Blue (Georgianna) Lin

Hey there! My name is Blue (Georgianna) Lin.

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I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and a student researcher at Google Health. I currently work on health sensing techniques and user-centered designs for health applications, advised by Khai N. Truong and Alex Mariakakis. I am particularly passionate about understanding how consumer health devices can bridge the gap between raw health data and deeper insights into our well-being, especially for populations that have historically been underserved by traditional healthcare systems and technologies. By integrating multimodal health sensing techniques, I aim to design tools that enhance user agency and help individuals make informed decisions about their well-being in everyday contexts.

Previously, I completed my Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology where I worked with Thad Starner and Neha Kumar. I am honored to have received several notable awards, including the Google PhD Fellowship, Wolfond Fellowship, and GVU Distinguished Masters Student Award.

news

Oct 4, 2024 Our paper “Understanding wrist skin temperature changes to hormone variations across the menstrual cycle” has been published to npj Women’s Health journal 🎉
Sep 9, 2024 Users’ Perspectives on Multimodal Menstrual Tracking Using Consumer Health Devices published in IMWUT Vol. 8, Issue 3. Will be presenting at UBICOMP 2024 in Melbourne ✈️
May 14, 2024 Published and presented Functional Design Requirements to Facilitate Menstrual Health Data Exploration at CHI 2024.
May 3, 2024 Will be attending [Human Computer Interaction Consortium](https://hcic.org) in June 2024!
Feb 2, 2024 Received Departmental Award, Wolfond Scholarship, for 2023-2024 academic session. 🎉
Feb 1, 2024 Became Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award finalist and recognized as Univiersity of Toronto Alumni Association Graduate Scholar. 🎉
Oct 13, 2023 Awarded the Google PhD Fellowship! 🎉
Aug 23, 2023 Published Blood glucose variance measured by continuous glucose monitors across the menstrual cycle in npj Digital Medicine 🎉
Apr 23, 2023 Presented Identifying Multimodal Context Awareness Requirements for Supporting User Interaction with Procedural Videos at CHI 2023.
Apr 19, 2023 Published Understanding tensions in music accessibility through song signing for and with d/Deaf and Non-d/Deaf persons in Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Apr 19, 2023 Published Identifying Multimodal Context Awareness Requirements for Supporting User Interaction with Procedural Videos in Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
Feb 2, 2023 Awarded Wolfond Scholarship in Wireless Information Technology. 🎉
Sep 27, 2022 Nominated by University of Toronto for Google PhD Fellowship.
Sep 26, 2022 Nominated by University of Toronto for Apple Scholars in AI\ML PhD Fellowship.
Sep 17, 2022 Nominated by University of Toronto for Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship.
Jan 3, 2022 Started student researcher role at Google 🎉

selected publications

2024

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    Functional Design Requirements to Facilitate Menstrual Health Data Exploration
    Georgianna Lin, Pierre-William Lessard, Minh Ngoc Le, and 4 more authors
    In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

2023

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    Blood glucose variance measured by continuous glucose monitors across the menstrual cycle
    Georgianna Lin, Rumsha Siddiqui, Zixiong Lin, and 4 more authors
    npj Digital Medicine, 2023

2022

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    Investigating Culturally Responsive Design for Menstrual Tracking and Sharing Practices Among Individuals with Minimal Sexual Education
    Georgianna E Lin, Elizabeth D Mynatt, and Neha Kumar
    In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2022

2021

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    Towards finding the optimum position in the visual field for a head worn display used for task guidance with non-registered graphics
    Georgianna Lin, Malcolm Haynes, Sarthak Srinivas, and 2 more authors
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2021