Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Intelligent Natural Interaction Technology Lab (INIT)
Led by Lisa Anthony · Computer and Information Science and Engineering
What we study
The INIT Lab studies how children interact with technology using touch, voice, and motion. They design and test new ways for kids to use these natural interactions in education, healthcare, and games.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Human-AI interaction for children
Exploring how children interact with AI in educational and healthcare contexts.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Pilot of a Micro‐Randomized Factorial Trial of Self‐Monitoring Feedback in a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention
2026 · Obesity Science & Practice
Tests whether self-monitoring feedback in weight loss programs works better when delivered in different ways.
- ‘Over Time Everyone’s Gonna Be Open to It’: User Attitudes Toward Security and Privacy in Continuous Authentication for Smart Homes
2025 · IEEE Access
Explores how people feel about continuous authentication in smart homes.
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- Interactive Segmentation With Prototype Learning for Few-Shot Root Annotation
2025 · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Builds a tool to quickly label root images using a small number of examples.
- Adaptive vs Monthly Support for Weight-Loss Maintenance
2025 · JAMA Network Open
Compares whether adaptive or monthly support helps people keep weight off after losing it.
- Design of Project STAR: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of an adaptive intervention on long-term weight-loss maintenance
2024 · Contemporary Clinical Trials
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