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2023

• Dobesh, S., Albert, J., Ahmed, S., and Sharmin, M., Moving Towards an Accessible Approach to Music Therapy for Autistic People: A Systematic Review . IEEE 47th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)2023.
• Palma, R., Lam, H. C., Shrivastava, A., Karlinsey, E., Nguyen, K., Deol, P., Sharmin, M., and Ahmed, S. “Monday Feels Like Friday!”-Towards Overcoming Anxiety and Stress of Autistic Young Adults During Times of Isolation, iConference 2023: Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity (p. 1), 2023.

2022

• Ahmed, S., Hossain, M. M., Pragner, C., Kimball, M., Shrivastava, A., Gildner, J., McCulloch, S., and Sharmin, M., Constrained Life in a Multifarious Environment-A Closer Look at the Lives of Autistic College Students. Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems2022.
• Dawson, A., Ahmed, S., Sharmin, M. and Deneke, W. Lessons Learned from the Design and Evaluation of InterViewR: A Mixed-Reality Based Interview Training Simulation Platform for Individuals with Autism, IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC) (p. 1), 2022.
• Albert, J., Koronthály, D., Dobesh, S. J., Nasim, Z., Khan, I., Ahmed, S., and Sharmin, M. To Aid Emotion Expression for Non-Verbal Autistic Individuals, In an App, Less (Features) is More (Better), Adjunct Proceedings of the 2022 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2022 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (p. 1), 2022.

2021

• McCulloch, S., Gildner, J., Hoefel, B., Cervantes, G., Ahmed, S., and Sharmin, M., Visualization as a Tool to Understand the Experience of College Students with Autism. IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)2021.
• Islam, T. Z., Liang, P. W., Sweeney, F., Pragner, C., Thiagarajan, J. J., Sharmin, M. , and Ahmed, S. College life is hard!-shedding light on stress prediction for autistic college students using data-driven analysis, IEEE 45th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC) (p. 1), 2021.

2020

• Sweeney, F. and Sharmin, M. Investigating Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Use Habits and Contexts: Habits, Locations, and Situations, ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (OzCHI), 2020.
• Weber, T., Ferrin, M., Sweeney, F., Ahmed, S. and Sharmin, M. Towards identifying the optimal timing for near real-time smoking interventions using commercial wearable devices, IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC),, 2020.
• Ahmed, S., Deneke, W., Mai, V., Veneruso, A., Stepita, M., Dawson, A., Hoefel, B., Claeys, G., Lam, N. and Sharmin, M. Towards Understanding the Life of Neurodiverse College Students Through Visualization, IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 2020.
• Hridi, A. P., Ahmed, S., Abeer, I. A., Saha, A., Sinha, A., Hossain, M. S., Ahmed, N., and Sharmin, M. Understanding the educational landscape of children with autism in Bangladesh, Sustainable Digital Communities: 15th International Conference, iConference 2020.

2019

• Fox, E., Baden, S., and Sharmin, M. Connection: Assisting Neurodiverse Individuals in FormingLasting Relationships Through a Digital Medium, ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ACM ASSETS), 2019 (to appear).
• Ahmed, S., Hossain, MF, Price, K., Pranger, C., Hossain, MM., Sharmin, M. Tale of the Social-Side of ASD, IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC),, 644-652, 2019.
• McCulloch, S., Hoefel, B., Gildner, J., Ahmed, S. and Sharmin, M. Towards Understanding the Life of Neurodiverse College Students Through Visualization, IEEE VIS, 2019. [to appear]
• Sweeney, F. , Weber, T., and Sharmin, M. Predicting Smoking Urges from Biometric Markers, Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) 2019 (Selected to participate in the ACM Student Research Competition).
• Fox, E. R., Baden, S. and Sharmin, M. Connections: A Systematic Analysis on People with ASD and How to Improve Their Isolation with Technologies, Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) 2019

2018

• Sharmin, M., Hossain, M.M., Saha, A., Das, M., Maxwell, M. and Ahmed, S., From Research to Practice: Informing the Design of Autism Support Smart Technology. Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems(p. 102). 2018.
• Hossain, M. M.,Sharmin, M.and Ahmed, S. Bangladesh Emergency Services: A Mobile Application to Provide 911-Like Service in Bangladesh, ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (ACM COMPASS) (p. 1), 2018.
• Polack, P. J., Chen, S-T., Kahng, M., Barbaro, K. D., Basole, R.,Sharmin, M. and Chau, D. H. Chronodes: Interactive Multi-focus Exploration of Event Sequences, ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TIIS), 2018.
• Puchko, A., Henning, M., Jang, C., and Sharmin, M.. LapseAnalyzer: A Web-based Visual Analytics Tool for Aiding Smoking Cessation, Grace Hopper Conference (GHC), 2018. (Selected as a participant in the ACM Student Research Competition (ACM SRC)).
• Johnson, C., Ahmed, S., andSharmin, M. Connection: An Autism-Friendly Inclusive Dating App, Grace Hopper Conference (GHC), 2018.

2017

• Sharmin, M., Weber, T.,Sarker, H., Saleheen, N., Kumar, S., Ahmed, S., and al'Absi, M. Opportunities and Challenges in Designing Participant-Centric Smoking Cessation System, IEEE COMPSAC, 2017.
• Hossain, MM.,Sharmin, M. .and Ahmed, S. Understanding the Feasibility of a Location-Aware Mobile-Based 911-like Emergency Service in Bangladesh, IEEE COMPSAC, 2017.
• Fang, D., Hohman, F., Polack, P., Sarker, H., Kahng, M.,Sharmin, M., al'Absi, M., and Chau, D H. mHealth Visual Discovery Dashboard, ACM UbiComp2017, 237-240.
• Weber, T., Ahmed, S., andSharmin, M.. Opportunities and Challenges in Designing Participant-Centric Smoking Cessation Systems, Grace Hopper Conference (GHC), 2017. Runner Up in ACM Student Research Competition (ACM SRC) and Recipient of Outstanding Undergraduate Poster,Scholars Week, 2017.
• Hossain, MM., Bowen, S., Mooneyham, J.,Sharmin, M., and Ahmed, S. NAAP: A Prevention Strategy Using Mobile App and Wearable Devices, Grace Hopper Conference (GHC), 2017. (Selected as a participant in the ACM Student Research Competition (ACM SRC))
• Ahmed, N., Ahmed, S., and Sharmin, M.. Appropriation and Influence of Facebook in Young Adults in Bangladesh, Grace Hopper Conference (GHC), 2017.

2016

• Sarker, H., Tyburski, M., Rahman, M., Hovsepian, K.,Sharmin, M., Epstein, D. H., Preston, K. L., Furr-Holden, C. D., Milam, A., Nahum-Shani, I., al'Absi, M., and Kumar, S. Finding Significant Stress Episodes in a Discontinuous Time Series of Rapidly Varying Mobile Sensor Data, ACM Conference on Human factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016).
• Polack, P. J, Sharmin, M., de Barbaro, K., Kahng, M., Chen, S-T, and Chau, D. H. Exploratory Visual Analytics of Mobile HealthData: Sensemaking Challenges andOpportunities, book chapter.

2015

• Sharmin, M.., Raij, A., Epstien, D., Nahum-Shani, I., Beck, G., Vadhuri, S., Preston, K., and Kumar, S. Visualization of Time-Series Sensor Data to Inform the Design of Just-In-Time Adaptive Stress Interventions, ACM Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2015).
• Polack, P. J., Chen, S-T., Kahng, M., Sharmin, M., and Chau, D. H. TimeStitch: Interactive Multi-focus Cohort Discovery and Comparison, IEEE VIS 2015.
• Sharmin, M. and Kumar, S. Visualization to Aid Stress Management, GHC 2015.
• Ahmed, S. and Sharmin, M. Why do mobile phone-based smoking cessation interventions struggle and how can we make them more effective?, ACM iConference, 2015.
• Kumar, S., Abowd, G., Abraham, W., al’Absi, M., Beck, J.G., Chau, D.H., Condie, T., Conroy, D.E., Ertin, E., Estrin, D., Ganesan, D., Lam, C., Marlin, B., Marsh, C.B., Murphy, S.A., Nahum-Shani, I., Patrick, K., Rehg, J., Sharmin, M., Shetty, V., Sim, I., Spring, B., Srivastava, M., Wetter, D. (2015). Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K), Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (accepted).

2014

• Sarkar, H., Sharmin, M., Ali, A. A., Rahman, M. M., Bari, R., Haque, S. M., and Kumar, S. Assessing the Availability of Users to Engage in Just-in-Time-Intervention in the Natural Environment, ACM Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2014), 909-920.
• Vhaduri, S., Ali, A. A., Sharmin, M., Hovsepian, K., and Kumar, S. Estimating Drivers' Stress from GPS Traces, Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2014).
• Rahman, M. M., Bari, R., Ali, A. A., Sharmin, M., Raij, A., Ertin, E., Epstein, D., Preston, K., Kedia, S., Kennedy, A., Jobes, M., al'Absi, M., Ward, K., and Kumar, S. Are We There Yet? Feasibility of Continuous Stress Assessment via Physiological Sensors in Field, ACM BCB, 2014.

2013

• Sharmin, M. and Bailey, B. P. ReflectionSpace: An Interactive Visualization Tool for Supporting Reflection-on-action in Design, Creativity and Cognition 2013, 83-92.

2012

• Sharmin, M., Bergman, L., Lu, J., and Konuru, R. On Slide-Based Contextual Cues for Presentation Reuse, Intelligent User Interfaces(IUI 2012), 129-138. (Best Paper nominee, only top 4 accepted papers got this nomination).

2011

• Sharmin, M. and Bailey, B. P. "I Reflect to Improve My Design" - Investigating Role and Process of Reflection in Creative Design, Poster in Creativity and Cognition (C&C), 2011. [draft, poster]
• Sharmin, M. and Bailey, B. P. Making Sense of Communication Associated with Artifacts during Early Design Activity. Interact 2011, INTERACT (1) 2011: 181-198.
• Sharmin, M. and Bailey, B. P. Online Design Discussion Sites: Emerging Resource for Creative Design, HCI International, HCI (18) 2011: 219-228.

2010

• Sharmin, M. and Bailey, B. P. Making Sense of Artifact Reusability in Early Design, Artifacts in Design: Representation, Ideation, and Process Workshop, ACM CHI 2010.

2009

• Sharmin, M., Bailey, B. P., Coats, C. and Hamilton, K. Understanding Knowledge Management Practices for Early Design Activity and Its Implications for Reuse. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2009, 2367-2376.

2008

• Sharmin, M., Bailey, B. P., and Karahalios, K. An Interactive Visualization Framework for Exploring and Reflecting on Interaction in Online Social Networks. CSCW Extended Abstract, 2008.
• Ahamed, S. I. and Sharmin, M. A trust-based secure service discovery (TSSD) model for pervasive computing, International Journal of Communications, 2008, Elsevier.
• Ahamed, S. I., Sharmin, M., and Ahmed, S., A Risk-aware Trust Based Secure Resource Discovery (RTSRD) Model for Pervasive Computing. PerCom 2008, pp. 590-595.

2007

• Sharmin, M., Ahmed, S. and Ahamed, S.I. Design and Implementation of MARKS (Middleware Adaptability for Resource Discovery, Knowledge Usability and Self-healing) Middleware for Pervasive Computing Environments, Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Journal, Vol 3, 2007.
• De Guzman, E., Sharmin, M., and B. P. Bailey. Should I Call Now? Understanding What Context is Considered When Deciding Whether to Initiate Remote Communication via Mobile Devices, Proceedings of Graphics Interface, 2007, pp. 143-150.
• Ahmed, S., Ahamed, S. I., Sharmin, M., and Haque, M. Self-healing for Autonomic Pervasive Computing, ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (ACM SAC 2007), 2007, pp. 110-111.

2006

• Ahamed, S. I., Sharmin, M., Ahmed, S., Haque, M., and Khan, A. J. Design and Implementation of A Virtual Assistant for Healthcare Professionals Using Pervasive Computing Technologies, Journal Springer e&i, Vol 123(4), April 2006, pp. 112-120.
• Sharmin, M., Ahmed, S., and Ahamed, S. I. Ubicomp Assistant: An Omnipresent Customizable Service using MARKS, ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (ACM SAC), 2006, pp. 1013-1017.
• Sharmin, M., Ahmed, S., and Ahamed, S. I. An Adaptive Lightweight Trust Reliant Secure Resource Discovery for Pervasive Computing Environments, Pervasive Computer and Communications (PerCom), 2006, pp. 258-263.
• Sharmin, M., Ahmed, S., Ahamed, S. I. Haque, M., and Khan, A. J. Healthcare Aide: Towards a Virtual Assistant for Doctors, Patients, Nurses and Resident Doctors Using Pervasive Middleware, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Health Care (UbiCare 2006) in conjunction with PerCom 2006, 2006, pp. 490-495.
• Sharmin, M., Ahmed, S., and Ahamed, S. I. MARKS (Middleware Adaptability for Resource Discovery, Knowledge Usability and Self-healing) for Mobile Devices of Pervasive Computing Environments, International Conference on Information Technology : New Generations (ITNG), 2006, pp. 306-313.

2005

• Ahamed S. I., Sharmin, M., Ahmed, S., Havice, M. J., and Anamanamuri, S. An Assessment Tool for Out of Class Learning using Pervasive Computing Technologies, Information Journal, Vol 8(5), 2005, pp. 751-768.
• Ahmed, S., Sharmin, M., and Ahamed, S. I. PerAd-Service: A Middleware Service for Pervasive Advertisement in M-Business, Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2005), 2005, pp. 17-18.
• Ahmed, S., Sharmin, M., and Ahamed, S. I. A Smart Meeting Room with Pervasive Computing Technologies, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/ Distributed Computing (SNDP), 2005, pp. 366-371.
• Ahmed, S., Sharmin, M., and Ahamed, S. I. Knowledge Usability and Its Characteristics for Pervasive Computing, The 2005 International Conference on Pervasive Systems and Computing(PSC-05) in conjunction with The 2005 International Multi-conference in Computer Science and Engineering, 2005, pp. 206-209.
• Sharmin, M., Ahmed, S., and Ahamed, S. I. SAFE-RD (Secure, Adaptive, Fault Tolerant, and Efficient Resource Discovery) in Pervasive Computing Environments, IEEE international Conference on Information Technology (ITCC), 2005, pp. 271-276.