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Join the Digital Women’s Health Core at ALPCHI March 02-05 2026

A vibrant illustration of diverse individuals sitting on a wall, including non-binary people and individuals with various body shapes and disabilities, using the CyMe app for menstrual health tracking. One non-binary person is standing with a cochlear implant, holding a smartphone and interacting with the app. Among the group, one person has shorter hair. The group represents diversity in terms of race, gender identities, and includes individuals with visible disabilities such as someone using a wheelchair or a prosthetic limb. The background features a softly blurred sunrise with abstract shapes symbolizing health data and menstrual cycle tracking, in warm tones of orange, pink, and blue. The scene conveys inclusivity, empowerment, and health awareness.

Join Digital Women’s Health Core MSc student Madeleine Soukup at ALPCHI 2026, the inaugural Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) conference of the Alpine region. Designed as an annual or biennial event, AlpCHI aims to bring together researchers, industry professionals, and academics to exchange ideas and explore new developments in HCI.

Madeleine will present the latest version of the CyMe app, which now includes a sports component. Implementation of the sports tracking feature was completed by Madeleine Soukup, Flavia Taras, Carol Barbara Ernst and Kristijonas Buciunas, with supervision from Prof. Dr. Elaine Huang and Prof. Dr. Marcia Nißen.

CyMe Connecting Menstrual Cycles and Sports Tracking for Everyday Athletes

This demo will show the implementation of sports tracking and knowledge features into the already existing menstrual cycles tracking research app “CyMe“. The aim is to support everyday athletes in connecting their menstrual cycles and sports tracking, get individual insights, and personalize the app to their specific needs.

References

Principe, M., Stebler, D., Sou, D., Kowatsch, T., Nißen, M., CyMe [si:][mi:]: Personalized and Seamless Menstrual Health Tracking, Mensch und Computer 2024 – Workshopband. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. MCI: Demos: Interactive Systems or Demonstrators. Karlsruhe, Germany. 1.-4. September 2024, 10.18420/muc2024-mci-demo-369

Sou, D., Stebler, D., Principe, M., Kowatsch, T., Nißen, M., Please CyMe: Towards Enhancing Menstrual Health Awareness through Customization and Personalized Visualization in a Menstrual Health App, In Proc. of Mensch und Computer 2024 (MuC ’24). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 674–683, 10.1145/3670653.3677475

Nißen, M., Sou, D., Kowatsch, T., Digital Female Health: Advancing Women-Centric Human-Computer Interaction Research, Mensch und Computer 2024 – Workshopband. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. MCI-WS14: Bedürfnisse sind unterschiedlich und verändern sich, Methoden auch? Umdenken bei Forschungsmethoden. Karlsruhe, Germany 1.-4. September 2024, 10.18420/muc2024-mci-ws14-199 

Soukup, M., Taras, F., Ernst, C.B., Buciunas, K., Huang, E., Nißen, M. CyMe: Connecting Menstrual Cycles and Sports Tracking for Everyday Athletes. Demonstration at AlpCHI’26. Ascona, Switzerland. 1.-5. March 2026, https://doi.org/10.48787/kops/352-2-o9l5ow1jh0uu0 [PDF]

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