Ali.me

I am a research scientist in the Ads Science team at Yahoo Labs in Sunnyvale, CA. My research at Yahoo is at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), data science, and applied machine learning. In particular, it focuses on understanding users using BIG data for developing predictive models and ad recommendation systems. Before joining Yahoo! I was a postdoctoral researcher in the hcilab group at the University of Stuttgart. I was awarded my Ph.D. from University of Stuttgart under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Albrecht Schmidt. My Ph.D. research was at the crossroads of ubiquitous computing (Ubicomp) and HCI focused at understanding user interaction with mobile devices through carrying out large-scale studies in the wild.

"Let the beauty we love be what we do." ~Rumi

Ali.publication

For more details on my recent publications please see my Google Scholar page.

Last Update: January 2016

Ali.activity

.reviewing duty

Conferences

CHI: 2010-2015 -- MobileHCI: 2010-2013 -- Ubicomp: 2008-2012 -- Pervasive: 2010-2012 -- UIST: 2011 -- ITS: 2010 -- ISWC: 2013 -- PrevasiveHealth: 2014 -- Urban IoT: 2014 -- Augmented Human: 2013-2014 -- TVx: 2014 -- EICS: 2013 -- DIS: 2012 -- IoT: 2012 -- NordiCHI: 2012 -- MUM: 2012 -- AutoUI: 2011 -- Percom: 2009 -- Interact: 2009 -- AmI: 2009

Journals

IEEE IoT -- IEEE Pervasive Computing -- IEEE Computer -- Pervasive and Mobile Computing

.program committee

MobileHCI: 2014-2015 -- PrevasiveHealth: 2015 -- Augmented Human: 2014-2015 -- WIP-CHI: 2013-2014 -- NordiCHI: 2014 -- ACM MM: 2013 -- MuM: 2010

.organizing committee

CHI'13: publication co-chair -- CHI'12: publication co-chair -- Percom'12: publicity chair -- INSS'12: publicity chair -- MobileHCI'12: student volunteer chair -- Ubicomp'09: student volunteer chair -- TEI'09: student volunteer chair & publication chair -- TEI'08: poster & demo chairs;

.teaching

University of Stuttgart

HCI Colloquium, Multimodal Interaction lecture, Human-Computer Interaction lecture, Seminar on Multimodal Interaction, GUI practical course

University of Duisburg-Essen

Case Studies in Pervasive Computing, Pervasive Computing lecture, Digital System Design lecture, Project Seminar