Muhammad Tahir

Batiment C-201-8, 46 Rue Barrault,

Paris, 75013, France

Email : tahir@enst.fr

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CV

Research interests:

Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs), Haptic/Tactile Feedback, Augmented Reality (AR)

Equally interested in:

Social, cognitive and psychological aspects of HCI, multi-touch surfaces, role of HCI in computer science education, ergonomics

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PhD Thesis

Publications

12

Tahir, M., Bailly, G., Guiard, Y., and Lecolinet, E., Tactile Assistance for Selecting List Favorites with a Bifocal Absolute and Relative Presentation. In the proceedings of 13th annual conference on Human Computer Interaction, ChiNL’09, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 11th, 2009.

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11

Tahir, M., Bailly, G., Lecolinet, E., and Mouret, G.  Categorization, Analysis and properties of Tactile Patterns. In the proceedings of 13th annual conference on Human Computer Interaction, ChiNL’09,  Leiden, The Netherlands, June 11th, 2009.

Video

10

Tahir, M., Bailly, G., Lecolinet, E., and Mouret, G.  TactiMote: a tactile remote control for navigating in long lists. In Proceedings of the 10th international Conference on Multimodal interfaces (Chania, Crete, Greece, October 20 - 22, 2008). IMCI '08. ACM, New York, NY, 285-288.

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09

Tahir, M., Bailly, G., and Lecolinet, E., Exploring the Impulsion and Vibration Effects of Tactile Patterns. People and Computers, Culture, Creativity, Interaction, Published by British Computer Society, Proceedings of HCI, The 22nd British HCI Conference Liverpool J.M. Univ., UK. 1-5 Sep. 2008, p237-240.

 

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Tahir, M., Bailly, G., and Lecolinet, E. 2007. A remote: A Tangible Interface for Selecting TV Channels. In Proc of the 17th international Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (Nov. 28-30, 2007). ICAT, IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, p. 298-299.

 

07

Tahir, M., and Lecolinet, E. 2007. 3D Gestural and Tactile Interaction Techniques to Handle multimedia Ambient Environment. 1st Peach Summer School (July 2007), Santorini, Greece. (Poster)

 

06

Tahir, M., Bailly, G., and Lecolinet, E. 2007. Evaluation of List Control based on 3D Translational Gestures of TUI. CHITALY (June 2007). Padova, Italy.

 

05

Tahir, M., and Lecolinet, E. 2006., A Two Handed 3D Interaction Technique for Controlling an Ambient Environment. Rencontres Jeunes Chercheurs (RJC’06), November 2006, Anglet, France.

 

04

Tahir, M., and Lecolinet, E. 2006., A Two Handed 3D Interaction Technique for Controlling an Ambient Environment. Rencontres Jeunes Chercheurs (RJC’06), November 2006, Anglet, France. (Poster)

 

03

Tahir, M., Tangible and Tactile Interaction Techniques for Multimedia Systems. PhD Thesis, Télécom ParisTech, Paris, France

 

02

Tahir, M., SNMP-based MPLS-TE Management using Mobile Agents, MS Thesis, 2005, University of Technology, Troyes, France

 

01

Tahir, M., Routers Data-Link Monitoring System, MSc. Thesis, January, 2002, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

 

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Computer Science Courses (Taught in English)

(2 years of dedicated teaching experience)

No.

Subject

Semester

Contents

06

Introduction to Information Technology

 

Master of Business Administration: MBA - Evening Session

This course provided the basic concepts about operating systems, software, networks and Internet. This also included lab work for Microsoft Project (as a case study for Project Management).

05

Introduction to Programming

Assisted, Bachelor of Computer Science: BCS

My responsibilities were to conduct programming labs that include helping students in the basic concepts of programming and assisting them in the implementation of algorithms.

04

Computer Organization

BCS and Master of Software Engineering: MSE

This course was about the concepts related to system software, the functioning and anatomy of computer systems and the working of computer’s major components such as CPU, memory and peripherals.

03

Business Data communication

MBA-IT

The course contents included general concepts of network systems, comparison of various network implementations like LAN, MAN, WAN, the working of TCP/IP, etc.

02

Compiler Construction

Assisted, BCS

This course contained many concepts such as compiler structure, lexical analysis, parsing, syntax, register allocations, etc.

01

Database Concepts

MBA Evening Session

This course provided the basic concepts about database environments and development processes, Database Management Systems (DBMS), ER models, etc.

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Useful Links

Eric Lecolinet  (PhD Supervisor)

Gilles Bailly (Friend, Colleague) – Menu designs/techniques

Anne Roudaut (Friend, Colleague) – Interaction techniques for handheld devices

Sylvain Malacria (Friend, Colleague) – Tangible Interfaces/Pen-based interaction

 

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