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
Teach computer sciences classes to undergraduate and graduate level students.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Conduct state of the art research alongside Prof. Vincent Levesque on topics of ubiquitous haptics, multimodal interactions and their perception.
Scientific Advisor
Plan and lead user experience research projects based on psychophysiological research methodologies.
Scientific Advisor
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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Exploring the potential of raw PPG signal properties for contact force estimation and the design of novel interaction techniques.
A series of experiments exploring the psychophysiological impacts of smartphone notifications in the wild.
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.
(2022).
Exploring the Benefits of Spatialized Multimodal Psychophysiological Insights for User Experience Research.
Companion Publication of the 2022 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction.
(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.
(2021).
Mindscape: Transforming Multimodal Physiological Signals into an Application Specific Reference Frame.
Companion Publication of the 2021 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction.
Contact
Interested in collaborating or want to know more about my work? Do not hesitate to reach out!
- pascal1_fortin@uqac.ca
- +1 418 545 5011, ext:3626
- 555 Bd de l'Université, Saguenay, QC G7H 2B1
- Office P4-7300, fourth floor of the main building.
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