My research interests are within the fields of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). I focus on three main aspects:

• User Research (Ethnography)
• Concept Design / Innovation
• Prototyping

My research covers a number of topics including, Ubiquitous Computing, User Experience, Intelligent User Interfaces, Ethnographic studies and Design Research. All of my project works and related publications can be seen in the Portfolio section.

Approach

I use Experience-Centered Design (ECD) an approach in my research and development works. ECD places people’s experiences of their everyday lives at the center of any kind of design exploration.

My PhD Thesis

I successfully defended my PhD thesis titled "Designing for Awareness: An Experience-focused HCI Perspective" on February 18th 2011 at the Human-Media Interaction group of University of Twente – one of the 3 technical Universities in the Netherlands.

In the picture, from left to right, Prof. Anton Eliens, Prof. Wim Poelman, Dr. Dirk Heylen, Prof. Liam Bannon, Prof. Anton Nijholt, Dr. Dhaval Vyas (me), Prof. Gerrit van der Veer, Prof. Ton Mouthaan, and Prof. Alan Dix.

 

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