April Slayden Mitchell
Multimedia Communications and Networking Lab
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto, California
Biography
April is a member of the Multimedia Communications and Networking Lab (MCNL) in HP Labs, Palo Alto. Her expertise lies in the area of user experience research and design. Since joining HP Labs in 2002, she has worked on multiple projects including BiReality telepresence, the DJammer music manipulation device, and Halo video collaboration where she led the design for the original user interface. April received a best-paper award for her research on mobile video behavior and is the co-creator of the Gabble video conversation site.
Research Interests
- Ubiquitous Computing
- User Experiences
- Technology for Education
- Innovations in Music & Video
Publications
Social Video
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Social Properties of Mobile Video.
In A. C. Roibas, A. Marcus, & R. Sala (Eds.), Mobile TV: Customizing Content and Experience. Springer Books.
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ACM CHI 2007
Consuming Video on Mobile Devices Winner of Best
Paper Award
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ICIN 2007.
Conversa: Uniting Mobile Video with a Community-Based Web
Service.
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IEEE Hot Mobile 2007
"My iPod is my Pacifier:" An Investigation on the Everyday
Practices of Mobile Video Consumption
Video Collaboration
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The Halo B2B Studio. In S. Harrison (Ed.), Media Space 20+ Years of Mediated Life (pp. 357-368). Springer Books.
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Usability Security 2007
Improving Usability by Adding Security to a Video
Conferencing Collaboration System
(ref)
Digital Media Manipulation
- IEEE ICME 2005 DJammer: a New Digital, Mobile, Virtual, Personal Musical Instrument
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ACM CHI 2005
The DJammer: "Air Scratching" and Freeing the DJ to Join the
Party
Mutually Immersive Telepresence
- AES Convention 2004 A Headphone-Free Head-Tracked Audio Telepresence System
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ACM Multimedia 2004
BiReality: Mutually Immersive Mobile Telepresence
- IEEE ICRA 2004 A First Generation Mutually-Immersive Mobile Telepresence Surrogate with Automatic Backtracking
Patents
- PN:7613313 System and Method for Control of Audio Field Based on Position of User
- PN:7324664 Method of and System for Determining Angular Orientation of an Object
- WO/2007/140452 System and Method for Managing Virtual Collaboration Systems
Professional Activities
- Program Committee,
HotMobile10
(11th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications)
- Program Committee,
MobiCASE 09
(International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications,
and Services)
- General Chair,
HotMobile 09
(10th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications)
- Program Committee,
ISWC 08
(12th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers)
- Finance Chair,
HotMobile 08
(9th Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications)
Contact Info
You may contact April by email at april.mitchell@hp.com.