Gaetano Boriello Student Award

Ten-Year Impact Award

• Overall Winner:
  • Trajectories of Depression: Unobtrusive Monitoring of Depressive States by Means of Smartphone Mobility Traces
    • Luca Canzian (University of Birmingham) and Mirco Musolesi (University College London and University of Birmingham)
    • This paper represents a landmark in mobile sensing for mental health for the UbiComp community. It was the first to convincingly show that GPS-based mobility traces can be used to infer depressive states, validated against clinical gold-standard measures. The work has broad interdisciplinary resonance, with citations spanning ubiquitous computing, clinical psychology, and digital health. Its influence is evident in the explosion of research on passive mental health monitoring, much of which builds directly on its framing and methodology. The paper’s enduring relevance across multiple research communities is a clear indicator of impact.
• Runner-up:
  • A Lived Informatics Model of Personal Informatics
    • Daniel A. Epstein, An Ping, James Fogarty, and Sean A. Munson (University of Washington)
    • This paper redefined personal informatics by shifting focus from behavior change alone to the lived, everyday realities of self-tracking. Through surveys and interviews, it established a model that accounts for motivation, lapsing, resumption, and reflection—concepts that are now central to personal informatics and self-tracking research. The paper is highly cited within UbiComp and CHI, anchoring an entire line of subsequent work on user-centered informatics design. Its conceptual contribution continues to guide design principles in both academic and applied contexts, making it highly impactful.

Best Poster Awards

• Gaze2Prompt: Turning Eye-Tracking Data into Visual Prompts for Multimodal LLMs
  Jae Young Choi (KAIST); Seon Gyeom Kim (KAIST); Jaywoong Jeong (KAIST); Ryan Rossi (Adobe Research); Jihyung Kil (Adobe Research); Tak Yeon Lee (KAIST)
• Poster: Recognizing Hidden-in-the-Ear Private Key for Reliable Silent Speech Interface Using Multi-Task Learning
  Xuefu Dong (The University of Tokyo); Liqiang Xu (The University of Tokyo); Lixing He (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Zengyi Han (The University of Tokyo); Kenneth Christofferson (University of Toronto); Yifei Chen (Tsinghua University); Akihito Taya (The University of Tokyo); Yuuki Nishiyama (The University of Tokyo); Kaoru Sezaki (The University of Tokyo)
• “I Felt a Sense of Flow”: Rendering Spatial Vector Information through Five-Finger Electrotactile Feedback
  Leheng Chen (Tongji University); Xinyi Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University); Yao Cheng (Tongji University); Dong Chen (Tongji University); Nianchong Qu (Tongji University); Qi Wang (Tongji University)

Best Demo Awards

• Far Red Postables: Ultra-low-cost Pupillometry
  Ava Jean Fascetti (University of California San Diego); Colin Barry (University of California, San Diego); Jade Chng (University of California San Diego); Anusha Rao (University of California San Diego); Edward Jay Wang (University of California, San Diego)
• Mello: A Calm Companion for Stress Relief – A Multi-Sensory and Interactive Plush Toy
  Mengzhe Liao (Aalto University); Suryakant Sahoo (Aalto University); Mykhailo Liakhovetskyi (Aalto University); Clara Kelly (Aalto University); Shreya Jindal (Aalto University)
• Natural Thermal Tracker for Core Body Temperature Application to Improve Personal Daily Life
  Osamu Saisho (NTT Social Informatics Laboratories); Masami Takahashi (NTT); Yujiro Tanaka (NTT); Daichi Matsunaga (NTT); Takafumi Inoue (NTT); Takuro Tajima (NTT)

Design Exhibition

This year’s exhibition is organized and curated by Design Exhibition Chairs Mirela Alistar and Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez from the University of Colorado Boulder (USA), along with Ramyah Gowrishankar and Emmi Pouta from Aalto University (Finland).

The chairs congratulate the authors of the awarded projects for this year’s categories:

FUNCTIONAL
Ferrozuit: Ferromagnetic Electronic Textile System for Zero-Gravity Spatial Anchoring

Juror Commentary: “We selected this project for its exceptional technical strength and readiness, something that feels close to real-world application, with clear usability already in sight.”

AESTHETICS
Proximities & Perspectives: Hybrid Nail Art Explorations Through a Research Lab-Situated Artist Residency

Juror Commentary: “We were impressed by the project’s deep collaboration with artists and the way it brings design and intention together. Its visual impact and polished execution made it a standout.”

SUSTAINABILITY
Breathing New Energy: A Garment Offering Comfort and Haptic Breathing Guidance to Regain Breath Control and Energy

Juror Commentary: “This project offers a strong example of social sustainability, addressing the needs of a user group often overlooked in more technologically driven wearable work. It demonstrates how sustainability considerations can extend beyond environmental impact.”