I am Gaurav Paruthi, a design technologist with a broad and extensive product design experience.
ABOUT ME
I have 8 years of academic and 3 years of professional experience in the research, design, and development of systems that demonstrate product innovation. Having a deep understanding of how technologies work allows me to conceptualize, engineer, and evaluate systems with real-world applications.
My professional experience was at IDEO Colab, Microsoft Research, Xerox PARC, and Telefonica Research. I led projects in collaborative environments towards creating new experiences for users. My experience as an entrepreneur helped me to gain a holistic understanding of product development.
My Ph.D. research provides design principles for building intelligent systems for behavior change. I was advised by Mark Newman and worked with Pedja Klasnja. My research unites design and engineering to create simple solutions for complex problems.
PROJECTS
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Simplifying Commute by Predicting Obstacles
CodePrototype for SmartCity Project @IDEOColab about detecting anomalies in people’s commute to reduce uncertainty.
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HEED Self-Reporting Devices
IMWUT 2018 UbiComp-2017 Poster CodeSituated and distributed interactive devices for simple one-touch self-reporting targetting the most common situations.
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Improving Computational Models of Human Behavior
CHI-2014 Workshop IMWUT-2018We propose the notion of “sweet spots” to encapsulate how particular contextual factors converge to create optimal states for performing physical activities.
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Mobile Crowdsourcing for Experience Sampling
IJHCS-2016 UbiComp-2015Mobile and situated crowdsourcing to collect annotated travel activity data in real-word settings.
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Sophus App
ExpoSItion-2016 CodeContext-Aware Knowledge Sharing Platform that allows people nearby to leverage each other’s expertise.
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Internet of Shoes
An experimental swarm light installation exploring a network for collective action.
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Crowd-generated Contextualized Behavior Change Messages
SBM 2015Crowdsourcing system that enables paid crowd workers to create context-appropriate behavior messages.
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StoneSoup: A Community Driven Proactive Display
ExpoSItion-2014A community driven proactive display system that allows personalization of content.
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The Role of Rating and Loan Characteristics in Online Microfunding Behaviors
ICWSM-2015 arXivIn-depth analysis of a kiva.com lending activity.
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Interactive DVD as a Platform for Education
T4E-2012 CHI-2011 ICTD-2010Leveraged the capabilities of the standard DVD player to view interactive educational content like Wikipedia, children books and slides.