Welcome to the Sensify Lab

The Sensify Lab at the University of Delaware is a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Ubiquitous Computing lab in the Department of Computer & Information Sciences. The lab focuses on sensing and data analysis techniques for detecting physical and behavioral phenomena that enable new interactions with technology. Emphasis is placed on human-centered design, the engineering of cyber-physical and software systems that extend user capabilities, and practical applications of technology that address high-value social problems. Areas of interest include education, health & wellbeing, environmental sustainability, human-building interactions, digital and physical making, and games

Recent Papers

Beyond Fact-Checking: A Hybrid LLM-Classifier Pipeline for Detecting and Interpreting Coordinated Manipulative Media Campaigns
In Proceedings of the 60th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(2026)
Poster (PDF)

Bridging Energy and Activity: Forecasting Residential Electricity Use with Wearable Activity Tracker Data
ACM BuildSys Conference
(2026)
Best Paper
Paper (PDF)

“You Figure It Out by Yourself”: Women’s Transitions from Computer Science Education to the Workforce
ACM RESPECT Conference
(2026)
Paper (PDF)

Glitter: Exploring an LLM Virtual Agent for Supporting Practitioners in Behavioral Interventions of Autistic Children
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
(2026)
Paper (PDF)

“I Started to Actually Develop Confidence”: A Controlled Usability Study of a Personal Informatics Tool for Supporting Online News Content Discernment Among Young Adults
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction
(2026)
Paper (PDF)

When AI Rewrites the News: How Sentiment, Framing, and LLM Disclosure Shape Perceptions
Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
(2026)

Paper (PDF)

When to Check In?: Identifying Early Signs of Student Struggle at Various Cut-Points in CS1 Course Data
Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
(2026)
Paper (PDF)

CalmSet: A Domain-Specific Test Collection for Affective Music Retrieval for Children with ASD
Proceedings of the 49th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
(2026)
Paper (PDF)

Recent Videos

When AI Rewrites the News: How Sentiment, Framing, and LLM Disclosure Shape Perceptions
CHI 2026 Talk
(2026)
Video (YouTube)

"I spent 14 hours debugging just one assignment": Toward Computer-Mediated Personal Informatics for Computer Science Student Mental Health
CHI 2025 Talk
(2025)
Video (YouTube)

Advancing Digital Health: AI-Driven Interventions for Patient Care and Workflow Optimization
HCIL Brown Bag Speaker Series, University of Maryland
(2025)
Video (YouTube)

Recent Presentations

My Brain Is Like Cooked Spaghetti”: Designing Intelligent Interfaces with GenAI for Everyday ADHD Support in Adults
MobileHCI 2026 Talk
(2026)
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When to Check In?: Identifying Early Signs of Student Struggle at Various Cut-Points in CS1 Course Data
ITiCSE 2026
(2026)
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“You Figure It Out by Yourself”: Women’s Transitions from Computer Science Education to the Workforce
RESPECT 2026 Talk
(2026)
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When AI Rewrites the News: How Sentiment, Framing, and LLM Disclosure Shape Perceptions
CHI 2026 Talk
(2026)
View Slides | Download PPT