Category: Academia

  • I Need My SPACECHI!

    I Need My SPACECHI!

    Our poster was accepted at SPACECHI 2026! I spent two days at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, talking about the future of human-computer interaction in space. It was a blast! SPACECHI is the world’s first conference dedicated to HCI for space exploration. This was its 5th year! The talks were interesting and the…

  • Cite-or-Flight: My Journey Writing an Academic Paper

    Cite-or-Flight: My Journey Writing an Academic Paper

    I did it. I am a published author. I am now a legit verified source, according to three anonymous strangers. Yep, they peer reviewed my paper, accepted it, and officially christened me into academia-snobbery. My journey to becoming a card-carrying member of scholarly elitism wasn’t easy. It felt like a crash course in academic pain…

  • Hard Work Paid Off — See You at ACM CHI 2026 in Barcelona!

    Hard Work Paid Off — See You at ACM CHI 2026 in Barcelona!

    While I was in Abu Dhabi, I received the exciting news that our paper “Designing a Cyber Situational Awareness Application for Space Missions” has been accepted as a poster at ACM CHI Conference! 🚀 🎉 I’m incredibly grateful to my co-authors, Arun Viswanathan, Deniz Celik, and David Shamma for their collaboration, insight, and support! (HIGH…