Persuasive interactions in healthcare applications

Description of research

The research aims to strength the use of sensor technology in healthcare scenarios. With the advances of sensor technologies more information about a person can be collected and stored. This burst of sensed data is leading to new challenges in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). The potential of this information largely depends on how it adds value in people’s daily life and how users can manage this amount of information to guide self-awareness towards the improvement of a recovery or treatment process. The development of tools to help people collect, visualize and reflect on their own behavior is one of the issues to be addressed in his current projects, looking for novel ways of interaction, bearing in mind the notions of persuasive technology, personal informatics, and behavior modification mechanisms.

Advisor(s)

Prof. dr. Ir. Paul J. M. Havinga

University of Twente

Prof. dr. D.V. Keyson

Delft University of Technology

Duration

2009 - 2013

Project

SENIOR (Sensing systems for interactive home-based healthcare and rehabilitation)

SWELL (Smart reasoning systems for well-being at work and at home)

Funding institution

SenterNovem

COMMIT

Strategic Research Orientation

WiSe - Wireless and Sensor Systems

Links to relevant web pages:

http://ps.cs.utwente.nl/people.php?person=Jimenez_Garcia,_JC

http://studiolab.ide.tudelft.nl/studiolab/jimenez/

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