Samantha Chan
PhD Candidate
Samantha is a PhD candidate at the Augmented Human Lab (AHLab) within the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland. She is also a Visiting Researcher at NUS HCI Lab and Junior Researcher at Mercari Inc. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Engineering Product Development, Electrical Engineering) at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). She was formerly an undergraduate researcher at SUTD-Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Design Center.
Her PhD topic is on “Augmenting Human Prospective Memory through Cognition-Aware Technologies”. Her work explores the use “biosignals” or “physiological signals” (natural body signals and responses), such as heart-rate variability, skin conductance and eye-movements to peer deeper into users’ internal context and cognitive states, providing just-in-time delivery of memory interventions.
Publications
Toro: A Web-based Tool to Search, Explore, Screen, Compare and Visualize Literature
Messerschmidt, M., Chan, S., Wen, E. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2022. Toro: A Web-based Tool to Search, Explore, Screen, Compare and Visualize Literature.
Sensor-Based Interactive Worksheets to Support Guided Scientific Inquiry
Cao, J., Chan, S.W.T., Garbett, D.L., Denny, P., Nassani, A., Scholl, P.M. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2021. Sensor-Based Interactive Worksheets to Support Guided Scientific Inquiry. In Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’21), June 24–30, 2021, Athens, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages. Best Short Paper Award!
KinVoices: Using Voices of Friends and Family in Voice Interfaces
Chan, S. W. T., Gunasekaran, T., Pai, Y. S., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S.C. 2021. KinVoices: Using Voices of Friends and Family in Voice Interfaces. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 5, CSCW2, Article 446 (October 2021), 25 pages.
Prompto: Investigating Receptivity to Prompts Based on Cognitive Load from Memory Training Conversational Agent
Chan, S. W. T., Sapkota, S., Mathews, R., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S. C., 2020. Prompto: Investigating Receptivity to Prompts Based on Cognitive Load from Memory Training Conversational Agent. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 4(4), pp.1-23.
Biosignal-Sensitive Memory Improvement and Support Systems
Chan, S. W. T. 2020. Biosignal-Sensitive Memory Improvement and Support Systems. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–7.
Prospero: A Personal Wearable Memory Coach
Chan, S. W. T., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S. C., 2019, March. Prospero: A Personal Wearable Memory Coach. In Proceedings of the 10th Augmented Human International Conference 2019 (pp. 1-5).
ProspecFit: In Situ Evaluation of Digital Prospective Memory Training for Older Adults
Chan, S. W. T., Buddhika, T., Zhang, H. and Nanayakkara, S. C., 2019. ProspecFit: In Situ Evaluation of Digital Prospective Memory Training for Older Adults. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 3(3), pp.1-20.
Going beyond performance scores: Understanding cognitive-affective states in Kindergarteners and application of framework in classrooms
Sridhar, P. K., Chan, S. W. T., Chua, Y., Quin, Y. W. and Nanayakkara, S. C., 2019. Going beyond performance scores: Understanding cognitive-affective states in Kindergarteners and application of framework in classrooms. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 21, pp.37-53.
fSense: Unlocking the Dimension of Force for Gestural Interactions using Smartwatch PPG Sensor
Buddhika, T., Zhang, H., Chan, S. W. T., Dissanayake, V., Nanayakkara, S.C. and Zimmermann, R., 2019, March. fSense: unlocking the dimension of force for gestural interactions using smartwatch PPG sensor. In Proceedings of the 10th Augmented Human International Conference 2019 (pp. 1-5).
Going beyond performance scores: understanding cognitive-affective states in kindergarteners
Sridhar, P. K., Chan, S. W. T. and Nanayakkara, S.C., 2018. Going beyond performance scores: understanding cognitive-affective states in kindergarteners. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children (pp. 253-265). ACM.
Doodle Daydream: An Interactive Display to Support Playful and Creative Interactions Between Co-workers
Elvitigala, S., Chan, S. W. T., Howell, N., Matthies, D. J. and Nanayakkara, S. C., 2018, October. Doodle Daydream: An Interactive Display to Support Playful and Creative Interactions Between Co-workers. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (pp. 186-186).