Special Recognition for Sustainable Practices

An honor that this award was given to two out of 1058 accepted papers at the conference.

In their paper "𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖: 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨", the winning team analyzed the social context (whether a person is alone or not) of young adults in five countries using smartphone data to determine if social context can be inferred from sensor data and how well these inferences generalize across different countries. The research compared country-specific models to a multi-country model, finding that while country-specific models performed slightly better, hybrid models were also effective. These findings suggest that mobile health apps, smart homes, and wearable devices can leverage these models to enhance user experience by adapting to whether a user is alone or with others. The study underscores the importance of incorporating diverse data to create robust systems that can adapt to various social contexts globally.

Lakmal is a Postdoctoral Researcher at our lab, advised by Prof. Dr. Catherine Jutzeler.