Yasamin Heshmat

Yasamin Heshmat is a UX/HCI researcher. Her doctoral work at Simon Fraser University focused on creating, designing, and studying systems that support the everyday activities of families, co-workers, and community members, including tangible artifacts for connecting families across time zones, telepresence robots, and new ways to use mobile devices to connect people. Her public research record covers asynchronous family storytelling, telepresence, shared family media, long-term home video recording, and video-based medical appointments. SFU 2020 profile

• 2024–present·Meta·UX Researcher
  • She announced joining Meta as a UX Researcher in a public LinkedIn post dated October 9, 2024; her public profile currently also lists Meta as her organization. LinkedIn post
• Public affiliation in 2023·Unity Technologies·UX Researcher (as publicly labeled)
  • The official CHI 2023 page lists her with Unity Technologies, and her public Google Scholar page labels her “UX Researcher @Unity.” CHI 2023
• Public affiliation in 2022·Electronic Arts·Institution listed in conference materials
  • The official CHI 2022 page lists her with Electronic Arts; exact start/end dates and job title were not confirmed in public sources. CHI 2022

• 2020·Simon Fraser University·Ph.D. in HCI
  • SFU’s convocation profile describes her doctoral research as human-computer interaction; the cLab alumni page lists her as a 2020 doctoral alumna. SFU 2020
• 2014·University of Victoria·M.Sc. in Computer Science
  • Her thesis, Incorporating User Reviews as Implicit Feedback for Improving Recommender Systems, is authored by Yasamin Heshmat Dehkordi and records a 2011 B.Sc. from Isfahan University of Technology. UVic thesis
• 2011·Isfahan University of Technology·B.Sc.

• FamilyStories: Asynchronous Audio Storytelling for Family Members Across Time Zones (CHI 2020; her public LinkedIn publications page notes an Honourable Mention)
• Geocaching with a Beam: Shared Outdoor Activities through a Telepresence Robot with 360 Degree Viewing (CHI 2018)
• Family and Friend Communication over Distance in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic (DIS 2021)
• A Scenario-Based Study of Doctors and Patients on Video Conferencing Appointments from Home (ACM TOCHI 2022)

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