Infrastructure Materiality and Labor

Everyday Design with Surrounds: Rehearsing Alternatives amid Urban Sociotechnical Changes
Lu, A.J., Chen, Y., Lin, C.
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | CHI 2026 (In Press)

Ubiquitous Lingering Technologies: What's Left Behind by the Past “Proximate Futures”?
Lu, A.J. and Sun, Y.
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies | UbiComp/ISWC 2026 (In Press)

The Village: Infrastructuring Community-Based Mentoring to Support Adults Experiencing Poverty
Dillahunt, T.R., Lu, A.J., Israni, A., Lodha, R., Brewer, S., Robinson, T.S., Wilson, A.B., Wheeler, E.
Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | CHI 2022
[Best Paper Honorable Mention]

Care Infrastructure and Aging

In the Meantime of Informal Care: Navigating Temporal Tensions in Timebanking
Sun, Y., Ma, X., Lu, A.J.
Proceeding of ACM on Human-Computer Interaction | CSCW 2026

Last-Mile Work of Infrastructures: Collective Coordination of Early COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution for Older Adults
Ankenbauer, S.A. and Lu, A.J.
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

Navigating the “Glimmer of Hope”: Challenges and Resilience among U.S. Older Adults in Seeking COVID-19 Vaccination
Ankenbauer, S.A. & Lu, A.J.
Companion Publication of the 2021 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing | CSCW 2021

Cultural Infrastructure

Making Space for Cultural Infrastructure: The Breakdown and Maintenance Work of Independent Movie Theaters During Crisis
Ankenbauer, S.A. & Lu, A.J.
Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | CHI 2022

Engaging Offline Communities Online Amid COVID-19: A Case Study of Independent Theaters
Ankenbauer, S.A. & Lu, A.J.
Companion Publication of the 2020 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing | CSCW 2020