Lucas M. Silva is an assistant professor in Computer Science at the University of Iowa. He recently received a PhD from the Department of Informatics at University of California-Irvine. 

Research interests

His research focuses on designing, developing, and evaluating systems to support health and well-being for individuals and families. He uses human-centered design approaches to understand people's perspectives and everyday experiences with technology use, including co-designing interactions and field deployment evaluations of working prototypes.

Research interests (keywords)

HCI; Health and Wellbeing; Family Informatics

Selected publications

• Co-Designing Situated Displays for Family Co-Regulation with ADHD Children. Lucas M. Silva, Franceli L. Cibrian, Clarisse Bonang, Arpita Bhattacharya, Aehong Min, Elissa M. Monteiro, Jesus A. Beltran, Sabrina E. B. Schuck, Kimberley D. Lakes, Gillian R. Hayes, and Daniel A. Epstein. CHI 2024
• Unpacking the Lived Experiences of Smartwatch Mediated Self and Co-Regulation with ADHD Children. Lucas M. Silva, Franceli L. Cibrian, Elissa M. Monteiro, Arpita Bhattacharya, Jesus A. Beltran, Clarisse Bonang, Daniel A. Epstein, Sabrina E. B. Schuck, Kimberley D. Lakes, Gillian R. Hayes. CHI 2023
• Exploring Opportunities for Multimodality and Multiple Devices in Food Journaling. Lucas M. Silva, Elizabeth A. Ankrah, Yuqi Huai, Daniel A. Epstein. MobileHCI 2023
• Adapting Multi-Device Deployments During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Two Studies. Lucas M. Silva, Franceli L. Cibrian, Daniel A. Epstein, Arpita Bhattacharya, Elizabeth A. Ankrah, Elissa Monteiro, Jesus A. Beltran, Sabrina E. Schuck, Kimberley D. Lakes, Gillian R. Hayes. IEEE Pervasive Computing