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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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. -
Designing e-learning environment to encourage student centred learning
Citation: Pustaka, Arkhadi, and Saksono, Herman. Designing e-learning environment to encourage student centred learning. In International Conference on Innovation, Practice and Research in Engineering Education. The Centre for Engineering and Design Education (2012) -
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.
