Nina Sakhnini

CS Ph.D. student, University of Illinois at Chicago
UI Engineer, Caterpillar

nsakhn2 [AT] uic.edu

Bio

My research interest is in Human-Computer Interaction. I am currently working on designing and creating virtual humans for human-in-the-loop mental health evaluations and interventions.

Currently, I am a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. My work is under the supervision and direction of Professor Debaleena Chattopadhyay at the UIC Human-Computer Interaction Lab (UIC HCI Lab) and the Electronic Visualization Lab (EVL). I got my Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2019. My Masters research explored practices and needs for personal pollution monitoring. Before that, I got my B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology.

I work at Caterpillar as a UX/UI engineer to work on the design of cutting-edge engineering software.

Research

Most recent publications on Google Scholar.

A Review of Smartphone Fact-Checking Apps and their (Non) Use Among Older Adults

Sakhnini, N. & Chattopadhyay, D.

In Adjunct Publication of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 22 Adjunct), 2022.

Personal Air Pollution Monitoring Technologies: User Practices and Preferences

Sakhnini, N., Yu, J. E., Jones, R. M., & Chattopadhyay, D.

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Springer, Cham. 2022.

Towards Self-Tracking Personal Pollution Exposure using Wearables

Sakhnini, N.

Master's Thesis, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2019.

myCityMeter: Helping Older Adults Manage the Environmental Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment

Sakhnini, N., Yu, J. E., & Chattopadhyay, D.

UbiComp Adjunct. 2018.

Visual (mis)information for older adults

Sakhnini, N.

Part of the Computer Science Ph.D. Qualifier Examination. 2021.

myCityMeter: Self-Tracking Personal Pollution Exposure using Wearables

Sakhnini, N. & Chattopadhyay, D.

CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop. 2019.

myCityMeter Wearable: Measuring the Environmental Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Sakhnini, N.

Ubicomp 2018 Broadening Participation Workshop. 2018.

myCityMeter: Helping Older Adults Manage the Environmental Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment

Sakhnini, N.

2018 Chicago Biomedical Informatics Jam, Chicago, IL. 2018.

Walking the talk: Generating memory cues to help people with dementia in everyday conversations

Sakhnini, N. & Chattopadhyay, D.

Role/Play: Collaborative Creativity and Creative Collaborations Student Fellows Symposium. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., USA. 2018

Projects

Virtual Humans in Mental Health Evaluations & Interventions
The Design of Fact-Checking Smartphone Apps for Older Adults
Does a Social Robot help Older Adults learn using Mobile Applications?
Human Gait Visualization
D3 Visualization: Gun Violence Victims
User Preferences in Personal Pollution Monitoring Technologies
Trip Route Air Quality Visualizer
Human Interference with personal pollution monitoring wearables
Designing low-cost personal pollution exposure tracker
Conversation aid for people with Dementia

Vitæ

Resume in PDF.

Full CV in PDF.

Credits
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