Curriculum Vitae
Education
2012-2016
- Doctor of Philosophy in Interactive Arts and Technology
Simon Fraser University, School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Dissertation: Design-in-Living
Senior supervisor: Dr. Ron Wakkary
2010-2012
- Master of Arts in Interactive Arts and Technology
Simon Fraser University, School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Thesis: Everyday Design: Comparing Families, Hobbyist Jewellers, and Steampunk Enthusiasts
Senior supervisor: Dr. Ron Wakkary
2005-2009
- Bachelor of Industrial Design
Université de Montréal, School of Industrial Design
2008
- International exchange program
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
2003-2005
- DEC with Very High Distinction
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montréal
Professional Experience
2022-
- Associate Professor
Interaction design, School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington
art.washington.edu
2022-
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington
hcde.washington.edu
2022-
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Digital Arts and Experimental Media, University of Washington
dxarts.washington.edu
2017-2022
- Assistant Professor
Interaction design, School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington
art.washington.edu
2018-2022
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington
hcde.washington.edu
2021-2022
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
Digital Arts and Experimental Media, University of Washington
dxarts.washington.edu
2010-2016
- Interaction Design Research Assistant
Everyday Design Studio, SIAT, Simon Fraser University
eds.siat.sfu.ca
2012-2016
- Assistant to the editors-in-chief
ACM Interactions magazine, ACM Press
www.interactions.acm.org
Spring 2016
- Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University for IAT431 Speculative Design
Summer 2013
- Interaction Design Research Intern
Interaction Ecologies Group, Nokia, Sunnyvale, CA
2010-2012
- Teaching Assistant
Simon Fraser University for Tech106 Spatial Thinking and Communication and IAT338 Interactive Objects and Environments.
2009-2010
- Industrial designer
Claude Mauffette design industriel, Montréal, Canada
www.claudemauffette.com
2009
- Coordination and realisation assistant
NTA project (New Terrains of Apparition) with Luc Courchesne, Université de Montréal and SAT (Societe des Arts Technologiques)
www.courchel.net
2007-2008
- Teaching Assistant
Université de Montréal for DIN 1210 Industrial Design History and DIN 1321 Wood and other materials
2007
- Research Assistant
Chair in landscape and environment at Université de Montréal (CPEUM)
www.paysage.umontreal.ca
Awards
2020
- NSF CHS CRII Grant
Project: Exploring IoT Data Transparency in the Home through Creative Data Representations
2019
- Shortlisted for ZKM and Solitude Web Residency on "Engineering Care"
Project: "Everyday Voices and Voids: Reclaiming and Transcoding our Data as Performance"
2019-2020
- Mellon Faculty Fellow in the Arts
University of Washington's Arts and Creativity Initiative
2019
- Honorable mention award
CHI 2019 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2019, Glasgow, Scotland
Paper: Alternative Avenues for IoT: Designing with Non-Stereotypical Homes
2018
- Mozilla Research Grant 2018H2
Mozilla Corporation
Project: '(In)Visible Data: How home dwellers engage with domestic IoT data'
2016
- President's PhD Scholarship
Simon Fraser University
2016
- Honorable mention award
DIS 2016 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, June 2016, Brisbane, Australia
Pictorial: Behind the Lens: A Visual Exploration of Epistemological Commitments in HCI Research on the Home
2016
- Honorable mention award
CHI 2016 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 2016, San Jose, California, USA
Paper: Living in a Prototype: A Reconfigured Space
2016
- Special Graduate Scholarship
Simon Fraser University
2012-2015
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
2012-2015
- C.D. Nelson Memorial Graduate Entrance Scholarship - Doctoral
Simon Fraser University
2014
- Honorable mention award
CSCW 2014 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, February 2014, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Paper: Collaboration Surrounding Beacon Use During Companion Avalanche Rescues
2011-2012
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
2011
- Graduate Fellowship
Simon Fraser University
2010
- Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship
Simon Fraser University
2009
- Best academic results under graduate studies
School of Industrial Design at Université de Montréal; Alma Mater fund
2008
- Academic Excellence Scholarship from Dr. Alexandre-Germain
Université de Montréal
2005-2008
- Academic Excellence Admission Scholarship
Université de Montréal
Service
Graduate Program Chair
Master of Design (MDes), University of Washington, Since Fall 2020
Special Issue (1st person research in HCI) Co-Guest Editor
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ToCHI), 2020-2021
Technical Program Chair
ACM DIS 2020
Subcommittee Chair for the Design subcommittee
ACM CHI 2020
Associate Chair in peer reviewed conferences
ACM CHI 2017, 2018, 2019 Papers and Notes
ACM DIS 2018 Pictorials
ACM DIS 2017 Papers and Notes
ACM C&C 2017 Papers and Notes
ACM TEI 2015, 2016, 2017 Papers and Notes
ACM CHI 2013, 2014 Works-in-Progress
Co-Chair for Provocations and Works-in-Progress
ACM DIS 2014
dis2014.iat.sfu.ca
Reviewer for peer reviewed conferences
ACM CHI 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
HCI 2015
ACM TEI 2018
ACM C&C 2015, 2019
PIN-C 2015
ACM DIS 2014, 2016, 2019
GRAND 2011, 2012
GRAND NCE student representant for PlayPR at SFU.
2011-2012 - Organization and communication between the participating Universities
playpr.hexagram.ca
HQP participant
2010-2013 - GRAND NCE (Graphics Animation and New Media - Network of Centers of Excellence)