Damien Masson

Damien Masson is an Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal, specializing in research in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. He is also the co-leader of the Montréal HCI group, an academic member of the Mila research institute, and an IVADO professor. Dr. Masson's research focuses on AI interaction, creativity support, and information visualization. He has worked with several renowned organizations, including as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Toronto and as an intern at Autodesk Research. His work has been published at top-tier conferences such as CHI and UIST, covering topics like innovative interaction designs, data visualization, and technologies for enhancing scientific document reading experiences.

• 2024 – Present·Université de Montréal·Assistant Professor
  • Leading the Montréal HCI group, researching human-computer interaction technologies and AI interaction design.
• 2023 – 2024·University of Toronto·Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Focused on in-depth research in AI interaction technologies and related fields.
• 2019 – 2023·University of Waterloo·Doctoral Researcher
  • Conducted transformative research on improving scientific document reading experiences.

• 2019 – 2023·University of Waterloo·PhD
  • Specialization: Polymorphic reading experiences for scientific documents.
• 2016 – 2018·Université de Lille·Master's Degree
  • Specialization: Human-Computer Interaction and Information Visualization.