Jennifer Boger
Assistant Professor
SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERING
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Boger’s research focuses on intelligent technologies for enhancing the safety, health, wellbeing, and independence of older adults and people with disabilities. Jennifer employs transdisciplinary collaboration throughout her research to advance theory and create operational technologies that reflect the needs, abilities, and contexts of the people using them. A central theme to her research is the development of ambient zero-effort technologies – technologies that blend into people’s environments and operate with little or no perceived effort. Jennifer is also the Schlegel Chair in Technology for Independent Living at the Research Institute for Aging.
Research Interest
Ambient monitoring of the physiology and activity of people with chronic health conditions Using cognitive computing to connect caregivers of people with dementia living in the community with the resources and support they need Innovative technologies for connecting children and older adults
Publications
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Boger J, Poupart P, Hoey J, Boutilier C, Fernie G, Mihailidis A. A decision-theoretic approach to task assistance for persons with dementia. InIJCAI 2005 Jul 30 (pp. 1293-1299).
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Mihailidis A, Carmichael B, Boger J. The use of computer vision in an intelligent environment to support aging-in-place, safety, and independence in the home. IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine. 2004 Sep;8(3):238-47.
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Mihailidis A, Boger JN, Craig T, Hoey J. The COACH prompting system to assist older adults with dementia through handwashing: An efficacy study. BMC geriatrics. 2008 Nov 7;8(1):28.
