Teaching - Herman Saksono

Computer/Human Interaction (CS 5340)

Graduate course – Spring 2024
Covers the principles of human-computer interaction and the design and evaluation of user interfaces. Topics include an overview of human information processing subsystems (perception, memory, attention, and problem solving); how the properties of these systems affect the design of user interfaces; the principles, guidelines, and specification languages for designing good user interfaces; and a variety of evaluation methodologies that can be used to measure the usability of software.

Parts of this course’s content are based on materials by Andrea G. Parker, Alexandra To, Krzysztof Gajos, and Elena Glassman. The course reading list can be found here.

Society, Behavior, and Health (PHTH 6204)

Graduate course – Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023
Explores individual, interpersonal, and social influences on health. Students will learn the application of the social and behavioral sciences in Public Health. Foundations of public health will be examined, including prevention and the prevention paradox, theories of disease causation, and public health ethics. In addition, multi-level influences on health will be examined, including behavioral theories and social determinants of health. Throughout the semester, attention will be paid to disparities in health. Finally, we will examine strategies to reduce health disparities, such as education, interventions, and policy-level changes, and discuss the relative effectiveness of these approaches.

Guest Lectures

AI for Social Impact, Harvard University (CS 288, Fall 2022, Graduate)
User-Centered Design of Digital Health Tools, Yale University (BIS/SBS 640, Spring 2022, Graduate)
Design of Useful and Usable Interactive Systems, Harvard University (CS 179, Spring 2021, Undergraduate)

Updates

TOCHI Paper on Socio-cognitive Framework

My paper shows how five socio-cognitive concepts (aspirations, data exposure, stories, belongingness, and impediments) can support health behavior in personal informatics systems.

Peer Matching CSCW Paper

My paper on peer matching and digital health storytelling in marginalized populations has been accepted to PACMHCI CSCW journal. I presented this paper at CSCW in October 2023. Download the paper here. You can also read the summary on Medium.

Google Research Funding

Together with Dr. Hoffman, I received funding from Google Health and Fitabase to co-design a community health storytelling technology with marginalized communities. This is a result of a digital health equity research collaboration with Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition. The news article is here.

CHI 2023 & CSCW 2023 AC

I’m an Associate Chair for CHI 2023 and CSCW 2023 papers.

University of Washington CIPCT Keynote

Titled “The Sociality of Personal Health Informatics,” I discussed how health technologies can leverage positive social influences around us.

CHI 2022 Paper Associate Chair

I am an Associate Chair on the Health Subcommittee for CHI 2022.

CHI 2021 Honorable Mention

Excited to share that my StoryMap paper received an Honorable Mention (top 5% of the submissions) at CHI 2021.

Op-Ed in Kompas

Sofia Kartika and I wrote a Kompas op-ed on how the Bank of Indonesia’s banknote designs portraying women as traditional dancers failed to accurately represent Indonesian women’s contribution to society. Medium post is also available to read.