Pascal E. Fortin

Pascal E. Fortin

Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)

Biography

Pascal E. Fortin [he/him] is an assistant professor of computer science and mathematics at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. His research interests include the design of novel multimodal and physiological interaction techniques intended to be used in mobile and/or mixed reality applications.

Interests
  • Physiological Interactions
  • Multimodal Interactions
  • Haptics
  • Human-Computer Interactions
  • User Experience design and research
Education
  • Postdoc in Software and IT Engineering, 2022

    École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)

  • PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022

    McGill University

  • B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, 2015

    Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
December 2022 – Present Saguenay, QC Canada
Teach computer sciences classes to undergraduate and graduate level students.
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Fellow
November 2021 – November 2022 Montreal, QC Canada
Conduct state of the art research alongside Prof. Vincent Levesque on topics of ubiquitous haptics, multimodal interactions and their perception.
 
 
 
 
 
Scientific Advisor
November 2017 – June 2022 Montreal, QC Canada
Plan and lead user experience research projects based on psychophysiological research methodologies.
 
 
 
 
 
Scientific Advisor
January 2018 – January 2021 New-York, NY, United States of America
Project Lantern. Contributed to the design, prototyping and testing of a state-of-the-art offline first mesh networking communication platform targeted at disaster response and recovery applications.

Projects

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Contact Force Estimation Using Raw Optical Heart Rate Sensor Measurements
Exploring the potential of raw PPG signal properties for contact force estimation and the design of novel interaction techniques.
Contact Force Estimation Using Raw Optical Heart Rate Sensor Measurements
Smartphone Notifications and their Psychophysiological Impact
A series of experiments exploring the psychophysiological impacts of smartphone notifications in the wild.
Smartphone Notifications and their Psychophysiological Impact

Recent Publications

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(2023). I See What You're Hearing: Facilitating The Effect of Environment on Perceived Emotion While Teleconferencing. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction.

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(2023). System and method for wearable device contact force estimation and adjustment feedback.

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(2022). Exploring the Benefits of Spatialized Multimodal Psychophysiological Insights for User Experience Research. Companion Publication of the 2022 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction.

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(2022). Understanding Smartphone Notifications’ Activity Disruption via In Situ Wrist Motion Monitoring. Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

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(2021). Mindscape: Transforming Multimodal Physiological Signals into an Application Specific Reference Frame. Companion Publication of the 2021 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction.

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