Majeed Kazemitabaar Graduate Researcher, Makeability Lab Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) 2117 Hornbake Building (South Wing) University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 majeed@umd.edu www.majeed.cc EDUCATION University of Maryland Area: MS Thesis: Aug 2014 - Aug 2017 MS in Computer Science Human-Computer Interaction, Technology Design for Children; Advisor: Professor Jon Froehlich Design and Implementation of an E-Textile Construction Kit for children to Support Creativity, Playful Making, and Self-Expression Sharif University of Technology Area: BS Thesis: Sep 2009 - July 2014 BS in Computer Engineering Human-Computer Interaction, Robotics, Hardware Design; Advisor: Professor Hamid R. Rabiee Design and Implementation of a Co-Present Gaming Platform to Promote Physical and Social Activities in Children WORK EXPERIENCE Graduate Researcher Makeability Lab HCIL, University of Maryland Sep 2014 - Present • Lead researcher on MakerWear, designing and investigating an e-textile construction kit to support young children in the creative design, play, and customization of e-textiles and wearables without requiring the creation of code. Supervised by Prof. Jon Froehlich. • Member of the Kidsteam as a co-researcher in an intergenerational design team brainstorming, designing, and building technologies for children with children. Supervised by Prof. Allison Druin. Software Developer & Designer Pegah Company Sep 2013 - July 2014 • Lead designer and developer of 4Nama, an augmented reality architectural representation application for handheld devices using Unity3D. • Designed and prototyped a web based service for creating augmented reality enabled printable catalogs. Undergraduate Researcher Digital Media Lab Sharif University of Technology Feb 2013 - July 2014 • Designed a character-based and co-present gaming platform to promote physical and social activities in children. • Designed and prototyped a camera-less and marker-less augmented reality system using transparent OLED displays. • Designed and prototyped a two-sided touch screen using transparent OLED displays. Hardware Developer Industrial Automation Lab Sharif University of Technology Nov 2011 - Dec 2012 • Constructed a real-time data acquisition system of piezoelectric sensors on a mixed FPGA/DSP/ARM hardware platform for condition monitoring of industrial machinery. • Implemented a condition monitoring data storage & visualization server and its underlying communication protocols using TCP/IP on an ARM microcontroller. PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed, Accepted Papers Kazemitabaar, M., He, L., Wang, K., Aloimonous, C., Cheng T. and Froehlich, J., (2016) “ReWear: Early Explorations of a Modular Wearable Construction Kit for Young Children” In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’16). Best Late-Breaking Work Paper (top 1% - awarded to only 4 of 647 submissions) Kazemitabaar, M., Norooz, L., Guha, ML., and Froehlich, J. (2015) “MakerShoe: Towards an E- Textile Construction Kit to Support Creativity, Playful Making, and Self-Expression” In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC’15). Boghrati, R., Heydarnoori, A. and Kazemitabaar, M. (2014) “Activities performed by programmers while using framework examples as a guide” In Proceedings of the 29th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC’14). B.Sc. Thesis Kazemitabaar, M. (2014) “Design and Implementation of an Interactive Gaming Platform to Promote Physical and Social Activities in Children” B.Sc. Thesis, Sharif University of Technology, 2014 AWARDS AND HONORS May 2016 May 2015 CHI2016 Best Late-Breaking Work Paper for ReWear: Early Explorations of a Modular Wearable Construction Kit for Young Children Top Maker Award at the Tangible Interactive Computing Course (taught by Prof. Jon Froehlich) for making the Kinect-Based Mimicry Robot, the Interactive Gloves and the Flappy Hat. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Student Volunteer May 2016, CHI 2016, San Jose, CA June 2015, IDC 2015, Boston, MA TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS HCIL Symposium May 2016 Froehlich, J. and Kazemitabaar, M., (2016) “MakerWear: Early Explorations of Wearable Construction Kits for Children” 33rd Annual HCIL Symposium, College Park, Maryland, May 26th, 2016 HCIL Symposium May 2015 Kazemitabaar, M. (2015) “MakerShoe: Towards an E-Textile Construction Kit to Support Creativity, Playful Making, and Self-Expression” 32nd Annual HCIL Symposium, College Park, Maryland, May 28th, 2015 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teacher Assistant Dr. Pedram Sadeghian Spring 2016 & Spring 2015 • Intro to Web Programming, 60 students (Spring 2016), 70 students (Spring 2015) Held office hours, graded exams and projects. Teacher Assistant Inst. Larry Herman Fall 2015 • Intro to Computer Systems, 67 students Held discussion sections and office hours, graded exams and quizzes. Teacher Assistant Prof. Shohreh Kasaei Fall 2013 • 3D Computer Vision, 15 students Prepared assignments and quizzes, held discussion sections on pattern recognition, feature matching and MATLAB programming. Teacher Assistant Prof. Hamidreza Pourreza Spring 2011 & Fall 2010 • Electric Circuits, 58 students (Spring 2011), 81 students (Fall 2010) Prepared assignments, held discussion sections and graded exams. Teacher Assistant Dr. Alireza Ajdari Spring 2013 • Human-Computer Interaction, 50 students Prepared course projects and assignments on wire-framing, designing and evaluation of prototypes and finally implementing an interactive prototype based on their user-centered design process. Instructor Summer 2011 & Fall 2010 • Programming AVR microcontrollers, 26 students (Summer 2011), 14 students (Fall 2010) Held lectures on programming AVR microcontrollers, prepared course material and laboratory sessions for new students entering the Robotic Research Center. The course consisted of the fundamentals of hardware design, interfacing and programming using AVR microcontrollers and various sensors and peripherals. MENTORSHIP Undergraduate Advisees Summer 2016 • Jason McPeak, Computer Engineering, University of Maryland (Class of 2017) • Alex Jiao, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland (Class of 2019) Summer 2015 • Tony Cheng, Computer Science, University of Maryland (Class of 2018) • Katie Wang, Computer Science, University of Maryland (Class of 2018) High School Advisees Summer 2015 • Chloe Aloimonous, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, (Class of 2016) SKILLS Programming Systems Hardware Programming + CAD Computational Art + Design Fabrication Graphic + Video Design Web Design Frameworks & Libraries Physical Computing C • C++ • C# • Java • Python • MATLAB • x86 & MIPS Assembly Arduino (C++) • Microsoft Kinect (C#) • Android (Java) AVR • ARM • DSP • FPGA (VHDL & Verilog) • Eagle PCB Design Rhino • Grasshopper • Processing 3D Printing • CNC • Laser Cutting • Vinyl Cutting Creative Authoring Photoshop • Illustrator • Premiere Pro Web Programming HTML5 • CSS3 • JavaScript Django • ASP.Net • D3.js • jQuery • Bootstrap RELATED COURSEWORK Spring 2016 Spring 2016 Spring 2015 Fall 2014 Fall 2012 Spring 2012 Spring 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2015 Computer Science • Machine Learning - Instructor: Prof. Hal Daume • Inclusive Technology Design - Instructor: Prof. Leah Findlater • Tangible Interactive Computing - Instructor: Prof. Jon Froehlich • Computer Vision - Instructor: Prof. David Jacobs • 3D Computer Vision - Instructor: Prof. Shohreh Kasaei • Human-Computer Interaction - Instructor: Prof. Alireza Ajdari • Signals & Systems - Instructor: Prof. Hadi Sadoghi • Digital Systems Design - Instructor: Prof. Hamid Noori Art Department • Advanced Digital Media: Code + Form - Instructor: Prof. Brandon Morse