Along with a fantastic set of colleagues that span Simon Fraser University (Canada), University of British Columbia (Canada), and the University of Oslo (Norway), I have had four archival papers accepted for publication — 3 papers and 1 pictorial (i.e., a visual paper) — at the ACM Designing Interactive Systems…
Very happy to announce that our paper on the long-term field study of Olly received a Best Paper Award at CHI 2019. This is the result of a great collaboration among designer-researchers at Simon Fraser University and Eindhoven University of Technology. We’re excited to share our next chapter of slow…
Along with a fantastic set of colleagues that span Simon Fraser University (Canada), Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany), Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany), Università della Svizzera Italiana (Switzerland), and Fuji Xerox (Japan), I have had 4 archival papers conditionally accepted for publication at the CHI 2019 Conference…
At the end of 2018, I received the Simon Fraser University Faculty of Communication, Art, and Technology (FCAT) Emerging Research Award. This award is for demonstrated excellence in early-career research. Only one of these awards is handed out annually and it was an honour to receive it. The award was…
The Van UX awards happened last week and the People’s Choice Award was won by a project team from my offering the IAT 499 Graduation Project course. The team consisted of Aron Chen, Gabriel Yeung, and Venus Lau for their Inclusive Postpartum Care project with Stevie Nguyen as their industry…
Along with a fantastic set of colleagues that collectively span Simon Fraser University, Università della Svizzera italiana Lugano, the University of Tokyo, the University of Melbourne, and Emily Carr University, I have had 1 full paper, 1 note, and 1 pictorial accepted for publication at the DIS 2018 conference in…
My co-author Tijs Duel and I received word that our paper on OLO Radio received a Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at CHI 2018 — awarded to the top 5% of all submissions (the conference received over 2500 submissions). William Odom, Tijs Duel. 2018. On the Design of OLO Radio: Investigating…
Along with a fantastic set of colleagues that collectively span Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr University, Microsoft, Goldsmiths School of Design University of London, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente, and the University of Washington, I have had 5 archival papers accepted for publication at the CHI 2018 Conference…
I have excited to announce that as of today I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Arts + Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. I am thrilled to take a permanent position in this progressive department. Come visit!
I had the incredible good fortune to collaborate with a set of fantastic researchers that produced an accepted paper and an accepted pictorial at the Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2016 conference in Brisbane, Australia. Both of these works received Best Paper Honorable Mention awards! Erick Odour, Carman Neustaedter, William Odom, Anthony Tang,…