Guarionex J. Salivia
Contact
Information
Wissink Hall 221
Mankato, MN 56001
URL: salivia.info
Tel: (507) 389-5311
Fax: (507) 389-2726
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa USA
Ph.D., Computer Science, 2012
• Dissertation Title: ASSISTIVE STRATEGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH FINE MOTOR SKILLS
IMPAIRMENTS BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF SUB-MOVEMENTS
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa USA
M.S., Mathematics, 2007
The University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico USA
B.S., Mathematics, 2000
Academic Work
Experience
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN USA
Assistant Professor, Computer Information Science Department
August 2012 - present
Assistant Director for Mathematics/Science
April, 2011 - August, 2012
Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN USA
Visiting Instructor
January, 2011 - May, 2012
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa USA
Mathematics Tutor
Teaching Assistant
• Department of Computer Science, August 2005 - May 2010
• Department of French and Italian, August 2007- May 2009
• Department of Mathematics, August 2003 - May 2004
Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City, Iowa USA
Adjunct Instructor
August 2001 - July 2005
August, 2003 - May, 2010
October, 2005 - December, 2006
Notre Dame High School, Caguas, Puerto Rico USA
High School Teacher
The University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico USA
Teaching Assistant
June 1998 - June 2000
August, 1997 - May, 1999
Research
Interests
Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Assistive Technologies, Game Design and Development
Publications
Guarionex Salivia, Zainab Hamza Study of Touch Gestures Performance in Touch Devices by Young
Children International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication,
Volume 3 Issue 3, pages 1395-1400
Guarionex Salivia, Juan Pablo Hourcade PointAssist: Assisting Individuals with Motor Impairments
In Proceedings of the 2013 annual conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing
systems, CHI 13, pages 1213-1222, New York, NY, USA, 2013. ACM.
Guarionex Salivia, Juan Pablo Hourcade Identification of Pointing Difficulties of two Individuals
with Parkinsons Disease via a Sub-movement Analysis In Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference
extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, CHI EA 11, pages 137-140, New York,
NY, USA, 2011. ACM.
E. Huerta-S´
anchez, K. R. R´ıos-Soto, G. Jord´an-Salivia and J. Zhang. 2002. The Effects of Mass
Transportation During a Deliberate Release of Smallpox. Biometrics Unit Technical Report BU1618-M. Cornell University
Rodr´ıguez-Herrera A., G. Jord´an-Salivia and C. Castillo-Garsow. 1997. Mathematical Models for
the Dynamics of Tobacco Use, Recovery and Relapse. Biometrics Unit Technical Report BU-1505-M.
Cornell University
Rodr´ıguez-Herrera A. and G. Jord´an-Salivia. 1997. Macrophage-Activating and Tissue-Damaging
Immune Responses to M. tuberculosis. Biometrics Unit Technical Report BU-1419-M. Cornell University
M. Aldrete, C. Castillo-Garsow, G. Jord´an-Salivia, C. Lara-Moreno, G. Ramirez, and M. Yichoy.
1996. A Mathematical Model of the Dynamics of Rickettsia rickettsii in Tick-Host Interactions.
Biometrics Unit Technical Report BU-1369-M. Cornell University
Projects
American Thyroid Association Calculator: This project resulted in a mobile alternative to the
existing online calculators provided by the American Thyroid Association for Calcitonin and Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) Doubling Time, Change in Thyroid Nodule Volume and Thyroid
Cancer Staging. You can obtain the ATA Calculator from the Apple App Store.
Presentations
Guarionex Salivia, Juan Pablo Hourcade. 2013. PointAssist: Assisting Individuals with Motor
Impairments (2013 annual conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems,
CHI 13 Paris, France)
http://chi2013.acm.org/program/
Guarionex Salivia, Juan Pablo Hourcade. 2011. Identification of Pointing Difficulties of two Individuals with Parkinsons Disease via a Sub-movement Analysis (2011 annual conference extended
abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, CHI EA 11 Vancouver, Canada)
http://chi2011.org/program/program.html
Guarionex Salivia, Juan Pablo Hourcade PointAssist and Parkinsons Disease (Dynamic Accessibility: Detecting and Accommodating Differences in Ability and Situation Workshop as part of the
2011 annual conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, CHI EA 11
Vancouver, Canada)
http://www.is.umbc.edu/DynamicAccessibilityWorkshop/DynamicAccessibilityWorkshop-participants.html
Rodr´ıguez-Herrera A. and G. Jord´an-Salivia. 1997. Macrophage-Activating and Tissue-Damaging
Immune Responses to M. tuberculosis. (SIAM 50th Anniversary Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.)
http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=480
Awards
GAANN Fellowship Recipient, 2001
Dean’s Graduate Fellowship Recipient, 2004
Research
Experiences
Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute: Cornell University
http://mtbi.asu.edu/research
• Summer 1996, Winter 1996-1997 & Summer 1997 (undergraduate participant)
• Summer 2002 (graduate assistant)
Princeton Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates: Princeton University
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/99/0913/p/gradsch.shtml
• Summer 1999 (undergraduate participant)
Skills
• Programming Languages and Frameworks: C#, Python, Objective-C, ASP.NET, C, CSS, HTML5,
Javascript, .NET, OCaml.
• Applications: FileMaker, LATEX, MSOffice, Visual Studio, XCode and iOS 7 SDK.
• Operating Systems: OS X, Unix/Linux.
• Languages: Spanish (fluent) , English (fluent), Italian (fluent)