Human-Centered Design (HCD) Lab
We investigate methods, techniques, and tools to support diverse stakeholders (e.g., designers, users, developers, and domain experts) in engaging in the collaborative user-centered design activities in various contexts, including serious games, software engineering tools, safety-critical systems, and applications involving emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality. Our research topic includes usability engineering, interaction design patterns, design systems, and other design tools. Our methodology, rooted in both human-computer interaction and empirical software engineering, is fundamentally centered on the human stakeholders of software systems.
We are recruiting!!
- If you are interested in joining the HCD lab as a PhD or Master’s student, please email (1) your CV, (2) a short cover letter explaining your interests, and (3) any writing samples or portfolio to Prof. Jinghui Cheng.
Members
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Mahsan Abdoli
PhD student
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Jazlyn Hellman
PhD student
(Co-supervised with Prof. Jin Guo at McGill University)
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Abidullah Khan
PhD student
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Mohammad Nikghalb (Nik)
PhD student
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Arghavan Sanei
PhD student
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Hamid Zand
PhD student
(Co-supervised with Prof. Ian Arawjo at University of Montreal)
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Aylar Akbari
Master's student
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Rozhan Hozhabri
Master's student
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Varun Shiri
Master's student
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Atefeh Shokrizade
Master's student
(Co-supervised with Prof. Guillaume-Alexandre Bilodeau and Prof. Jin Guo)
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Bahati (Boni) Tadjuidje
Master's student
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Shivam Kumar
Research intern
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Sohan Vasant
Research intern
Alumni
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Isabella Ferreira
PhD student
(Co-supervised with Prof. Bram Adams)
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Md. Sami Uddin
Postdoctoral Researcher
(Co-supervised with Prof. Jin Guo)
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Maryam Abedi
Master's student
(Co-supervised with Prof. Bram Adams)
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Olivia Gelinas
Master's student
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Yassine Lamine
Master’s student
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Mitra Lashkari
Master's student
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Banafsheh Mohajeri
Master's student
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Mohammad Amin Mozaffari
Master's student
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Nasim Sharbatdar
Master’s student
(Co-supervised with Prof. Catherine Morency)
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Andrey Sobolevsky
Master's student
(Co-supervised with Prof. Guillaume-Alexandre Bilodeau and Prof. Jin Guo)
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Cheryl Wang
Master’s student
(Co-supervised with Prof. Jin Guo at McGill University)
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Vishakha Agrawal
Research intern
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Chaima Amiri
Research intern
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Roberto Araya-Day
Research intern
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Mohamed Ayadi
Research intern
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Esther Dufour
Research intern
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Zhaoxin Feng
Research intern
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Audrey Labrie
Undergraduate student
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Yonghan Lin
Research intern
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Ahlaam Rafiq
Research intern
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Renganathan Ramasamy
Research intern
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Robin Roux
Research intern
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Shuvam Shah
Research intern
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Charles Zhang
Research intern