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I\u00a0got a postdoc position in the Design Lab at\u00a0UCSD, please see here<\/a>\u00a0for more information and updated publications.<\/p>\n

I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Computer Science<\/a> at UBC where I actively participate\u00a0in HCI research within the MUX Lab<\/a>\u00a0and at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture<\/a>. I am a HCI@UBC steering committee member\u00a0and \u00a0I am part of the NSERC-funded IDEAS2.0<\/a> project, a highly interdisciplinary research group that uses collaboration technology and visualization techniques to support design and planning activities for the urban built environment . I collaborate closely with Kellogg Booth<\/a> in Computer Science, Ron Kellett<\/a> in Landscape Architecture and Sheryl Staub-French<\/a> in Civil Engineering.<\/p>\n

I received my PhD in computer science from the University of Victoria, advised by Melanie Tory<\/a>, where I was a member of the VisID<\/a> research group. My dissertation was on designing visualization tools and interaction techniques to facilitate collaborative visual analytics (VA). I identified several considerations for incorporating insight management (note taking, annotation and record-keeping) into the design of collaborative VA tools. This research received a VAST 2014 best paper award<\/a>. I earned my master\u2019s degree in information technology at the University of Malaya<\/a> and my bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical engineering at Tehran Azad University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My research on Information Visualization and Collaborative Technologies applies to a wide range of areas such as business intelligence, intelligence analysis, information visualization, urban design and the decision-making process. It includes elements of information visualization, user interface\u00a0design, computer-supported cooperative work, collaborative visual analytics, large interactive surfaces, touch-based interactions, user interface design, human computer interaction (HCI), note taking and, evaluation methodologies.<\/p>\n

One of my future ambitions is to combine my interests in art and computer science to make further contributions to the fields of user experience, human computer interaction and visualization.<\/p>\n

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