Shwetak N. Patel
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/shwetakshwetak [at] cs.washington.edu
Faculty
Computer Science & Engineering , Electrical Engineering
Shwetak N. Patel is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, and User Interface Software and Technology. He is particularly interested in developing easy-to-deploy sensing technologies and approaches for location and activity recognition applications. He is also interested in exploring novel interaction techniques for mobile devices, mobile sensing systems, and wireless power technologies. Shwetak's most recent research has been in building a new class of low-cost and easy-to-deploy sensing systems for the home to enable in-situ human-centered research, called Infrastructure Mediated Sensing, which leverages existing utility infrastructures in a home to support whole house sensing.
Shwetak received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008 and B.S. in Computer Science in 2003. He was also the Assistant Director of the Aware Home Research Initiative at Georgia Tech.
Shwetak received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008 and B.S. in Computer Science in 2003. He was also the Assistant Director of the Aware Home Research Initiative at Georgia Tech.
Projects
Publications
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GroupEnergyTable: An Interactive Tabletop for Energy Conservation Katherine Everitt, Peter F. Oven, Shwetak N. Patel and James A. Landay IEEE Pervasive Computing, 2012. Article (PDF) |
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Investigating Receptiveness to Sensing and Inference in the Home Using Sensor Proxies Eun Kyoung Choe, Sunny Consolvo, Jaeyeon Jung, Beverly Harrison, Shwetak N. Patel and Julie A. Kientz International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 2012. Full Paper (PDF) Best Paper Nominee |
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Humantenna: Using the Body as an Antenna for Real-Time Whole-Body Interaction Gabe Cohn, Dan Morris, Shwetak N. Patel and Desney Tan Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012. Full Paper (PDF) 
Best Paper Nominee
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SoundWave: Using the Doppler Effect to Sense Gestures Sidhant Gupta, Dan Morris, Shwetak N. Patel and Desney Tan Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012. CHI Note (PDF) |
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The Design and Evaluation of Prototype Eco-Feedback Displays for Fixture-Level Water Usage Data Jon E. Froehlich, Leah Findlater, Marilyn Ostergren, Solai Ramanathan, Josh Peterson, Inness Wragg, Fabia Fu, Mazhengmin Bai, Shwetak N. Patel and James A. Landay Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012. Full Paper (PDF)
Best Paper Nominee
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HeatWave: ThermalImaging for Surface User Interaction Eric Larson, Gabe Cohn, Sidhant Gupta, Xiaofeng Ren, Beverly Harrison, Dieter Fox and Shwetak N. Patel Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011. Full Paper
Best Paper Nominee
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Interactive Generator: A Self-Powered Haptic Feedback Device. Akash Badshah, Sidhant Gupta, Gabe Cohn, Nicolas Villar, Steve Hodges and Shwetak N. Patel Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011. CHI Note 
Best Note Winner
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Your Noise is My Command: Sensing Gestures Using the Body as an Antenna Gabe Cohn, Dan Morris, Shwetak N. Patel and Desney Tan Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011. Full Paper (PDF) 
Best Paper Winner
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The Design and Evaluation of an End-User-Deployable, Whole House, Contactless Power Consumption Sensor Shwetak N. Patel, Sidhant Gupta and Matt Reynolds Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2010. Full Paper (PDF)
Best Paper Nominee
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SqueezeBlock: Using Virtual Springs in Mobile Devices for Eyes-Free Interaction Sidhant Gupta, Tim Campbell, Jeffrey Hightower and Shwetak N. Patel Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2010. Tech Note (PDF) |
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SNUPI: Sensor Nodes Utilizing Powerline Infrastructure Gabe Cohn, Erich Stuntebeck, Jagdish Pandey, Brian Otis, Gregory Abowd and Shwetak N. Patel International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 2010. Full Paper (PDF) Best Paper Nominee |
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GasSense: Appliance-Level, Single-Point Sensing of Gas Activity in the Home Gabe Cohn, Sidhant Gupta, Jon E. Froehlich, Eric Larson and Shwetak N. Patel Pervasive, 2010. Full Paper (PDF) |
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HydroSense: Infrastructure-Mediated Single-Point Sensing of Whole-Home Water Activity Jon E. Froehlich, Eric Larson, Tim Campbell, Conor Haggerty, James Fogarty and Shwetak N. Patel International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 2009. Full Paper (PDF) Best Paper Nominee |
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PL-Tags: Detecting Batteryless Tags through the Power Lines in a Building Shwetak N. Patel, Erich Stuntebeck and Thomas Robertson Pervasive, 2009. Full Paper |
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Sacred Imagery in Techno-Spiritual Design Susan Wyche, Kelly Caine, Ben Davison, Michael Artega, Shwetak N. Patel and Beki Grinter Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2009. CHI Note |
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Are You Sleeping? Sharing Portrayed Sleeping Status within a Social Network Sunyoung Kim, Julie A. Kientz, Shwetak N. Patel and Gregory Abowd Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2008. Full Paper |
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A Quantitative Investigation of Inertial Power Harvesting for Human-powered Devices Jaeseok Yun, Shwetak N. Patel, Matt Reynolds and Gregory Abowd International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 2008. Full Paper |
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Wideband PowerLine Positioning for Indoor Localization Erich Stuntebeck, Shwetak N. Patel, Thomas Robertson, Matt Reynolds and Gregory Abowd International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 2008. Full Paper |
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Detecting Human Movement by Differential Air Pressure Sensing in HVAC System Ductwork: An Exploration in Infrastructure Mediated Sensing Shwetak N. Patel, Matt Reynolds and Gregory Abowd Pervasive, 2008. Full Paper (PDF) 
Best Paper Award
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