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56
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9878
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4151
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1961

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2019 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Gillian R. Hayes is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on Social Sciences, Neuroscience, and Psychology. Within these fields, Hayes has contributed significantly to subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Human-Computer Interaction, Education, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work addresses a number of main topics, including Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Child Development and Digital Technology, Children's Physical and Motor Development, Digital Mental Health Interventions, and the Impact of Technology on Adolescents.

Hayes has published extensively across various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • interactions
  • PLoS ONE

Collaborations form an important part of Hayes's research. Frequent co-authors include Franceli L. Cibrian, Kimberley D. Lakes, Julie A. Kientz, Mirko Gelsomini, and Gregory D. Abowd.

Notable papers by Hayes and collaborators include:

  • "Grief-Stricken in a Crowd: The Language of Bereavement and Distress in Social Media" (2021), published in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • "The potential for emerging technologies to support self-regulation in children with ADHD: A literature review" (2021), published in International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction
  • "A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Community-Collaborative Approaches to Computing Research" (2022), published in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • "Digital health interventions for youth with ADHD: A mapping review" (2022), published in Computers in Human Behavior Reports
  • "Roles in the Discussion" (2020), published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

In addition to journal and conference papers, Hayes has contributed to book publications, including:

  • Interactive Technologies and Autism, Second Edition (2020), published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers
  • Research Advances in ADHD and Technology (2021), published by Synthesis Lectures on Technology and Health

Throughout their career, Hayes has been recognized with awards such as the ACM Distinguished Member in 2020 and ACM Senior Member in 2019.

Best Publications

  • The relationship of action research to human-computer interaction

    Gillian R. Hayes

  • Disability studies as a source of critical inquiry for the field of assistive technology

    Jennifer Mankoff;Gillian R. Hayes;Devva Kasnitz

  • Storyboarding: an empirical determination of best practices and effective guidelines

    Khai N. Truong;Gillian R. Hayes;Gregory D. Abowd

  • Interactive visual supports for children with autism

    Gillian R. Hayes;Sen Hirano;Gabriela Marcu;Mohamad Monibi

  • MOSOCO: a mobile assistive tool to support children with autism practicing social skills in real-life situations

    Lizbeth Escobedo;David H. Nguyen;LouAnne Boyd;Sen Hirano

  • "Will I always be not social?": Re-Conceptualizing Sociality in the Context of a Minecraft Community for Autism

    Kathryn E. Ringland;Christine T. Wolf;Heather Faucett;Lynn Dombrowski

  • "We will never forget you [online]": an empirical investigation of post-mortem myspace comments

    Jed R. Brubaker;Gillian R. Hayes

  • Disclosure, Stress, and Support During Gender Transition on Facebook

    Oliver L. Haimson;Jed R. Brubaker;Lynn Dombrowski;Gillian R. Hayes

  • Barriers to the adoption and use of personal health record systems

    Leslie S. Liu;Patrick C. Shih;Gillian R. Hayes

  • Farther than you may think: an empirical investigation of the proximity of users to their mobile phones

    Shwetak N. Patel;Julie A. Kientz;Gillian R. Hayes;Sooraj Bhat

  • Pervasive Computing and Autism: Assisting Caregivers of Children with Special Needs

    J.A. Kientz;G.R. Hayes;T.L. Westeyn;T. Starner

  • vSked: evaluation of a system to support classroom activities for children with autism

    Sen H. Hirano;Michael T. Yeganyan;Gabriela Marcu;David H. Nguyen

  • Interactive Technologies for Autism

    Julie A. Kientz;Matthew S. Goodwin;Gillian R. Hayes;Gregory D. Abowd

  • Integrating Patient-Generated Health Data Into Clinical Care Settings or Clinical Decision-Making: Lessons Learned From Project HealthDesign

    Deborah J Cohen;Sara R Keller;Gillian R Hayes;David A Dorr

  • Digital Footprints and Changing Networks During Online Identity Transitions

    Oliver L. Haimson;Jed R. Brubaker;Lynn Dombrowski;Gillian R. Hayes

  • Designing for interaction immediacy to enhance social skills of children with autism

    Monica Tentori;Gillian R. Hayes

  • Grief-Stricken in a Crowd: The Language of Bereavement and Distress in Social Media

    Jed R. Brubaker;Funda Kivran-Swaine;Lee Taber;Gillian R. Hayes

  • Encountering SenseCam: personal recording technologies in everyday life

    David H. Nguyen;Gabriela Marcu;Gillian R. Hayes;Khai N. Truong

  • Stewarding a legacy: responsibilities and relationships in the management of post-mortem data

    Jed R. Brubaker;Lynn S. Dombrowski;Anita M. Gilbert;Nafiri Kusumakaulika

  • Technology in spiritual formation: an exploratory study of computer mediated religious communications

    Susan P. Wyche;Gillian R. Hayes;Lonnie D. Harvel;Rebecca E. Grinter

  • Interactive Technologies for Autism

    Daniel R. Gillette;Gillian R. Hayes;Gregory D. Abowd;Justine Cassell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory D. Abowd
Gregory D. Abowd Northeastern University
Julie A. Kientz
Julie A. Kientz University of Washington
Khai N. Truong
Khai N. Truong University of Toronto
Shwetak N. Patel
Shwetak N. Patel University of Washington
Paul Dourish
Paul Dourish University of California, Irvine
Rebecca E. Grinter
Rebecca E. Grinter Georgia Institute of Technology
Hoda Anton-Culver
Hoda Anton-Culver University of California, Irvine
Jennifer Mankoff
Jennifer Mankoff University of Washington
Bonnie Nardi
Bonnie Nardi University of California, Irvine
Matthew S. Goodwin
Matthew S. Goodwin Northeastern University

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