1.
mQoL: Methodology for Assessing and Modeling
Human Aspects in Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and
Ubiquitous Computing in Situ
Katarzyna Wac1,2,*
, Alexandre de Masi1
, Igor Matias1
, Vlad Manea1,2
, Allan Berrocal 1,3
1
University of Geneva, Switzerland, 2
University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 3
University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
*katarzyna.wac@unige.ch
Quality of Life Technologies Lab
University of Geneva & University of Copenhagen
qol.unige.ch

2.
I am bored...
It is too cold here...
Human Factors
(in context)
My phone needs
recharging...
Why she did not answer yet?...
Am i hungry?...
Oh, not again….
Oh, it hurts!
He is annoying...
Qol.unige.ch | © QoL Lab 2021

3.
The standard approach
3~6 months
in the
lab
Qol.unige.ch | © QoL Lab 2021

4.
mQoL: Reproducible Methodology
(Explorative, Inductive & Hypothetico-Inductive Approach)
in the
wild
De Masi, A., & Wac, K. (2018). You're Using This App for What?: A mQoL Living Lab Study. Mobile Human Contributions: Workshop in conjunction with ACM UBICOMP, Singapore, October 2018.
Berrocal, A., Manea, V., De Masi, A., Wac, K. mQoL-Lab: Step-by-Step Creation of a Flexible Platform to Conduct Studies Using Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Devices, MobiSPC 2020
Experience Sampling Method (ESM)
Ecological Momentary Assessment
(EMA)
‘digital phenotyping’
Qol.unige.ch | © QoL Lab 2021

5.
De Masi, A., & Wac, K. (2018). You're Using This App for What?: A mQoL Living Lab Study. Mobile Human Contributions: Workshop in conjunction with ACM UBICOMP, Singapore, October 2018.
Berrocal, A., Manea, V., De Masi, A., Wac, K. mQoL-Lab: Step-by-Step Creation of a Flexible Platform to Conduct Studies Using Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Devices, MobiSPC 2020
Reproducible Methodology: Studies’ Validity
Qol.unige.ch | © QoL Lab 2021

6.
The mQoL approach in the
wild
Qol.unige.ch | © QoL Lab 2021

7.
mQoL
Completed Studies
Ongoing Studies
Future
QoL in Neurosurgery
Chronic Disease Prevention
UX/QoE of Mobile
Applications
QoL Chronic Hepatitis Patients
3
10
2011 - 2020
CH DK USA
mobile use, sleep, stress, intimacy,
loneliness, fatigue, cravings, ...
Berrocal, A., Manea, V., De Masi, A., Wac, K. mQoL-Lab: Step-by-Step Creation of a Flexible Platform to Conduct Studies Using Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Devices, MobiSPC 2020
314
Participants
Qol.unige.ch | © QoL Lab 2021

8.
I am bored...
It is too cold here...
Human Factors
(in context)
My phone needs
recharging...
Why she did not answer yet?...
Am i hungry?...
Oh, not again….
Oh, it hurts!
He is annoying...
Qol.unige.ch | © QoL Lab 2021

9.
Quality of Life Technologies Lab
University of Geneva & University of Copenhagen
qol.unige.ch
Thank You
Igor Matias and the QoL Team
Quality of Life, Center for Informatics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
igormatias.com | igor.matias@unige.ch