., J.A. Kientz, B. Jones, E. Price, E.D. Mynatt, G.D. Abowd. An Overview of the Aware Home Research Initiative at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In the Proceedings of the International Future Design Conference on Global Innovations in Marco- and Micro-Environments for the Future, Seoul, Korea. pp. 169-181. 2007. |
| [I.4] | Kientz, J.A. Supporting Data-Based Decision-Making for Caregivers through Embedded Capture and Access. Cornell University SIGCHI Invited Lecture Series. February, 2007. |
| [I.3] | Kientz, J.A. From the War Room to the Living Room: Decision Support for Home-based Therapy Teams. Invited talk at GVU Seminar, Georgia Tech. October 2006. |
| [I.2] | Kientz, J.A. Farther Than You May Think: An Empirical Investigation of the Proximity of Users to their Mobile Phones. Invited talk at GVU Seminar, Georgia Tech. September 2006. |
| [I.1] | Kientz, J.A. Supporting Data-Based Decision-Making for Caregivers through Embedded Capture and Access. Presented at the Human Computer Interaction Consortium 2007. Fraser, Colorado, USA. January 31-February 4, 2007. |
Technical Reports:
| [TR.2] | Patel, S. N., J.A. Kientz, J.P. Zagal. LoCoL: Encouraging Social Interaction and Exploration Through a Distributed, Multi-Media, Location-Based Mobile Game. GVU Tech Report. 2004. | |
| [TR.1] | Kientz, J.A., A.K. Dey, S. Lederer. Design and Evaluation of Ambient Displays. SUPERB Technical Reports. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, 2002. |