Herman Saksono
(he/him)
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary with Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Research interests
- Human-centered computing
- Personal health informatics
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Northeastern University
- MS in Computer Science, Northeastern University
- BE in Electrical Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada — Indonesia
Biography
Herman Saksono is an assistant professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston.
Saksono’s interdisciplinary research contributes to human–computer interaction and digital health equity through his social health informatics research agenda. The goal of this agenda is to investigate how personal health informatics tools can catalyze social interactions that encourage positive health behaviors. By enabling positive social interactions in health technologies, marginalized communities can further amplify their internal strengths and enhance health equity from within. To meet these goals, Saksono has designed, developed, and evaluated health apps including Storywell, Go & Grow, and Spaceship Launch.
Previously, Saksono was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University‘s Center of Research in Computation and Society, where he worked with Krzsystof Gajos at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. During his doctoral studies at Northeastern, he worked with Andrea G. Parker in the Wellness Technology Lab, which is now at Georgia Tech. Saksono received a Fulbright scholarship for his computer science master’s study in 2012–14.
Recent publications
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Socio-Cognitive Framework for Personal Informatics: A Preliminary Framework for Socially-Enabled Health Technologies
Citation: Herman Saksono, Andrea G. Parker. (2024). Socio-Cognitive Framework for Personal Informatics: A Preliminary Framework for Socially-Enabled Health Technologies ACM Trans. Comput. Hum. Interact., 31, 42:1-42:41. https://doi.org/10.1145/3674504 -
StoryMap: Using Social Modeling and Self-Modeling to Support Physical Activity Among Families of Low-SES Backgrounds
Citation: Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica A. Hoffman, Magy Seif El-Nasr, and Andrea Parker. 2021. StoryMap: Using Social Modeling and Self-Modeling to Support Physical Activity Among Families of Low-SES Backgrounds. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 203, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445087 -
Go&Grow: An Evaluation of a Pervasive Social Exergame for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Dementia
Citation: Xin Yao Lin, Herman Saksono, Elizabeth Stowell, Margie E. Lachman, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Andrea G. Parker. (2020). Go&Grow: An Evaluation of a Pervasive Social Exergame for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Dementia Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 4, 151:1-151:28. https://doi.org/10.1145/3415222 -
Storywell: Designing for Family Fitness App Motivation by Using Social Rewards and Reflection
Citation: Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Vivien Morris, Magy Seif El-Nasr, and Andrea G. Parker. 2020. Storywell: Designing for Family Fitness App Motivation by Using Social Rewards and Reflection. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376686 -
Social Reflections on Fitness Tracking Data: A Study with Families in Low-SES Neighborhoods
Citation: Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Vivien Morris, and Andrea G. Parker. 2019. Social Reflections on Fitness Tracking Data: A Study with Families in Low-SES Neighborhoods. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 313, 14 pages. DOI -
Family Health Promotion in Low-SES Neighborhoods: A Two-Month Study of Wearable Activity Tracking
Citation: Herman Saksono, Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, Jessica Hoffman, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Vivien Morris, Andrea G. Parker. 2018. Family Health Promotion in Low-SES Neighborhoods: A Two-Month Study of Wearable Activity Tracking. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM. -
Designing and Evaluating mHealth Interventions for Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review
Citation: Elizabeth Stowell, Mercedes C. Lyson, Herman Saksono, Reneé C. Wurth, Holly Jimison, Misha Pavel, Andrea G. Parker. 2018. Designing and Evaluating mHealth Interventions for Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18). ACM. -
Reflective Informatics Through Family Storytelling: Self-discovering Physical Activity Predictors
Citation: Herman Saksono and Andrea Grimes Parker. 2017. Reflective Informatics Through Family Storytelling: Self-discovering Physical Activity Predictors. Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI ’17, ACM. -
Youth Advocacy in SNAs: Challenges for Addressing Health Disparities
Citation: Farnaz Irannejad Bisafar, Herman Saksono, Priscilla Baquerizo, Dana Moore, and Andrea G Parker. 2016. Youth Advocacy in SNAs: Challenges for Addressing Health Disparities. Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI ’16: 3620–3624. -
Spaceship Launch: Designing a Collaborative Exergame for Families
Citation: Saksono, H., Ranade, A., Kamarthi, G., Castaneda-Sceppa, C., Hoffman, J.A., Wirth, C. and Parker, A.G., "Spaceship Launch: Designing a Collaborative Exergame for Families," Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (2015), 1776-1787.
