Michael Massimi
POST DOC RESEARCHER
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Email: mmassimi [at] microsoft.com
I am a post-doc researcher working with the Socio-Digital Systems group, part of the Computer-Mediated Living research area at Microsoft Research, Cambridge.
My research areas include human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW), and ubiquitous computing. Within these areas, my interests primarily concern how computing plays a role during personally important, life-changing events. My past research has focused on one of the biggest - the loss of a loved one. My current work is expanding to look at other big life events in order to understand how to develop systems that support human values like memory and social connection. I am also interested in how health technologies play a role during these life events.
For more information please see my previous website at http://www.michaelmassimi.com/
Publications
- Michael Massimi, Exploring Remembrance and Social Support Behavior in an Online Bereavement Support Group, in Proc. CSCW 2013, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2013
- Michael Massimi, Rachelle Campigotto, Abbas Attarwala, and Ronald M. Baecker, Reading Together as a Leisure Activity: Implications for e-Reading, in INTERACT 2013, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2013
- Jackie L. Bender, Holly O. Witteman, Osman Hassan Ahmed, and Michael Massimi, A View of Online Communities Across Stages of Life: Current Research and Future Trends, 15 September 2012
- Michael Massimi, Jill Dimond, and Christopher Le Dantec, Finding a new normal: The role of technology in life disruptions, in Proc. CSCW 2012, ACM, 2012
- Michael Massimi, Thanatosensitively designed technologies for bereavement support, 2012
- Kathleen Gilbert and Michael Massimi, From digital divide to digital immortality: Thanatechnology at the turn of the 21st century, in Dying, Death, and Grief in an Online Universe, Springer, 2012
- Ronald Baecker, Karyn Moffatt, and Michael Massimi, Technologies for aging gracefully, in interactions, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 32-36, 2012
- Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Ronald M. Baecker, Michael Massimi, Deborah Ptak, Rachelle Campigotto, Liam D. Kaufman, Adam M. Brickman, Gary R. Turner, Joshua R. Steinerman, and Sandra E. Black, Reconstructing the Past: Personal Memory Technologies Are Not Just Personal and Not Just for Memory, in Human–Computer Interaction, vol. 27, no. 1-2, pp. 92-123, 2012
- Andrea Charise, Holly Witteman, Erica Sutton, Jackie Bender, Michael Massimi, Lindsay Stephens, J Evans, RM Mirza, and Marie Elf, Questioning context: A set of interdisciplinary questions for investigating contexutal factors affecting health decision making, in Health Expectations, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 115-132, June 2011
- Michael Massimi, Technology and the human lifespan: learning from the bereaved, in interactions, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 26–29, ACM, New York, NY, USA, May 2011
- Michael Massimi and Ronald M. Baecker, Dealing with death in design: developing systems for the bereaved, in Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference on Human factors in computing systems, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2011
- Michael Locasto, Michael Massimi, and Peter DePasquale, Security and privacy considerations in digital death, in Proc. New Security Paradigms Workshop, 2011
- Michael Massimi, Khai N. Truong, David Dearman, and Gillian R. Hayes, Understanding Recording Technologies in Everyday Life, in IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 64–71, 2010
- R Baecker, A Benjamin, K Moffatt, E Macaranas, T Shihipar, M Massimi, D Ptak, J Birnholtz, D Gromala, A Furlan, and V Boscart, Connecting physically and socially isolated individuals to their families, in GROUP 2010 Workshop on Connecting Families, 2010
- Michael Massimi, Thanatosensitively designed technologies for bereavement support, in Proceedings of the 28th of the international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, ACM, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2010
- Michael Massimi, Technologies for supporting bereaved families, in Proc. CSCW Companion Materials, 2010
- Michael Massimi, Will Odom, David Kirk, and Richard Banks, HCI at the end of life: understanding death, dying, and the digital, in Proc. CHI 2010 Extended Abstracts, ACM, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2010
- R.M. Baecker, A. Levy, M. Massimi, K. Tonon, M. Watson, K. Fenwick, W. Scott, E. Rochon, D. Mulholland, L. Laird, S.E. Black, K Moffatt, and G Poorshahid, Context-aware mobile phones to aid seniors with word recall and production, in Proc. International Society for Gerontechnology 7th World Conference, 2010
- Michael Massimi and Ronald M. Baecker, A death in the family: opportunities for designing technologies for the bereaved, in Proc. CHI 2010, ACM, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2010
- J David, R Baecker, A Benjamin, K Moffatt, E Macaranas, T Shihipar, M Massimi, D Ptak, J Birnholtz, D Gromala, A Furlan, and V Boscart, Connecting physically and socially isolated individuals to their families, in Toronto Rehab's 6th Annual Research Day, 2010
- Katherine M. Sellen, Michael Massimi, Danielle M. Lottridge, Khai N. Truong, and Sean A. Bittle, The people-prototype problem: understanding the interaction between prototype format and user group, in Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Human factors in computing systems, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2009
- Kent Fenwick, Michael Massimi, Ronald Baecker, Sandra Black, Kevin Tonon, Cosmin Munteanu, Elizabeth Rochon, and David Ryan, Cell phone software aiding name recall, in Proceedings of the 27th international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2009
- Michael Massimi and Andrea Charise, Dying, death, and mortality: towards thanatosensitivity in HCI, in Proc. CHI 2009 Extended Abstracts, ACM, Boston, MA, USA, 2009
- Ronald Baecker, Kent Fenwick, Michael Massimi, Sandra Black, Elizabeth Rochon, and David Ryan, Cell phone software to aid senior citizens in recalling names, in Proc. 19th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2009
- R Baecker, M Massimi, A Levy, K Tonon, W Scott, and M Watson et al., Context-aware mobile communication aids, in Toronto Rehab Institute 5th Annual Research Day, 2009
