Sunny Consolvo

Graduate Student
The Information School

Advisor: David McDonald

Sunny's research focus is in applying human-centered design to ubiquitous computing. She is currently investigating how technology could encourage people to increase and then maintain their levels of physical activity. Sunny also has a strong interest in the privacy implications of ubiquitous computing technologies.

Current Projects

Publications

UbiFit

• S. Consolvo, K. Everitt, I. Smith, J.A. Landay, “Design Requirements for Technologies that Encourage Physical Activity,” Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems: CHI ’06, Montreal, Canada, (Apr 2006 – to appear).
  

Other

J. Hightower, S. Consolvo, A. LaMarca, I. Smith, “Learning and Recognizing the Places We Go,” Proceedings of the 7th Int’l Conference on Ubiquitous Computing: UbiComp ’05, Tokyo, Japan, (Sep 2005), pp.159-176.
• G. Iachello, I. Smith, S. Consolvo, G.D. Abowd, J. Hughes, J. Howard, F. Potter, J. Scott, T. Sohn, J. Hightower, A. LaMarca, “Control, Deception, and Communication: Evaluating the Deployment of a Location-Enhanced Messaging Service,” Proceedings of the 7th Int’l Conference on Ubiquitous Computing: UbiComp ’05, Tokyo, Japan (Sep 2005), pp. 213-31.
• A. LaMarca, J. Hightower, I. Smith, S. Consolvo, “Self-Mapping in 802.11 Location Systems,” Proceedings of the 7th Int’l Conference on Ubiquitous Computing: UbiComp ’05, Tokyo, Japan, (Sep 2005), pp. 87-104.
• G. Iachello, I. Smith, S. Consolvo, M. Chen, G.D. Abowd, “Developing Privacy Guidelines for Social Location Disclosure Applications and Services,” ACM International Conference Proceedings Series, Vol. 93: Proceedings of the Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security: SOUPS ’05, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (2005), pp.65-76. [best paper]
• A. LaMarca, Y. Chawathe, S. Consolvo, J. Hightower, I.E. Smith, J. Scott, T. Sohn, J. Howard, J. Hughes, F. Potter, J. Tabert, P. Powledge, G. Borriello, B. Schilit, “Place Lab: Device Positioning Using Radio Beacons in the Wild,” Proceedings of the 3rd Int’l Conference on Pervasive Computing: Pervasive ’05, Munich, Germany (May 2005), pp.116-33.
• I. Smith, S. Consolvo, J. Hightower, J. Hughes, G. Iachello, A. LaMarca, J. Scott, T. Sohn, G. Abowd, “Social Disclosure Of Place: From Location Technology to Communication Practice,” Proceedings of the 3rd Int’l Conference on Pervasive Computing: Pervasive ’05, Munich, Germany (May 2005), pp.134-51.
• S. Consolvo, I.E. Smith, T. Matthews, A. LaMarca, J. Tabert, P. Powledge, “Location Disclosure to Social Relations: Why, When, & What People Want to Share,” Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems: CHI ’05, Portland, Oregon, (Apr 2005), pp. 81-90. [Nominated for best paper]
• S. Consolvo, J. Towle, “Evaluating an Ambient Display for the Home,” Extended Abstracts of CHI ’05, Portland, Oregon (Apr 2005), pp.1304-7.
• S. Consolvo, P. Roessler, B.E. Shelton, “The CareNet Display: Lessons Learned from an In Home Evaluation of an Ambient Display,” Proceedings of the 6th Int’l Conference on Ubiquitous Computing: UbiComp ’04, Nottingham, England, (Sep 2004), pp.1-17.
• C. Beckmann, S. Consolvo, A. LaMarca, “Some Assembly Required: Supporting End-User Sensor Installation in Domestic Ubiquitous Computing Environments,” Proceedings of the 6th Int’l Conference on Ubiquitous Computing: UbiComp ’04, Nottingham, England, (Sep 2004), pp.107-24.
• S. Consolvo, P. Roessler, B.E. Shelton, A. LaMarca, B. Schilit, S. Bly, “Technology for Care Networks of Elders,” IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine: Successful Aging, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr-Jun 2004), pp. 22-9.
• J. Scholtz, S. Consolvo, “Toward a Framework for Evaluating Ubiquitous Computing Applications” IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr-Jun 2004), pp. 82-8. [invited paper]
• S. Consolvo, M. Walker, "Using the Experience Sampling Method to Evaluate Ubicomp Applications," IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine: The Human Experience, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr-Jun 2003), pp. 24-31.
• S. Consolvo, L. Arnstein, B. Franza, "User Study Techniques in the Design and Evaluation of a Ubicomp Environment," Proceedings of the 4th Int’l Conference on Ubiquitous Computing: UbiComp ‘02, Göteborg, Sweden, (Sep/Oct 2002), pp. 73-90.
• L. Arnstein, C. Hung, R. Franza and Q. Zhou, G. Borriello, S. Consolvo, J. Su, "Labscape: A Smart Environment for the Cell Biology Laboratory," IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, (Jul 2002), pp. 13-21.