• openAccess   Experiencing discomfort: designing for affect from first-person perspective 

      Umair, Muhammad; Alfaras, Miquel; Gamboa, Hugo; Sas, Corina Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (2019-09)
      In this paper, we describe how by embracing a first-person design perspective we engaged with the uncomfortable to successfully gain insight into the design of affective technologies. Firstly, we experience estrangement ...
    • openAccess   From Biodata to Somadata 

      Alfaras, Miquel; Tsaknaki, Vasiliki; Sanches, Pedro; Windlin, Charles; Umair, Muhammad; Sas, Corina; Höök, Kristina Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (2020)
      Biosensing technologies are increasingly available as off-the-shelf products, yet for many designers, artists and non-engineers, these technologies remain difficult to design with. Through a soma design stance, we devised ...
    • openAccess   Ring-Topology Echo State Networks for ICU Sepsis Classification 

      Alfaras, Miquel; Varandas, Rui; Gamboa, Hugo IEEE Computer Society (2019)
      Sepsis is a life threatening condition that can be treated if detected early. This paper presents a study of the application of a Ring Topology Echo State Network (ESN) algorithm to a sepsis prediction task based on ICU ...