I graduated from University of Amirkabir (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran, as a Computer Engineer (B.Eng. in Hardware) in 1998. In 2002 I was awarded the M.Eng. degree in electrical engineering (Robotics and Machine Intelligence) for the results of the examinations and the final research project undertaken at University of Tehran, Iran. My thesis related to the design and implementation of a human-machine interface for people with spinal cord injury. After a rigorous process, I was selected as a team member for RoboFesta 2001, Partner Robot Games competition in Yokohama, Japan. My team (Virtual Wheelchair Trainer) won the second place among 7 teams from 6 countries.

I held a position as a PhD/research student at the Hamilton Institute from April 2003 to September 2006 and completed the PhD in Continuous Gestural Interaction with Mobile Devices in October 2006. The title of my thesis is "Making Sense of Interaction Using a Model-Based Approach".

Since March 2007, I have been employed as a lecturer at Computer Science Department, Swansea University of Wales, and I am collaborating with the Future Interaction Technology lab in this department. I am also collaborating with School of Engineering (Swansea), Welsh Department (Swansea), Psychology Department (Swansea), School of Social Science (Cardiff), Bristol University (Robotics Lab), Kingston University (Faculty of Law & Business), UCLIC and Dynamics and Interaction group in Hamilton Institute and Glasgow University.

I have a keen interest in human behaviour in interaction with ubiquitous technologies and during my PhD research I fell in love with Perceptual Control Theory (PCT). I am interested in applying control engineering to sensor-based interaction with mobile and medical devices and multimodal interaction in document and pedestrian navigation and changing unhealthy behaviour through ubiquitous technologies. I have several successful research grants from EPSRC, Welsh Crucible, Welsh Assembly and Bridging the Gaps. I actively seek interdisciplinary collaboration and research funding.

I am the director of MSc in Advanced Computer Science: Specialising in HCI and MRes in Computing and Future Interaction Technologies. Moreover, as the head of level four (MEng) in the department I have strong connections with industry. Some of my MEng students have been absorbed to the industry for example, Thales and Awen ID.

I actively engage with public through media (interviews with BBC and Wester Mail) and publishing in magazines such as Computer Science for Fun (CS4Fun). For more information please see here.

Other Interests

• Yoga

  • Yoga Union, Yoga Point

• Climbing

• Love To Climb, One week-end with Katherine Schirrmacher
• Dynamic Rock Climbing Centre

• Flying

  • Gower Flight Centre

• Walking

  • Ramblers
  • Brecon Beacon Walking Society