Hi, I'm Ian Li!

I build personal informatics tools.

I have a Ph.D. in human-computer interaction.

I design and develop applications and web sites.

I like to draw and paint.

I also enjoy various hobbies.

I recently finished my Ph.D. in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. My advisors were Anind Dey and Jodi Forlizzi. My research was in the area of personal informatics: understanding, designing, and developing technologies that help people better understand their own behavior. My thesis explored how to use contextual information in personal informatics systems to improve self-knowledge.

Publications

Refereed Full Conference Papers

Understanding My Data, Myself: Supporting Self-Reflection with Ubicomp Technologies
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Ian Li, Anind Dey, and Jodi Forlizzi. Ubicomp 2011, pp. 405-414.
A Stage-Based Model of Personal Informatics Systems
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Ian Li, Anind Dey, and Jodi Forlizzi. CHI 2010, pp. 557-566.
Here's What I Did: Sharing and Reusing Web Activity with ActionShot
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Ian Li, Jeffrey Nichols, Tessa Lau, Clemens Drews, and Allen Cypher. CHI 2010, pp. 723-732
My Agent as Myself or Another: Effects on Credibility and Listening to Advice
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Ian Li, Jodi Forlizzi, Anind Dey, and Sara Kiesler. DPPI 2007, Helsinki, Finland, 2007, pp. 194-208.
a CAPpella: Programming by Demonstration of Context-Aware Applications
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Anind Dey, Raffay Hamid, Chris Beckmann, Ian Li, and Daniel Hsu. CHI 2004, Vienna, Austria, 2004, pp. 33-40.

Refereed Short Conference Papers

Designing Personal Informatics Applications and Tools that Facilitate Monitoring of Behaviors
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Ian Li. UIST 2009 Doctoral Symposium, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2009.
Beyond Counting Steps: Using Context to Improve Monitoring of Physical Activity
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Ian Li. Ubicomp 2009 Doctoral Colloquium, Orlando, FL, 2009.
Using Visualizations to Increase Compliance in Experience Sampling
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Gary Hsieh, Ian Li, Anind Dey, Jodi Forlizzi, and Scott Hudson. Ubicomp 2008, Seoul, Korea, 2008, pp. 164-167.
The Book as User Interface: Lowering the Entry Cost to Email for Elders
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Scott Davidoff, Carson Bloomberg, Ian Li, Jennifer Mankoff, and Susan Fussell. CHI 2005, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 1331-1334.

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