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

“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 (IJHCI)
(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)

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)

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)

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

Regulating Social Media: Surveying the Impact of Nepali Government’s TikTok Ban
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM HCI), CSCW 2025
(2025)
Paper (PDF)

Spotting Online News: A Mixed Method Study of Online News Engagement and Perceptions of Misinformation Interventions
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM HCI), CSCW 2025
(2025)
Paper (PDF)

uCue: An Interactive Musical Interface to Enhance Formative Listening Experience for Children with ASD
Proceedings of ACM IDC 2025 Conference on Interaction Design and Children
(2025)
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

When AI Rewrites the News: How Sentiment, Framing, and LLM Disclosure Shape Perceptions
CHI 2026 Talk
(2026)
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Regulating Social Media: Surveying the Impact of Nepali Government’s TikTok Ban
CSCW 2025 Talk
(2025)
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Spotting Online News: A Mixed Method Study of Online News Engagement and Perceptions of Misinformation Interventions
CSCW 2025 Talk
(2025)
View Slides | Download PPT

uCue: An Interactive Musical Interface to Enhance Formative Listening Experience for Children with ASD
IDC 2025 Talk
(2025)
View Slides | Download PPT