University of Tartu

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Lights, Camera, Autonomy! Generative Video Fusion for Realistic In Situ Evaluation of Autonomous Drones

Autonomous service robots and drones are increasingly deployed in urban spaces, yet evaluating their designs in situ is constrained by permits, logistics, and the cost of repeated user studies. We contribute SHOWTIME, a generative video-fusion framework that synthesizes realistic, controllable evaluation clips by comb…

CHI '26Multisensory Fusion Experience +2

Taking a Walk on the Wild Side: Effects of Walking in Synchrony with Pitch-Altered Footstep Sounds on Body Perception in Outside the Lab Contexts

The 'Footsteps Illusion' shows that pitch-altering footstep sounds in real-time affects body perception, gait, and emotion: high versus low frequencies evoke a lighter versus heavier body. We tested whether this illusion extends beyond the lab, where environmental factors matter. Using a mixed-methods approach, twenty…

CHI '26Honorable MentionVibrotactile Feedback & Skin Stimulation +3

Tattered Teddies and Pentagram Charms: How People Use Touchable Comfort Objects and What This Means for Designing Affective Haptic Systems

Many people use physical objects to self-calm and regulate difficult emotions. Studies evaluating the effectiveness of Touchable Comfort Objects (TCOs) imbued with haptic expressivity, affect awareness, and adaptive support have been primarily lab-based, so we know little about underlying user needs and real-world pra…

CSCW '25Hybrid Work

In-person, Online and Back Again - A Tale of Three Hybrid Hackathons

Hybrid hackathons, which combine in-person and online participation, present unique challenges for organizers and participants. Although these events are increasingly conducted globally, research on them remains fragmented, with limited integration between hackathon studies and hybrid collaboration. Existing stra…

CHI '24Vibrotactile Feedback & Skin Stimulation +2

SoniWeight Shoes: Investigating Effects and Personalization of a Wearable Sound Device for Altering Body Perception, Behavior and Emotion

Changes in body perception influence behavior and emotion and can be induced through multisensory feedback. Auditory feedback to one's actions can trigger such alterations; however, it is unclear which individual factors modulate these effects. We employ and evaluate SoniWeight Shoes, a wearable device based on litera…

CHI '24Honorable MentionExplainable AI (XAI) +1

Explaining It Your Way - Findings from a Co-Creative Design Workshop on Designing XAI Applications with AI End-Users from the Public Sector

Human-Centered AI prioritizes end-users' needs like transparency and usability. This is vital for applications that affect people's everyday lives, such as social assessment tasks in the public sector. This paper discusses our pioneering effort to involve public sector AI users in XAI application design through a co-c…

UBICOMP '23Context-Aware Computing +1

Lost in the Deep? Performance Evaluation of Dead Reckoning Techniques in Underwater Environments

"Computing research is increasingly addressing underwater environments and examining how computing can support diving and other activities. Unlike on land, where well-established positioning methods are widely available, underwater environments lack a common positioning mechanism, which is a prerequisite for many appl…

UBICOMP '23Fitness Tracking & Physical Activity Monitoring +1

HIPPO: Persuasive Hand-Grip Estimation from Everyday Interactions

Hand-grip strength is widely used to estimate muscle strength and it serves as a general indicator of the overall health of a person, particularly in aging adults. Hand-grip strength is typically estimated using dynamometers or specialized force resistant pressure sensors embedded onto objects. Both of these solutions…

CSCW '20Coordination and Collaboration

What Happens to All These Hackathon Projects? - Identifying Factors to Promote Hackathon Project Continuation

Time-based events, such as hackathons and codefests, have become a global phenomenon attracting thousands of participants to hundreds of events every year. While research on hackathons has grown considerably, there is still limited insight into what happens to hackathon projects after the event itself has ended. While…

CSCW '18Meetings and Decision Making

When to say “Enough is Enough!”: A Study on the Evolution of Collaboratively Created Process Models

Organizations conduct series of face-to-face meetings aiming to improve work practices. In these meetings, participants from different backgrounds collaboratively design artifacts, such as knowledge or process maps. Such meetings are orchestrated and carried out by facilitators and the success of the meetings almost s…

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AI & Machine Learning Interaction

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Affective Computing & Emotion Interaction

Affective Feedback & Emotion Regulation Interfaces

Haptic, Force & Physical Feedback

Vibrotactile Feedback & Skin Stimulation

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Full-Body Interaction & Embodied Input