Education
- PhD, Information Science, University of Washington, USA, 2013
- MSc, Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2006
- BSc, Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, 2005
Bio
Parmit Chilana is an Associate Professor in human-computer interaction (HCI) and Ebco-Eppich Research Chair at the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Parmit’s core research in HCI focuses on inventing and deploying user-centered software help and learning techniques for feature-rich applications in a variety of domains, such as 3D modeling, education, health, and software development. In particular, she is passionate about using interdisciplinary approaches to understand and design for user diversity and empower users from all backgrounds and skills levels to use, learn, and program emerging technologies.
Research Interests
- Human-computer interaction
- Design of interactive systems
- Crowdsourcing/ social computing
