Sandra Yuen

Current

• HCI Researcher at IBM

Past

• Undergrad Student HCI Researcher at University of British Columbia
• Web Developer (Co-op) at GTES
• Project Coordinator Assistant at University of British Columbia

• Undergrad Student HCI Researcher (Co-op) at University of British Columbia

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Education

• The University of British Columbia

Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• wordium.com

Sandra Yuen’s Summary

Cognitive Scientist with knowledge and experience in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. Particularly interested in enhancing the development of computer products through User Experience research.

Sandra Yuen’s Specialties:

Usability, experiment design, experiment execution, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, user interface design.

Sandra Yuen’s Experience

• HCI Researcher

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2008 — Present (9 months)

  I am with the USER group, within IBM Computer Science Research, currently working on Unified Activity Management (UAM).
  http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/uam.index.html

• Undergrad Student HCI Researcher

  University of British Columbia

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)

  Worked with a PhD student looking at problems in tablet computing. Ran experiments with users aged 18-25 and users aged 65+ to study and improve menu interactions in tablet computers. A related paper has been submitted to and accepted by ASSETS 08, with Karyn Moffatt and Joanna McGrenere.

• Web Developer (Co-op)

  GTES

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

  Created new help file templates, updated and wrote user help pages for four applications (three existing, one in development). Implemented internationalization (i18n) standards for a web-based vehicle tracking application. Managed primary language files for translations.

• Project Coordinator Assistant

  University of British Columbia

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  April 2006 — September 2006 (6 months)

  Worked for the Department of Computer Science. Coordinated the setup of a new lab for group-pro ject-based HCI courses. Managed ordering and deployment of $40 000 of lab equipment, computer hardware and software. Maintained project schedules, balanced the budget.

• Undergrad Student HCI Researcher (Co-op)

  University of British Columbia

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

  Worked in the S.P.I.N. Research Group. Designed interface mock-ups for a GUI to monitor and calibrate sensor readings on a mechanized user data acquisition device. Implemented a framework using Java and Swing.

Sandra Yuen’s Education

• The University of British Columbia

  BSc , Cognitive Systems/Computer Science , 2003 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Cognitive Systems Society: VP-Linguistics, Social Coordinator

Additional Information

Sandra Yuen’s Websites:

• wordium.com

Sandra Yuen’s Interests:

Usability research, user experience, computer/console gaming, cardmaking, reading.

Sandra Yuen’s Groups:

•    University of British Columbia (UBC) Alumni
•    UBC Computer Science Alumni Network

Sandra Yuen’s Honors:

UBC
- Dean's Honor List - 2003/2004, 2007/2008
- Awards Advanced Methods for HCI: Best Student Project - 2007
- Introduction to HCI Methods: MacGyver Award for Creativity in Prototyping - 2006
CRA-W Canadian Distributed Mentor Project (CDMP) Grant - 2006
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) - 2006

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