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Designers … Away!

The CHI 2007 Student Design Competition advanced to the next round. Of the 54 submissions from 19 schools and 11 countries, a dozen teams were selected to show their posters at the conference Monday, and four teams made the cut to present on Wednesday morning … including two IU School of Informatics teams. Ri-Ri is a team of second-year master’s students (Christian Beck, Arvind Ashok and Nick Quagliara) who designed something to help bus conductors in Madras, India. Celerometer was the entry of first-year master’s students (Tyler Pace, Shruti Ramalingam, and David Roedl) who redefined the design problem to focus on improving efficiency of school buses. The other finalists are altVerto (U of Michigan) and EMI: A system to improve and promote the use of public transportation (Universidad Tecnologica de la Mixteca, Mexico).

The CHI 2007 Student Design Competition advanced to the next round, short presentations on Wednesday morning.

Of the 54 submissions from 19 schools and 11 countries, a dozen teams were selected to show their posters and compete for the next round. The finalists are:

  • altVerto (U of Michigan)
  • EMI: A system to improve and promote the use of public transportation (Universidad Tecnologica de la Mixteca, Mexico)
  • Ri-Ri: Assisting bus conductors in Madras (Indiana)
  • Celerometer and Idling Reminder: Persuasive technology for school bus eco-driving (Indiana)

The remaining four teams also have to present two slides and one minutes, and the top three finalists get money.

The two IU teams are particularly strong. Ri-Ri is a team of second-year master’s students (Christian Beck, Arvind Ashok and Nick Quagliara) who designed something to help bus conductors in Madras, India. Celerometer was the entry of first-year master’s students (Tyler Pace, Shruti Ramalingam, and David Roedl) who redefined the design problem to focus on improving efficiency of school buses.

Congratulations to all of the teams for making it to San Jose. The projects are great.

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By Kevin Makice

A Ph.D student in informatics at Indiana University, Kevin is rich in spirit. He wrestles and reads with his kids, does a hilarious Christian Slater imitation and lights up his wife's days. He thinks deeply about many things, including but not limited to basketball, politics, microblogging, parenting, online communities, complex systems and design theory. He didn't, however, think up this profile.

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