Chen Chen

Unit: Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University

Title: Assistant Professor

Research Expertise

Dr. Chen Chen completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California San Diego, where he was affiliated with The Design Lab and the Qualcomm Institute (CalIT2). His research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), eXtended Reality (XR), and Accessibility, aiming to augment content interaction experiences across a wide variety of interfaces and users. His research has been published in multiple top-tier HCI, XR, Accessibility, and Mobile Computing conferences and journals. Dr. Chen's work has received several prestigious honors, including the Distinguished Paper Award from ACM IMWUT/UbiComp, the Best Paper Honorable Mention Award from ACM CHI, the Best Poster Award at ACM SenSys, and finalist recognition for both the Adobe Research Fellowship and Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship. Some of Dr. Chen's research has resulted in patents and has been highlighted at public events such as Adobe MAX. He is a former researcher at Microsoft Research, Adobe Research, and Carnegie Mellon University.


Areas of Expertise/Keywords

Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Health, Creativity Support Tools