Reflection - Visualization 

 1 . Challenge and Selection 

 I am a member of a research lab specialized in social robots in healthcare . We work   closely with patients , therapists and hospital managers to design and develop social   robot behaviors and conduct experiments . These projects involve people with very   different backgrounds and interests , i.e. engineers , psychologists , sociologists ,   administrators , etc . Finding a common language that everyone understands is   crucial to reduce misunderstandings and ending up developing the wrong solution .     I have selected Visualization because I needed to achieve a shared understanding of   the problem in hand and the potential applications of new features we develop . 

 2 . Application 

 I have used quite basic drawings like straw man , straw “ robot ” , dialogue boxes and   arrows to ask stakeholders about what they expect from the project and to start the   discussion on the scope and boundaries to consider . I have also used sticky notes of   different colors and let them use all resources freely while I ask them questions to   answer .     I have used several variants of this visualization tool in two stages of our projects .   First , with therapists and hospital managers to explore the problem and how we can   be helpful . During this stage , I splitted managers and therapists in several   multidisciplinar groups ( less than 6 people each ) and met them separately , to   improve interactivity within the groups . I asked them questions such as : 

 - What would you change to make it more realistic ? 

 - Which elements are missing ? 

 - How the depicted situation satisfies your expectations about this project ? 

 Secondly , when meeting with patients , we depicted some of the potential solutions to   see how they would interact with the social robots and the intended behaviors . Some   of the questions asked during this stage were : 

 - What would you change in the graphic to feel more comfortable ? 

 - What would you like to change in the graphic to be excited about it ? 

 Once all questions were discussed , I asked them to write down together the most   relevant ideas and to individually order them in a priority list . After the session , I   created a revised graphic including all the insights obtained during the discussion . 

 3 . Insights and Approach 

 During this exercise I have learned what a great tool Visualization is to overcome   differences in academic backgrounds and to have a common language , reducing the   risk of unmatched mental models and increasing the chances for a shared   understanding .     When people talk the same language the interaction becomes more fluent and   productive , and everyone is on the same page about what to expect from the project .   Also , people become more participative and are more self - confident to share their   ideas . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection - Visualization 

 1 . Challenge and Selection 

 I am a member of a research lab specialized in social robots in healthcare . We work   closely with patients , therapists and hospital managers to design and develop social   robot behaviors and conduct experiments . These projects involve people with very   different backgrounds and interests , i.e. engineers , psychologists , sociologists ,   administrators , etc . Finding a common language that everyone understands is   crucial to reduce misunderstandings and ending up developing the wrong solution .     I have selected Visualization because I needed to achieve a shared understanding of   the problem in hand and the potential applications of new features we develop . 

 2 . Application 

 I have used quite basic drawings like straw man , straw “ robot ” , dialogue boxes and   arrows to ask stakeholders about what they expect from the project and to start the   discussion on the scope and boundaries to consider . I have also used sticky notes of   different colors and let them use all resources freely while I ask them questions to   answer .     I have used several variants of this visualization tool in two stages of our projects .   First , with therapists and hospital managers to explore the problem and how we can   be helpful . During this stage , I splitted managers and therapists in several   multidisciplinar groups ( less than 6 people each ) and met them separately , to   improve interactivity within the groups . I asked them questions such as : 

 - What would you change to make it more realistic ? 

 - Which elements are missing ? 

 - How the depicted situation satisfies your expectations about this project ? 

 Secondly , when meeting with patients , we depicted some of the potential solutions to   see how they would interact with the social robots and the intended behaviors . Some   of the questions asked during this stage were : 

 - What would you change in the graphic to feel more comfortable ? 

 - What would you like to change in the graphic to be excited about it ? 

 Once all questions were discussed , I asked them to write down together the most   relevant ideas and to individually order them in a priority list . After the session , I   created a revised graphic including all the insights obtained during the discussion . 

 3 . Insights and Approach 

 During this exercise I have learned what a great tool Visualization is to overcome   differences in academic backgrounds and to have a common language , reducing the   risk of unmatched mental models and increasing the chances for a shared   understanding .     When people talk the same language the interaction becomes more fluent and   productive , and everyone is on the same page about what to expect from the project .   Also , people become more participative and are more self - confident to share their   ideas .
### Output: 