Academic publications

Peer-reviewed publications

What Happens After Death? Using a Design Workbook to Understand User Expectations for Preparing their Data 

CHI 2021 (PDF)  –  Janet X. Chen, Francesco Vitale, Joanna McGrenere

❋ Best Paper Honorable Mention

Data Dashboard: Exploring Centralization and Customization in Personal Data Curation

DIS 2020 (PDF)  –  Francesco Vitale, Janet Chen, William Odom, Joanna McGrenere

Keeping and Discarding Personal Data: Exploring a Design Space

DIS 2019 (PDF)  –  Francesco Vitale, William Odom, Joanna McGrenere

❋ Best Paper Honorable Mention

Hoarding and Minimalism: Tendencies in Digital Data Preservation

CHI 2018 (PDF)  –  Francesco Vitale, Izabelle Janzen, Joanna McGrenere

★ Best Paper Award 

Control and Personalization: Younger versus Older Users’ Experience of Notifications

Graphics Interface 2018 (PDF)  –  Izabelle Janzen, Francesco Vitale, Joanna McGrenere

High Costs and Small Benefits: a Field Study of How Users Experience Operating System Upgrades

CHI 2017 (PDF)  –  Francesco Vitale, Joanna McGrenere, Aurélien Tabard, Michel Beaudouin-Lafon, Wendy Mackay

Non-archival contributions

Personal Data Curation in the Cloud Age: Individual Differences and Design Opportunities

PhD dissertation, The University of British Columbia (2020)

Designing for Long-term Digital Data Management

CHI 2019  –  Doctoral Consortium