About Me
I am a Computer Science PhD student in the
School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech.
I work with Dr. Ellen Zegura at the Computing and Society Lab.
My research focuses on measuring and characterizing Internet
access and quality of coverage in underserved communities, particularly
in tribal lands in the United States.
My goal is to inform policy and technological efforts in the pursuit
of digital inclusion.
I was previously a software engineer at Indica Labs in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, where I worked as the team lead for the collaborative web
application, HALO Link. I received my Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science at The University of New Mexico where I also completed a
minor in Fine Arts through the Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media
program.
Papers and Presentations
Beatriz Palacios Abad, Morgan Vigil-Hayes, Ellen Zegura
ACM SIGCHI Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) 2023
Beatriz Palacios Abad, Elizabeth Belding, Morgan Vigil-Hayes, Ellen Zegura
ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS) 2022
Advocacy and Solidarity with Marginalized Communities
Beatriz Palacios Abad
CLIHC 2021 Workshop on Citational Practices
Measuring and Improving Underserved Community Access
Beatriz Palacios Abad, Elizabeth Belding, Morgan Vigil-Hayes, Ellen Zegura
NSF Workshop on Overcoming Measurement Barriers to Internet Research (WOMBIR 2021)
Christian Boylston, Beatriz Palacios, Plamen Tassev, Amy Bruckman
Design of Online Communities, Spring 2020 (not peer reviewed)
Projects
CellWatch
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An open-source cellular network measurement suite in collaboration with researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Northern Arizona University.
HikerNet
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A research project at Georgia Tech designed to crowdsource cellular network measurements on hiking trails.
Grawnola
- An interactive visualization to learn about carbon footprint and to explore how you can offset your own CO₂ emitting behviors.
Teaching and Mentorship Experience
CS 4472/6470: Design of Online Communities
- Instructor: Amy Bruckman
- Class size: 119
CS 4001: Computing & Society
- Instructor: Daniel Schiff
- Class size: 41