lisa maria garcia
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♔ Columbia University
Reseacher @ Computer Enabled Abilities Lab
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| Research Interests |
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| Social Computing, Mixed Experiences (AR/VR/XR), Ubiquitous Computing, Wearable Computing, Mobile Computing, Data Science, AI (LLMS), Natural Language Processing, Computer Ethics |
| general Interests |
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| gaming, anime, fashion art (mainly oil painting, sketching and doodling), biking, baking, cooking, journaling, music, volunteering, teaching, coding, travel, pilates, weight training, pokemon go, photography, hiking, dancing |
Most Recent Projects
My Pillow Knows My Sleep
PillowSense,
a fabric-based sleep monitoring
system seamlessly integrated into a pillowcase. PillowSense utilizes a dual-layer design; the top layer comprises conductive fabrics for sensing electrocardiogram (ECG) and surface electromyogram (sEMG), while the bottom layer features pressure-sensitive fabrics to monitor sleep location and movement.
Community AR
project aims to bridge the digital and physical worlds by using augmented reality (AR) to foster community engagement and interaction. The project seeks to empower communities to tell their stories and connect, enhancing social cohesion and promoting local pride.
Fabric Based Muscle Fatigue Sensing
project aims to bridge the digital and physical worlds by using augmented reality (AR) to foster community engagement and interaction. The project seeks to empower communities to tell their stories and connect, enhancing social cohesion and promoting local pride.
selected publications & experience
| conference | publication | doi / format / status |
|---|---|---|
| CUPS ‘24 | L. M. DiSalvo, Q. Shao, I. Xu, HMC Leung, X. Zhou, "Weaving the Future: Innovations in Computational Fabrics for Enhanced Wearable Health" Computer Science, CUPS Symposium 2024 @ Columbia University, Columbia University Thesis, New York, United States, 2024 | poster |
| CUPS ‘24 | L. M. DiSalvo, J. Gill, M. Wolfley, V. Eungeno, A.S Vega, B.A. Smith, "Fabric Sensing for All " Computer Science CUPS Symposium @ Columbia University, Columbia University Thesis, New York, United States, 2024 | poster |
| SENSYS’24 | Q. Shao, L. M. DiSalvo, M. Zhao, I. Xu, HMC. Leung, X, Zhou. (2024). “My Pillow Knows My Sleep: Sleep Monitoring with Computational Fabrics”, In The 22nd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), | (Under Review). |
| CHI '26 | L.M. DiSalvo, M. Wolfley, L. Feinberg, and B. Smith (2024). “Preserving Community History Through AR”, In 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. | (In Progress - Anticipated). |
| MASS ‘22 | J. Carson, L. M. DiSalvo and L. Ray, "Automatic Classification of Web and IoT Privacy Policies," 2022 IEEE 19th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), Denver, CO, USA, 2022, pp. 732-735, | doi: 10.1109/MASS56207.2022.00114. |
| QRS’22 | L. M. DiSalvo, G. V. Saenz, W. E. Wong and D. Li, "Social Media Safety Practices and Flagging Sensitive Posts," 2022 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security Companion (QRS -C), Guangzhou, China, 2022, pp. 8-15, | doi: 10.1109/QRS-C57518.2022.00012. |
| UGSRP ’22 | L. M. DiSalvo, S. M. S, S. Sunil, and J. Mendiratta, " Securing Additive Manufacturing Digital 3D Models with Encryption Techniques," Undergraduate Summer Research Program Abstracts, New York University, | UGSRP'22 booklet New York City, 2022, pp. 57 |
| AU ‘23 | L. M. DiSalvo, R. Wilson, V. Ford, " Social Media in Educational Settings & Knight Life Application" 2023,Computer Science Senior Symposium @ Arcadia University, Arcadia University Thesis, Glenside, United States, 2023 | booklet |
| AU ‘23 | L. M. DiSalvo, R. Wilson, V. Ford, "Racial Bias in Social Media Algorithms," 2023 Computer Science Senior Symposium @ Arcadia University, Arcadia University Thesis, Glenside, United States, 2023 | booklet |
Mobile X Laboratory & Computer Enabled Abilities Laboratory @ Columbia University in the City of New York
Advisor: Dr. Xia Zhou & Dr. Brian Smith
- Apart of the effort to pioneer fabric sensing technology within everyday user-life, leveraging advancements in materials science, electronics, and data analytics.
Research Experience, Additive Manufacturing – IRES NSF Summer Experience @ Tandon School of Engineering NYU
Advisor: Dr. Nikhil Gupta & Dr. Gary Mac
- Conducted research on advanced additive manufacturing techniques, focusing on material properties and process optimization.
Research Experience for Undergraduates Program at Columbus State University in Security and Privacy for Mobile Sensing and the Internet of Things
Advisor: Dr. Lydia Ray
- Worked with Dr. Lydia Ray and Jasmine Carson to understand and curate the paper ‘Towards Automatic Classification of Privacy Policy Text’ in order to make our own conclusions about Privacy Policies upon preforming classification tasks such as: logistic regression, a Naïve Bayes classifier, support vector machines, and a neural network utilizing the spaCy library.
Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates @ University of Texas Austin
Advisor: Dr. Jessyi Li.
- Collaborated with Mentor Dr. J Jessy Li at University of Texas at Austin on publishing paper titled ‘Covid-Emo’, a continuation of Hurricane-Emo on a Covid-19 Related Dataset.
- Analysis of emotion-related tweets along with sarcasm negative/positive markers and the surveying of political stance within Amazon Mechanical Turk workers through inserting politically fueled tweets into their qualification task.
Computational Acoustics & Software Development - Center for Acoustics Research and Education (CARE) Lab
Advisor: Dr. Laura Kloepper / ASA
- Conducted in-depth research in acoustic signal processing techniques, specializing in animal acoustics. Developed and implemented simple algorithms to enhance the quality of audio data, contributing to animal ecological acoustic projects.
teaching
Computer Science & Robotics (3rd & 5th Grade @ PS 92 Mary Mcleod Bethune)
- Conducted coding and robotics classes using Ed rising curriculum and STEAM standards. - Taught fundamental coding concepts and robotics to 3rd and 5th-grade students.
Encanto: Unleash the Family Magic with Code.org (Kindergarten @ Convent of The Sacred Heart)
- Conducted coding classes using Code.ORG and STEAM standards
- Taught fundamental coding concepts to kindergarten and 1st Grade students.
Circuitry & Electronics @ Hillside Elementary (1st Grade & 2nd Grade)
- Conducted coding classes using Code.ORG and STEAM standards
- Taught fundamental coding concepts to kindergarten and 1st Grade students.