Opportunities and Challenges for Self-Experimentation in Self-Tracking

by | Sep 7, 2015 | Research Publications

Author(s):

  • Ravi Karkar ,
  • James Fogarty ,
  • Julie A. Kientz ,
  • Sean A. Munson ,
  • Roger Vilardaga ,
  • Jasmine Zia

Abstract:

Personal informatics applications support capture and access of data related to an increasing variety of dimensions of everyday life. However, such applications often fail to effectively support diagnostic self-tracking, wherein people seek to answer a specific question about themselves. Current approaches are therefore difficult, tedious, and error-prone. This workshop paper discusses our ongoing efforts to develop methods for self-experimentation in self-tracking. We examine how self-experimentation situates within existing models of personal informatics processes, discuss our current focus on personal food triggers in patients suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and highlight open challenges for self-experimentation more broadly.

Documentation:

https://doi.org/10.1145/2800835.2800949

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