Presentations & Publications

Dissertation

Everett, S. P. (2007). The Usability of Electronic Voting Machines and How Votes Can Be Changed Without Detection. Doctoral dissertation, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Conference Proceedings

Byrne, M. D., Greene, K. K., & Everett, S. P. (2007). Usability of voting systems: Baseline data for paper, punch cards, and lever machines. Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of CHI 2007. New York: ACM. [PDF]

Everett, S. P., Byrne, M. D., & Greene, K. K. (2006). Measuring the usability of paper ballots: Efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. [PDF]

Greene, K. K., Byrne, M. D., & Everett, S. P. (2006). A comparison of usability between voting methods. Proceedings of the 2006 USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop. Vancouver, BC. [PDF]

Harvey, C., Everett, S., Whitmore, M., & Holden, K. (2005). Human factors assessment of three commerical interior positioning systems. Proceedings of HCI International 2005. CD-ROM. [PDF]

Everett, S. P., & Byrne, M. D. (2004). Unintended effects: Varying icon spacing changes users' visual search strategy. Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of CHI 2004 (pp. 695-702). New York: ACM. [PDF]

Thesis

Everett, S. P. (2005).Varying icons spacing changes users' visual search strategies: Evidence from experimental data, cognitive modeling, and eye-tracking. Master's Thesis, Rice University, Houston, TX. [PDF]

Conference Poster Presentations

Everett, S. P., Byrne, M. D., & Greene, K. K. (2007). Do voters notice if their choices are changed? Poster presented at the 2007 Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Conference, Houston, TX.

Everett, S., Holden, K., & Whitmore, M. (2005). Optimal touchscreen display object sizes for microgravity. Poster presented at HCI International 2005, Las Vegas, NV.

Everett, S. P., & Byrne M. D. (2004). The surprising impact of changing icon spacing on users’ visual search strategy. Poster presented at the 2004 Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Conference, Houston, TX.

Peterson, S., & Lambert, L. (2002). A study of optimal color combinations for web-based interfaces, Poster presented at ACM SIGCSE: The 33rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Cincinnati, OH.

 

Presentations

Byrne, M. D., Greene, K. K., & Everett, S. P. (2007). Usability of Voting Systems: Baseline Data for Paper, Punch Cards, and Lever Machines. Presented at the 2007 Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Conference. Houston, TX.

Everett, S. P. (2006). How usable are traditional voting methods? A look at paper ballots. Presented at the Human Factors/HCI Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Greene, K. K., Everett, S. P., & Byrne, M. D. (2006). Evaluating paper ballots: Usability differences between ballot types. Presented at the 2006 Houston Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Conference. Houston, TX.

Everett, S. P. (2006). Evaluating the usability of paper ballots and lever machines. Presented at the Cognitive Research Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Everett, S. P. (2006). From beginning to end: Studying visual search strategies. Presented as a guest lecture in a Research Methods class. Rice University, Houston, TX.

Everett, S. P. (2005). Studying visual search strategies: Support from experimental results and eye-tracking. Invited Speaker at Rice University’s Society for Women in Computer Science Meeting.

Everett, S. P. (2004). Changes in visual search strategies due to varying icon spacing: Support from an eye-tracking study. Presented at the Cognitive Research Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Everett, S. P. (2004). Unintended effects: Varying icon spacing changes users’ visual search strategy. Presented at the Cognitive Research Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Peterson, S. (2003). Icon Search: The effect of spacing on response time. Presented at the Cognitive Research Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Peterson, S. & Lambert, L. (2002). A study of optimal color combinations for web-based interfaces. Paper presented at Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges: South Central Conference, Seguin, TX.

Geenberg, S., Peterson, S., & Purdy, J. E. (2001). Aversive sign tracking in fathead minnows: It's not as simple as moving away from the CS or the US. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Comparative Psychology Association in conjunction with the Southwestern Psychological Association, Houston, TX.