I am an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan campus). I received my PhD and MSc from the University of Manitoba where I was supervised by Dr. Pourang Irani. After my PhD, I joined the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo as an NSERC postdoctoral fellow, working with Dr. Edward Lank . I received my B.Sc. engineering degree from Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST), Bangladesh.

My research interest is in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with a focus on interactions with mobile and wearable devices. More specifically, I am interested in exploring user needs and limitations while interacting with mobile and wearable devices, designing new interaction techniques to facilitate the needs and help users to overcome the limitations.

Research Position

 

If you are interested in working with me, please send me your (i) curriculum vitae and (ii) an electronic copy of your transcripts at khalad dot hasan at ubc dot ca.

Publications

 

For updated publications, please check my Google Scholar profile.

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Laxmi Pandey, Khalad Hasan, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. 2021. Acceptability of Speech and Silent Speech Input Methods in Private and Public. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021). Okohama, Japan. 21 pages.

Khalad Hasan, Debajyoti Mondal, Karanmeet Khatra, David Ahlström, Carman Neustaedter. 2021. CoAware: Designing Solutions for Being Aware of a Co-Located Partner’s Smartphone Usage Activities. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Graphics Interface (GI 2021). Vancouver, Canada. 10 pages.

John Brandon Graham-Knight, Jon Michael Robert Corbett, Patricia Lasserre, Hai-Ning Liang, Khalad Hasan . 2020. Exploring Haptic Feedback for Common Message Notification Between Intimate Couples with Smartwatches. In Proceedings of the 32nd Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI' 20) . Australia. 1–12. ACM. [pdf]

Xueshi Lu, Difeng Yu, Hai-Ning Liang, Wenge Xu, Yuzheng Chen, Xiang Li, Khalad Hasan. 2020. Exploration of Hands-free Text Entry Techniques For Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2020 (ISMAR ’20) . Pernambuco, Brazil. 1–6. IEEE. [pdf]

Khalad Hasan, Debajyoti Mondal, David Ahlström, and Carman Neustaedter. 2020. An exploration of rules and tools for family members to limit co-located smartphone usage. In Proceedings of the 11th Augmented Human International Conference (AH ’20) . Manitoba, Canada. Article 7, 1–8. ACM. [pdf]

Leung A, Mohammad N, Bottorff J, Hasan K, Struik L. 2020. Smoke-free Dads: A game changer for better health. In 2020 UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Student Health Conference . Kelowna, BC. Canada. Best Poster Award. [pdf]

Khalad Hasan, Debajyoti Mondal, Brent Thoma, Alexander Magnus. 2019. MedGuide: A Smartphone Approach to Guide People throughImportant Information on Medicine Labels. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2019). Pisa, Italy. Article No.: 31 Pages 1–11. ACM. [pdf]

Yumiko Sakamoto, Pourang Irani, Khalad Hasan. 2019. Is Going Unnoticed More Socially Acceptable?: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Social Acceptability and Noticeability of Fitness Trackers. Social Acceptability of Emerging Technologies and Novel Interaction Paradigms. INTERACT 2019. Paphos, Cyprus. [pdf]

Vijayakumar Nanjappan, Rongkai Shi, Hai-Ning Liang, Haoru Xiao, Kim King-Tong Lau, Khalad Hasan. 2019. Design of Interactions for Handheld Augmented Reality Devices Using Wearable Smart Textiles: Findings from a User Elicitation Study. In Applied Sciences 9 (15), 3177. [pdf]

Marion Koelle, Ceenu George, Valentin Schwind, Daniel Perry, Yumiko Sakamoto, Khalad Hasan, Robb Mitchell, Thomas Olsson. 2019. # SociallyAcceptableHCI: Social Acceptability of Emerging Technologies and Novel Interaction Paradigms. In Proceedings of the 17th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Interact 2019). Peyia, Cyprus. Springer. [pdf]

Wenge Xu, Hai-Ning Liang, Yifan Yu, Diego Monteiro, Khalad Hasan and Charles Fleming. 2019. Assessing the Effects of a Full-body Motion-based Exergame in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium of Chinese CHI (Chinese CHI 2019) . Xiamen, China. [pdf]

Teng Han, Jie Liu, Khalad Hasan, Mingming Fan, Junhyeok Kim, Jiannan Li, Xiangmin Fan, Feng Tian, Edward Lank and Pourang Irani. 2019. PinchList: Leveraging Pinch Gestures for Hierarchical List Navigation on Smartphones. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019). Glasgow, UK. [pdf].

David Ahlström, Khalad Hasan, Edward Lank, Robert Liang. 2018. TiltCrown: Extending Input on a Smartwatch with a Tiltable Digital Crown. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2018) . Cairo, Egypt. ACM. Pages 359-366. [pdf]

Fouad Alallah, Ali Neshati, Yumiko Sakamoto, Khalad Hasan, Edward Lank, Andrea Bunt, Pourang Irani. 2018. Performer vs. Observer: Whose Comfort Level Should We Consider when Examining the Social Acceptability of Input Modalities for Head-Worn Display?. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2018). Tokyo, Japan. ACM. 9 Pages. Article No. 10. [pdf]

Teng Han, Jiannan Li, Khalad Hasan, Keisuke Nakamura, Randy Gomez, Ravin Balakrishnan, and Pourang Irani. 2018. PageFlip: Leveraging Page-Flipping Gestures for Efficient Command and Value Selection on Smartwatches. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018). Montréal, Canada. ACM. Paper 529, 12 pages. [pdf] [Video]

Fouad Alallah, Ali Neshati, Nima Sheibani, Yumiko Sakamoto, Andrea Bunt, Pourang Irani, and Khalad Hasan. 2018. Crowdsourcing vs Laboratory-Style Social Acceptability Studies?: Examining the Social Acceptability of Spatial User Interactions for Head-Worn Displays. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018). Montréal, Canada. ACM. Paper 310, 7 pages. [pdf]

Teng Han, Khalad Hasan, Keisuke Nakamura, Randy Gomez, Pourang Irani. SoundCraft: Enabling Spatial Interactions on Smartwatches using Hand Generated Acoustics. In Proceedings of the 30th Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2017). Quebec City, Canada. ACM. 579-591. [pdf] [Video]

Fereshteh Amini, Khalad Hasan, Andrea Bunt, and Pourang Irani. Data Representations for In-Situ Exploration of Health and Fitness Data. In Proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth 2017). Barcelona, Spain. ACM. [pdf]

Khalad Hasan, David Ahlström, Junhyeok Kim, and Pourang Irani. 2017. AirPanes: Leveraging Two-Handed Around-Device Interaction for In-Air Pane Switching on Smartphones. In Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017). Denver, CO. ACM. 679-691. [pdf] [Video]

Teng Han, Khalad Hasan, Randy Gomez, Keisuke Nakamura, and Pourang Irani. Enabling Localized Gestures via Acoustic Sensing on Smartwatches. In Workshop on Designing Speech, Acoustic, and Multimodal Interactions. 35th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017). Denver, CO. [pdf]

Khalad Hasan, Junhyeok Kim, David Ahlström, and Pourang Irani. 2016. Thumbs-Up: 3D Spatial Thumb-Reachable Space for One-Handed Thumb Interaction on Smartphones. In Proceedings of the 2016 Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI 2016). Tokyo, Japan. ACM. 103-106. [pdf]

Khalad Hasan, David Ahlström, and Pourang Irani. 2015. SAMMI: A Spatially-Aware Multi-Mobile Interface for Analytic Map Navigation Tasks. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2015). Copenhagen, Denmark. ACM. 36-45. [pdf] [Video] [Slides]

Khalad Hasan, David Ahlström, and Pourang Irani. 2015. Comparing Direct Off-Screen Pointing, Peephole, and Flick&Pinch Interaction for Map Navigation. In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI 2015). Los Angeles, USA. ACM. 99-102. SUI 2015 Best Paper Award. [pdf] [Video] [Slides]

Marcos Serrano, Khalad Hasan, Barrett Ens, Xing-Dong Yang and Pourang Irani. 2015. Smartwatches + Head-Worn Displays: the ‘New’ Smartphone. In Workshop on Mobile Collocated Interactions: From Smartphones to Wearables. 33rd International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2015). Seoul, Korea. [pdf] [Slides]

David Ahlström, Khalad Hasan, Pourang Irani. 2014. Are You Comfortable Doing That?: Acceptance Studies of Around-Device Gestures in and for Public Settings. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2014).Toronto, Canada. ACM. 193-202. [pdf] [Slides]

Xing-Dong Yang, Khalad Hasan, Neil Bruce, Pourang Irani. 2013. Surround-See: Enabling Peripheral Vision on Smartphones during Active Use. In Proceedings of the 26th Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2013). St. Andrews, UK. ACM. 291-300. [pdf] [Video] [Slides]

Khalad Hasan, Yang Wang, Wing Kwong and Pourang Irani. 2013. Enabling User Interactions with Video Contents. In Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV 2013). Regina, Saskatchewan. IEEE. 234-241. [pdf] [Video] [Slides]

Khalad Hasan, David Ahlström and Pourang Irani. 2013. AD-Binning: Leveraging Around Device Space for Storing, Browsing and Retrieving Mobile Device Content. In Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2013). Paris, France. ACM. 899-908. [pdf] [Video] [Slides]

Zahid Hossain, Khalad Hasan, Hai-Ning Liang and Pourang Irani. 2012. EdgeSplit: Facilitating the Selection of Off-Screen Objects. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2012). San Francisco, CA. ACM. 79-82. [pdf] [Slides]

Khalad Hasan, Xing-Dong Yang, Hai-Ning Liang and Pourang Irani. 2012. How to Position the Cursor? An Exploration of Absolute and Relative Cursor Positioning for Back-of-Device Input. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2012) . San Francisco, CA. ACM. 103-112. [pdf] [Slides]

Khalad Hasan, Xing-Dong Yang, Andrea Bunt and Pourang Irani. 2012. A-Coord Input: Coordinating Auxiliary Input Streams for Augmenting Contextual Pen-Based Interactions. In Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2012) . Austin, Texas. ACM, 805-814. [pdf] [Video]

Khalad Hasan, Tovi Grossman, and Pourang Irani. 2011. Comet and Target Ghost: Techniques for Selecting Moving Targets. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011) . Vancouver, Canada. ACM, 839-848. [pdf] [Video] [Slides]

Thesis

Khalad Hasan. 2017. Around-Device Interaction for Exploring Large Information Spaces on Mobile Devices. PhD Thesis, University of Manitoba. [pdf]

Khalad Hasan. 2012. A-Coord Input: Augmented Pen-Based Interactions by Combining Auxiliary Input Channels. Master's thesis, University of Manitoba. [pdf] [Slides]

Projects

 

Novel Smartphone UIs
Data Visualization on Smartphones
Around-Device Interaction
Novel Smartwatch UIs
New Smartwatch Input
Visualizations on Smartwatches
AR/MR/VR Inputs
Hand-Based Interaction with HMDs
Smartphone-Based AR

Postdoctoral Fellows

 

Arshad Nasser

2023-Present

Jaisie Sin

2023-Present

Students

Graduate Students

 

Marium-E-Jannat

PhD (2021-Present)

A. K. M. Amanat Ullah

PhD (2021-Present)

Biswapriyo Chakrabarty

MSc (2019-Present)

Satabdi Das

MSc (2022-Present)

Tarik Hasan

MSc (2023-Present)

Omang Baheti

MSc (2023-Present)

Nelusha Nugegoda

MSc (2022-Present, co-supervisor)

Bakdauren Narbayev

MSc (2023-Present, co-supervisor)

Undergraduate Students

 

Dhruv Bihani

(2023-Present)

Manjot Singh

(2023-Present)

Ishita Gupta

(2023-Present)

Nick Chen

(2023-Present)

Thuan Vo

(2023-Present)

Alumni

 

Karanmeet Khatra

MSc (2020-2022)

Sohan Chowdhury

MSc (2021-2023)

Pinku Deb Nath

MSc (2019-2022)

Zil-E-Huma Khan

MSc (2018-2021) (co-supervisor)

Thuan Vo

(2021-2022)

Livia Jonnatan

(2021-2022)

Taylor Regier

(2020)

Michael Crouse

(2020)

Levi Magnus

(2019-2020)

Kevin Feddema

(May-August, 2019)

Dan Chiarlone

(May-August, 2019)

Tianhao Wang

(May-August, 2019)

Swakhar Poddar

(September-December, 2019)

Angela Leung

(September, 2019 - April, 2020)

Noman Mohammad

(September, 2019 - April, 2020)

Karanmeet Khatra

(May, 2019 - August, 2020)

Teaching

 

[Fall 2019, 2020, 2021] COSC 222: Data Structure, University of British Columbia

[Fall 2019, 2020] COSC 548: Advanced Interaction Design, University of British Columbia

[Fall 2018-2023] DATA 533: Collaborative Software Development, University of British Columbia

[Fall 2018-2023] DATA541: Scripting and Reporting, University of British Columbia

[Winter 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021] DATA 589: Special Topic (Big Data Analysis), University of British Columbia

[Fall 2018, 2019] COSC 341: Human-Computer Interaction, University of British Columbia

[Winter 2018] CS349: User Interfaces (Two sections), University of Waterloo

[Winter 2017] COMP 1020: Introductory Computer Science 2, University of Manitoba

[Summer 2016] COMP 2140: Data Structures and Algorithms, University of Manitoba

[Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016] COMP 1010: Introductory Computer Science 1, University of Manitoba

Contact

 

Mohammad Khalad Hasan
Room No: SCI 260
Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
University of British Columbia Okanagan
Kelowna, B.C. V1V 1V7.
Email: khalad dot hasan at ubc dot ca