Lizbeth Escobedo
I am an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University in the Faculty of Computer Science where I teach and research how humans interact with their environment to design, implement, and evaluate the impact of technology that mainly helps people with cognitive disabilities, their families and caregivers, thus raising their quality of life. My research interests are Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Ubiquitous Computing, Cognitive Assistive Technology (CAT), and Mobile Technologies.
I hold a Bs and a PhD from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), and received a MSc from the Centro Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE). I hold a Postdoc at UCSD in the department of Biomedical Informatics.
I love my work but my passion is my family, I am crazy in love with my kids and my husband.
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My latest Research
ActEarly. Actively tracking young children’s developmental milestones can help detect developmental delays. However, this is not an easy task, as there are few resources that provide reliable and comprehensive references for tracking and logging developmental progress. To help address this need, we have conducted a bi-national study where we tested, evaluated, and redesigned an interactive mobile application called ActEarly for tracking developmental milestones.
PenSando.
Developing a Smartpen Assessing Handwriting Skills for Children Assessing the writing skill is core to identify children with dysgraphia. Smartpens have been used to identify handwriting patterns, but their elevated cost may make them impractical, especially in a context such as Latin American.