➼ About:
Hi! My name is Salma (سلمى). I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland studying Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Information. My research interests pertain to the augmentation and diversification of design and creativity through novel configurations, methods, and creativity support tools (CSTs). I am advised by Dr. Joel Chan and Dr. Beth Bonsignore and am a research assistant on the NSF-funded CareersInPlay project helping to develop a multiplayer Playable Case Study (PCS) for collaboration and STEM learning.
In summer 2020, I worked as a UX Research Intern on the Design Team for ArcGIS Hub at Esri R&D. I have also worked as a research intern at Carnegie Mellon's HCI Institute, Korea's first media arts museum Art Center Nabi, and the global think tank AidData. I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from William & Mary as a W&M Scholar, where I double majored in Business Analytics Data Science and Global Studies (with a concentration in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies), having additionally taken coursework in Computer Science and Innovation & Design.
➼ Select Research:
➼ Publications:
Conference Publications (Refereed):
[2] Salma Elsayed-Ali, Elizabeth Bonsignore, Hernisa Kacorri, and Mega Subramaniam. 2020. Designing for Children’s Values: Conceptualizing Value-Sensitive Technologies with Children. In Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2020), June 21–24, 2020. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. [ACM].
[1] Amy Cook, Jessica Hammer, Salma Elsayed-Ali, and Steven P. Dow. 2019. How Guiding Questions Facilitate Feedback Exchange in Project-Based Learning. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 12 pages. [ACM].
Poster Presentations (Non-Refereed):
[3] Salma Elsayed-Ali. “Designing and Localizing Arabic User Interfaces.”
[Presented at the AMES-APIA Senior Capstone
Conference,
April 2019, The College of William & Mary]
[2] Salma Elsayed-Ali. “Assessing the Value of Guiding Questions
in the Peer Feedback Exchange Process.”
[Presented at the HCII REU 2018 Poster Session, August 2018, Carnegie Mellon University]
[1] Salma Elsayed-Ali. “Analyzing the Relationship Between Emoticon & Emoji Selection
Behavior and Emotions of a Message Sender Across Cultures.”
[Presented at the Cross-Cultural Psychology Poster Session, April 2018,
The College of William & Mary]
➼ News:
Jun, 2020: | Presented WiP (virtually) at IDC2020 and attended World's Most Inclusive PD Project Workshop |
Jun, 2020: | Working as a UX Research Intern with the ArcGIS Hub Design Team at Esri R&D |
May, 2020: | Presented and passed the Ph.D. Program First-Year Review |
Apr, 2020: | First-author Work-In-Progress was accepted to IDC2020 |
Dec, 2019: | Designed & built this website using Bootstrap 4 and HTML5/CSS3. Have theme ideas or suggestions? Let me know |
Aug, 2019: | Began PhD program at UMD’s iSchool and HCIL |
Jul, 2019: | Served as an SV for various VR programs at SIGGRAPH 2019 |
Jun, 2019: | Attended ISEA 2019 with Art Center Nabi in Gwangju |
Jun, 2019: | Researching the Future of Work at Art Center Nabi as a Global Research Fellow |
May, 2019: | Graduated summa cum laude from the College of William & Mary |
Apr, 2019: | Attended the HCIL Symposium at UMD |
Mar, 2019: | Reviewed submissions for the GHC19 Interactive Media track committee |
Jan, 2019: | Became involved with a voluntary SIGCHI Inclusion team for race & ethnicity |
Dec, 2018: | Co-authored paper was accepted to CHI 2019 (Acceptance rate: 23.8%) |
Aug, 2018: | Concluded a fulfilling summer at CMU's HCII as an NSF-sponsored REU participant |
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