Bonjour, I am Damien 👋. I am an Assistant Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Montréal, affiliated with Mila and IVADO. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher with Fanny Chevalier at the University of Toronto. I completed my PhD in the HCI Lab at the University of Waterloo where I was advised by Daniel Vogel, Edward Lank, Géry Casiez and Sylvain Malacria.
Most of my work focuses on building systems that prioritize thoughtful interaction design to effectively solve tasks. Often, this involves going beyond traditional UI and interaction seen in software today. My current research interests include (but are not limited to):
- Designing intelligent systems (see supercharging trial-and-error and DirectGPT)
- Visualizing information (see Charagraph and ChartDetective)
- Augmenting digital documents (see Chameleon, Statslator, and my PhD thesis)
Latest News
Oct 2024
🗣 Invited keynote speaker for the SEMTL meeting at the Université de Montréal
Oct 2024
Jun 2024
🗣 Presenting my PhD thesis at GI'24 in Halifax
May 2024
🏆 Received the "Bill Buxton Award" (outstanding HCI dissertation award)!
May 2024
🗣 Presenting DirectGPT at CHI'24 in Honolulu
Apr 2024
🏅 DirectGPT received a honorable mention award at CHI'24!
Mar 2024
🗣 Presenting my PhD thesis at IHM'24 in Paris
Mar 2024
🏆 Received the "Prix de thèse AFIHM" (best HCI dissertation award)!