GreenIT
Explores the relationship between recent developments in information technology and current global environmental issues. Several projects under way examining the ways that rapid adoption of IT is transforming how people approach environmental concerns.
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NSF REU award
GreenScanner
Community-generated database of environmental impact reviews of consumer products. Designed for use with desktop computers and mobile devices.
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HICSS Paper
| MSR equipment grant
Blog Readers
Despite the growing research on bloggers, little work has focused on blog readers. This project explores blogging from the reader's perspective.
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ICWSM Poster
Computational Metaphor Identification
Developing computational techniques to identify conceptual metaphors in bodies of written text, and exploring the use of those computationally identified metaphors to encourage and support critical thinking and creativity.
ICWSM Poster
| NSF CreativeIT award
Web Browser Environmental Sustainability Toolkit
The Web Browser Environmental Sustainability Toolkit (WebBEST) is a system that uses the capability of browsers to integrate popular online services (e.g., Amazon.com, Google Maps, Albertsons, Cars.com) with existing environmental databases (e.g., Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, Travel Matters, Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database, Fuel Economy). The system subtly integrates relevant environmental information from these databases into the online services. WebBEST also features a web presence through which people can share ideas, and a framework for other developers to contribute new plugins connecting services and databases.
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