UBICOMP / ISWC 2022
KEYNOTES

Keynote Speaker: James W. Pennebaker

Denise Herzing 

Wild Dolphin Project 

Keynote 1:

Dolphins and computers:  Rethinking Species-specific Interfaces for Animal Communication Studies 

Dates:

Live: Sept 12 Monday 8:00AM in Atlanta, USA and 1:00PM in Cambridge, UK

Summary:

Dolphins are known to be social creatures, both within their own societies and with other species including humans. Since the 1960’s various keyboards and interfaces have been used to study dolphin communication, both in the wild and in captivity.  These interfaces have evolved over the decades, both technologically and methodologically.  Many of the interfaces have been designed using frameworks from primate communication research.   We will review the history of keyboards and interfaces for these aquatic mammals with a discussion of their challenges, successes, failures, and contributions to the science.

Biography:

Dr. Denise Herzing, Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project, has completed 38 years of her long-term study of the Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamas.  She is a Ph.D., an Affiliate Assistant Professor in Biology at Florida Atlantic University, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a fellow with the Explorers Club. She is co-editor of Dolphin Communication and Cognition, author of “Dolphin Diaries: My 25 years with Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas” and “The Wild Dolphin Project”. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, and on Nature, Discovery, PBS, ABC, BBC, NHK, PBS, and TED2013.

Keynote Speaker: James W. Pennebaker

Eric Friedman

Keynote 2:

Lessons learned in connected health

Dates:

Live: Sept 13 Tuesday 11:40AM in Atlanta, USA and 16:40PM in Cambridge, UK

Summary:

While the term “Internet of Things” dates back to 1999, its rise in common parlance closely follows the rise of Fitbit, a brand known for connected health and wellness tracking.  We will follow the rise of Fitbit, discuss some of the technical trade offs along the way and look at where consumer sensors and health might go.

Biography:

Eric Friedman is a serial entrepreneur having co-founded Fitbit in 2007 where he led various teams including engineering and research through its acquisition by google in 2021. At Google, he leads the Consumer Health Research Team. Prior to Fitbit, he co-founded Wind-Up Labs, a photo-sharing company, and he was a founding engineer of  Epesi Technologies. Eric holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Yale University.