Lenia Margariti

I am a postdoctoral researcher in TORUS programme, doing exploratory research in the field of digital health and AI for monitoring Parkinson's progression at home. My broader research interest lies in designing Human-Centred Smart Buildings for health, wellbeing and sustainability.

My work is primarily design-led, exploring how technology can support health and wellbeing in data-rich environments. I have expertise in design research, mixed methods and qualitative research. I am also a maker and coder, with strong skills in both digital and physical prototyping.

In the past, I have worked as a user experience researcher in Microsoft Research, Digital Transformation Analyst, Visual Designer, and Architectural Designer. I hold a PhD in Human Computer Interaction, MSc Architecture, and SCOF8 in Software Design and Development.

Publications

Margariti E., Claisse C., Durrant A., Bridgens B., Nabil S., and Kirk D. 2024. Human Building Interaction and Design for Climate Change. In Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS 24). https://doi.org/10.1145/3656156.3658386

Benthem de Grave R., Bull C., Monjardino de Souza Monteiro D., Margariti E., McMurchy G., Hutchinson J., Smeddinck J.2024. Smartphone Apps for Food Purchase Choices: Scoping Review of Designs, Opportunities, and Challenges. J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e45904 URL: https://www.jmir.org/2024/1/e45904

DOI: 10.2196/45904

Margariti E., Vlachokyriakos V., Durrant C. A., and Kirk D.. 2024. Evaluating ActuAir: Building Occupants' Experiences of a Shape-Changing Air Quality Display. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 515, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642396

Eleni .K. Margariti, Ridita Ali, Remco Benthem de Grave, David Verweij, Jan Smeddinck, David Kirk, 2021. Understanding the Experiences of Remote Workers: Opportunities for Ambient Workspaces at Home. Frontiers in Computer Science 3, 673585. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2021.673585

Eleni Margariti, Sean Rintel, Brendan Murphy, and Abigail Sellen. 2022. Automated mapping of competitive and collaborative overlapping talk in video meetings. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI ’22 Extended Abstracts), April 29–May 05, 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3519612

Eleni Margariti, David Kirk. 2022. ActuAir: Exploring Physicalizations of Air Quality at the Workplace. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Workshops & Symposia, April 29–May 05, 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages. Presentation Paper

Eleni Margariti, Vasilis Vlachokyriakos, and David Kirk. 2023. Understanding occupants’ experiences in quantified buildings: results from a series of exploratory studies. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), April 23–28, 2023, Hamburg, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 15 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581256