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a Computer Science professor, researching technologies for enhancing social connection in the contexts of family, health, and personal growth

Minneapolis, MN
Joined February 2009
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Don’t mean to brag, but… The University of Minnesota was ranked 18th in the world for patents awarded. That includes numerous science and technology advancements from CSE researchers! #UMNProud z.umn.edu/researchstatistics
Are you a Sr. PhD seeking a postdoc in 2023? I'm hiring & I *cannot wait* to find out who that will be--maybe you?!😄 Job listing: bit.ly/HCIpostdoc Position involves participatory design of interventions for mental & spiritual healthcare. Please RT & share broadly. Thx!🙏
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It is a deep honor to announce that our deployment paper on Flip*Doubt (a crowd-powered prototype for mental health) has received an Honorable Mention award at #CSCW2021 (preprint: z.umn.edu/flipdoubt).
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Have you been playing board games remotely in quarantine? If you are interested in sharing your remote board game play stories in COVID-19, let us know by answer the questionnaire here: forms.gle/WLdmRQu1pfVEsmPE7. (Or retweet to help us reach more players!) #boardgames #boardgame
I'm excited to share the final report from our @CRAtweets @CCC workshop on opportunities for computational supporting for substance use disorder prevention and treatment! Blog and full report available here: z.umn.edu/cccsud
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Looks like #recovery meetings are getting #ZoomBombers. I wrote a quick guide for AA and NA meeting hosts to be able to avoid some of the issues without having to close the meeting with a password: lanayarosh.com/2020/04/bomb-…
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Congrats to Dr. @SarahMcReally who has just successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation: "From 'Social' Media to Collaborative Media: Cooperative Inquiry for Shoulder-to-Shoulder Youth Video Authorship Technologies"! @grouplens @UMNComputerSci
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Some quick thoughts on effective video play dates: lanayarosh.com/2020/03/video…
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My department is hiring in HCI (open to applications at all levels)! Would love to have you or your student as a colleague! cs.umn.edu/news/cse-now-hiri…
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The preview is finally out for our newest initiative as part of @ACM_FCA! This 15-episode, 5-lab course written by me, Tim Weninger, and @ybisk will be releasing one episode a week, starting with this preview: youtu.be/GvYYFloV0aA
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So proud of my student @zwlevonian and this awesome next chapter in our collaboration with @CaringBridge!
Super excited to announce that my first paper was accepted to @icwsm 2020! How can we make use of qualitative themes in quantitative user models? Preprint (pdf): z.umn.edu/levonianIcwsm2020P… Summary thread below…
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Loving the Pokemon runs at #SGDQ2019 this year! Donating $19 for #19 Rattata as the best Pokemon ever ;-) #youngsterjoey #toppercentage
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So excited to see industry research at #idc2019 ! @PlayOsmo presented impressive research on designing a Froebel's gifts educational app!
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And the best paper award at #IDC2019 goes to Daryl Axelrod and Jennifer Kahn!
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Ditto @emmarosephd and @horn_michael. Props to @SaraMcReally for re-enactments of teen video creation categories to protect privacy while still sharing their results. Because Science. #idc2019 @grouplens
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most fun talk ever? #IDC2019
Middle schoolers, ugrads, and @grouplens researchers worked together to make cool video apps for kids in @SarahMcReally @yyyyyyyuan #IDC2019 paper! doi.org/10.1145/3311927.3323…
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Middle schoolers, ugrads, and @grouplens researchers worked together to make cool video apps for kids in @SarahMcReally @yyyyyyyuan #IDC2019 paper! doi.org/10.1145/3311927.3323…
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Wow! Kids make and train their own ML sports wearables! Great work by @abbierosemeow and amazing job answering hard-hitting questions about AI bias, sports and mental health, and more! #IDC2019
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