Hello, I'm Matin /muh-TEEN/
Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at UC San Diego
Advised by Nadir Weibel
Affiliated with Human-centered eXtended Intelligence (HXI) and the Design Lab
Founder and Director of DISCO
My broad research interest lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Education, and Healthcare.
My research challenges the traditional learning systems by leveraging human coaching techniques to enable lightweight and attention-cueing feedback, especially in ill-defined learning domains. In short, I help learners help themselves.
I received my B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a Computer Science major and Commerce minor, advised by Dongwook Yoon and Sid Fels and affiliated with ViDeX and DFP.
In my spare time, I play fingerstyle guitar, hike national parks, and take sunset photos!
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I am on the job market for academic and industry research positions. If you would like to discuss opportunities, please send me an email: myarmand[at]ucsd[dot]edu
Select Publications
"I'd be watching him contour till 10 o'clock at night": Understanding Tensions between Teaching Methods and Learning Needs in Healthcare Apprenticeship
Matin Yarmand, Chen Chen, Kexin Cheng, James D. Murphy, Nadir Weibel
CHI 2024. Full Paper PDF Best of CHI: Honourable Mention Award (Top 4%)
Format Matters: Comparing the Inclusiveness and Effectiveness of Hybrid and Remote Meetings
Matin Yarmand, Liana Kreamer, Siddharth Suri, Sonia Jaffe
CSCW 2024. Full Paper PDF
Enhancing Accuracy, Time Spent, and Ubiquity in Critical Healthcare Delineation via Cross‐Device Contouring
Matin Yarmand, Chen Chen, Michael V Sherer, Yash Shah, Peter Liu, Borui Wang, Larry Hernandez, James D. Murphy, Nadir Weibel
DIS 2024. Full Paper PDF
Evaluating Video Conferencing and Desktop Virtual Platforms for Remote Classroom Activities
Matin Yarmand, Ru Wang, Haowei Li, Nadir Weibel
CSCL 2024. Short Paper PDF
Design and Development of a Training and Immediate Feedback Tool to Support Healthcare Apprenticeship
Matin Yarmand, Borui Wang, Chen Chen, Michael V Sherer, Larry Hernandez, James D. Murphy, Nadir Weibel
CHI 2023. Short Paper PDF
Evaluating Accuracy, Completion Time, and Usability of Everyday Touch Devices for Contouring
Matin Yarmand, Michael V Sherer, Chen Chen, Larry Hernandez, Nadir Weibel, James D Murphy
ASTRO 2022. Abstract PDF Oral Scientific Session (Top 9%)
"It Feels Like I am Talking into a Void'': Understanding Interaction Gaps in Synchronous Online Classrooms
Matin Yarmand, Jaemarie Solyst, Scott Klemmer, Nadir Weibel
CHI 2021. Full Paper PDF
Facilitating Remote Design Thinking Workshops in Healthcare: the Case of Contouring in Radiation Oncology
Matin Yarmand, Chen Chen, Danilo Gasques, James D. Murphy, Nadir Weibel
CHI 2021. Case Study PDF
Adjacent Display of Relevant Discussion Helps Resolve Confusion
Matin Yarmand, Srishti Palani, Scott Klemmer
CSCW 2021. Full Paper PDF
"Can you believe [1:21]?!'': Content and Time-Based Reference Patterns in Video Comments
Matin Yarmand, Dongwook Yoon, Samuel Dodson, Ido Roll, Sidney Fels
CHI 2019. Full Paper PDF Best of CHI: Honourable Mention Award (Top 4%)
Patents
Previewing video content referenced by typed hyperlinks in comments
Sol Sidney Fels, Dongwook Yoon, Matin Yarmand
U.S. Patent (issued 2021). Patent PDF
Auto-completion for content expressed in video data
Sol Sidney Fels, Dongwook Yoon, Matin Yarmand
U.S. Patent (issued 2021). Patent PDF
Authoring comments including typed hyperlinks that reference video content
Sol Sidney Fels, Dongwook Yoon, Matin Yarmand
U.S. Patent (filed 2020). Patent PDF
Contextually-aware control of a user interface displaying a video and related user text
Sol Sidney Fels, Dongwook Yoon, Matin Yarmand
U.S. Patent (filed 2020). Patent PDF
Teaching Apprenticeship
COGS 123 (Social Computing) - Spring 2022
UCSD, Professor Steven Dow
CSE 119/219 (Human-centered Computing for Health) - Spring 2021
UCSD, Professor Nadir Weibel
CPSC 213 (Introduction to Computer Systems) - Spring 2018
UBC, Professor Mike Feeley
Media Coverage
The Ongoing Pandemic Challenge: CSE Faculty Respond - (09/29/2021)
Student Research Aims to Improve Nonverbal Communication in Virtual Classrooms - (07/05/2021)
'It feels like I'm Talking into a Void': How Do We Improve the Virtual Classroom? - (06/10/2021)
Invited Talks
Keynote speaker and Panelist
Artificial Intelligence for Video-based Learning at Scale - Learning@Scale 2020. Workshop Webpage