Promoting family fitness using social rewards and reflection
My research is in the fields of Human-Computer Interactions (HCI), Computer-supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), and Personal Health Informatics. Currently, I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Center of Research in Computation and Society, Harvard University.
Broadly, my research aim is to investigate how technologies can help individuals and communities manage their health and wellbeing, towards addressing health disparities. I specifically examine how storytelling, gamification, visualization, and data reflection can be supported in health technologies. To examine these research areas, I have been conducting the entire human-centered design process by designing, building, and evaluating novel health technologies in collaboration with local community partners.
I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northeastern University, where I worked with Professor Andrea G. Parker at the Wellness Technology Lab. I received a Fulbright scholarship for my Computer Science Master’s program in 2012-2014.
Selected Publications
A complete list of publications can be viewed here. Note that in computer and information sciences, conferences are top-tier publishing venues, with selectivity and impact often exceeding that of journals. See: portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1743546.1743569.
- Storywell: Designing for Family Fitness App Motivation by Using Social Rewards and Reflection
Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Vivien Morris, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Andrea Parker. 2020. Storywell: Designing for Family Fitness App Motivation by Using Social Rewards and Reflection. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2020), May 4–9, 2019, Honolulu, HI, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. (PDF) - Go&Grow: An Evaluation of a Pervasive Social Exergame for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Dementia
Xin Yao Lin, Herman Saksono, Elizabeth Stowell, Margie Lachman, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Andrea G. Parker. 2020. Go&Grow: An Evaluation of a Pervasive Social Exergame for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Dementia. In Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 4, CSCW 2, Article 151 (October 2020). (PDF) - Social Reflections on Fitness Tracking Data: A Study with Families in Low-SES Neighborhoods
Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Vivien Morris, Andrea Parker. 2019. Social Reflections on Fitness Tracking Data: A Study with Families in Low-SES Neighborhoods. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 14 pages. (PDF) - Family Health Promotion in Low-SES Neighborhoods: A Two-Month Study of Wearable Activity Tracking
Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Vivien Morris, Andrea Parker. 2018. Family Health Promotion in Low-SES Neighborhoods: A Two-Month Study of Wearable Activity Tracking. CHI 2018. ACM. (PDF) - Designing and Evaluating mHealth Interventions for Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review
Elizabeth Stowell, Mercedes C. Lyson, Herman Saksono, Reneé C. Wurth, Holly Jimison, Misha Pavel, Andrea G. Parker. 2018. Designing and Evaluating mHealth Interventions for Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review. CHI 2018. ACM. (PDF)
(Honorable Mention, Best Paper Award, top 5% of submissions). - Reflective Informatics Through Family Storytelling: Self-discovering Physical Activity Predictors
Herman Saksono, Andrea G. Parker. 2017. Reflective Informatics Through Family Storytelling: Self-discovering Physical Activity Predictors. CHI 2017. ACM. (PDF) - Youth Advocacy in SNAs: Challenges for Addressing Health Disparities
Farnaz Irannejad Bisafar, Herman Saksono, Priscilla Andrea Baquerizo, Dana Elaine Moore, & Andrea Parker. 2016. Youth Advocacy in SNAs: Challenges for Addressing Health Disparities. CHI 2016, ACM. (PDF) - Spaceship Launch: Designing a Collaborative Exergame for Families
Herman Saksono, Ashwini E Ranada, Geeta Kamarthi, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica A Hoffman, Cathy Wirth, and Andrea G. Parker. 2015. Spaceship Launch: Designing a Collaborative Exergame for Families. CSCW 2015, ACM. (PDF)