Group Head, Human-Centred Design & Computing
India
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- Group Head, Human-Centred Design and Computing at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
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- Team Coordinator, Multimedia Creations at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
- Membet Technical Staff at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
- Education
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- Birla Institute of Technology and Science
- Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
- J. J. Institute of Applied Arts
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Dinesh Katre’s Summary
Presently, Dinesh Katre heads the Human-Centred Design & Computing Group at C-DAC, Pune. In this responsibility, he manages multiple teams and coordinates between diverse technology development groups.
During past 16 years at C-DAC, he has conceptualized and implemented many R&D projects that deal with e-Learning, Game Design, Digital Library, Museum Informatics, Multimedia Authoring and Content Creation. He is the principle designer of many software, content and training products. He has published around 25 research papers in international conferences and journals. India's first Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering (CAUE 2008) was organized under his mentorship.
Professional bodies like Computer Society of India (CSI), Usability Practitioners Association (UPA), Usability Matters Organization (UMO), Project Management Institute (PMI) and many other institutes of international repute have organized his lectures and workshops on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). He is invited by universities from USA, UK and Denmark to share his expertise in the area of HCI and Usability. During past 2 years, he has delivered over 70 invited talks on wide ranging topics related to HCI and usability at multinational IT companies, research and academic institutes.
He is passionately interested in enriching the HCI/Usability domain and has set the following goals-
1. Create usable products and technologies
2. Define new methods for user study, design evaluation and usability testing
3. Design usability engineering process adaptable to different work cultures
4. Evolve multi-disciplinary teaching curriculum on HCI/Usability
5. Propagate the usability culture
Dinesh Katre’s Specialties:
* User Research (Cognitive and behavioral)
* Human Factors in Product Design
* Visualization and Design of Innovative Features
* User Experience Design (Interface, Interaction, Content)
* Usability Analysis and Evaluation
* Usability Test Design and Testing
* Interpretation of User Research and Test Results
Dinesh Katre’s Experience
Dinesh Katre’s Education
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Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Ph.D. , Human Computer Interaction , 2000 — 2005
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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
M. Des. , Visual Communication , 1990 — 1992
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J. J. Institute of Applied Arts
B.F.A. , Applied Arts , 1985 — 1990
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Dinesh Katre’s Interests:
human-computer interaction design, interface metaphor design, user experience design, usability evaluation, remote usability testing, cognitive study of children and illiterate users, cognitive linguistics, instructional models, visual comprehension, design psychology, user behavior research
Dinesh Katre’s Honors:
Member of Editorial Board, i-Manager's Journal of Education Technology, 2008
C-DAC’s Full Sponsorship for his Ph.D. Research in HCI, 2001-2005
Invitation to present Dr. Abdul Kalam, President of India, the CD ROMs on Life & Work of Ramanujan at President's House, New Delhi, 2004
Member of Program Committee for India-HCI International Conference 2004
First Prize for vision article for ‘GUI of the Future Contest' by PC Quest, 2003
C-DAC's PARAM Award for Excellence, 1999-2000
C-DAC’s Annual Award of Distinction, 1996-97, Best Visualization of Interactive
Multimedia on GIST Saga
C-DAC’s Annual Award of Distinction, 1994-95, Significant Publication Video and Computer Graphics, Direction/Production of Film “Voyages of Advanced Computing”
C-DAC’s Annual Award of Distinction, 1993-94, Brand Identity Design for Maya Workstation
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