Resume

Yann Riche
Seattle, WA, USA
email: yann[dot]riche[@]yannriche[dot]net
http://www.yannriche.net

A 2 pages version of my resume in pdf (User Experience Researcher).

Summary

Conducted several short and long term studies of users’ needs and desires. Conducted field interviews and video-based observations (ethnography) in contexts ranging from architectural firms to older adults aging in place. Created scenarios, design specifications and high-to-low level prototypes based on collected field and lab data, its high-level analysis, and related work in HCI. Conducted design activities through the project lifecycle, from concept creation to functional prototypes. Designed information visualizations for desktop interfaces and exploration of qualitative and quantitative data. Conducted lab and field studies to evaluate concepts and prototypes. Taught interaction design, usability and HCI to engineering and design students. Published and presented work at major international conferences and in international scientific journals.

Currently

July 2010 - current: User Experience Researcher at Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA

Conducting user research at Microsoft to help shape the user experiences for developers developing with Microsoft technologies, particularly focused on the Help and Community aspects, with a strong emphasis on MSDN. Conducting studies in the lab and in the field to build an understanding of developers use of help sources and to identify short and long term strategies for improving their experiences.

Skills

Software Programming

C/C++, Java, Lingo, PHP, HTML/CSS

Office

MS Office, Open Office, LaTeX

Data Collection and Analysis

UES, OVO, SPSS, R, Excel

Multimedia

Adobe Software, Macromedia Director

Education

2004-2008 PhD

at the University of Paris South (http://www.u-psud.fr FRANCE).
Topic: Communication appliances to support aging in place.

2002-2003 MSc of Interaction Design (Information Environments)

At the University of Queensland, Australia (http://www.infenv.itee.uq.edu.au)
GPA: 6.33/7

2000-2003 Electrical Engineering Degree

Equivalent to a Master degree at the Grenoble Institute of Technology, France.
(Preceded by intensive classes for higher education studies from 1998 to 2000).

Selected Past Projects

2009 Feedback of Electricity Consumption for the Home

Conducted participatory design activities to create and evaluate design concepts of always-on display for presenting consumption information. Designed mockups using Photoshop and an interactive prototype using Java. This study provided a framework and guideliens for the design of feedback technologies in the home to be presented at a major HCI conference.

2009 Studying End-User Visual Programming from a Design Perspective

Designed and conducted the analysis of video data to study an online end-user mashup programming environment from a design perspective. Results provided implications for the design of end-user programming environments (e.g., MS Popfly) to improve usability, ease of use, and efficiency.

2009 Designing and Evaluating Saliency of Machine-Learned Programs

Designed and conducted the evaluation of visual feedback of a desktop machine-learning application to help users and machine collaborate more effectively. Created and implemented visualizations of machine-lear-ning data and designed visualizations for the analysis of logged data.

2004-2008 Communication and Aging in Place

Designed several concepts and prototypes of communication devices to support aging in place using user-centered methodologies and participatory design techniques. Designed, prototyped and field tested markerClock, a communication device based aimed at supporting home rhythms awareness between elderly friends. Conducted iterative design from the field study to prototypes (low fidelity to functional). The field test included site visits, interviews and questionnaires and log data analysis, and allowed me to validate the markerClock concept and to iterate on the design.

2007 Mélange: Space Folding for Multi-Focus Interaction

Designed and experimentally evaluated a multi-focus technique for visually exploring large amounts of data which proved experimentally more efficient than both traditional and split-screen views for conserving contextual awareness during exploration.

2006 Zebra

Designed, implemented and field evaluated an automated video observation tool prototype using automatic logging, interviews and focus groups with study participants and researchers.

2003 Contextual Interfaces for the Home and the Classroom

Designed and prototyped (pen-and-paper, Photoshop, and wireframe) an application for handheld devices (PDAs) allowing teachers to remotely and easily manage technologies in the classroom (video projectors, printers, laboratory computers, etc.). Extended the design concept by proposing a concept of location-aware device for controlling appliances and devices in the Home.

2002 Observational Study of Physical Collaboration in the Design Industry

Conducted observational studies of physical collaboration in two architectural firms in Brisbane, Queensland. Outlined the role of the physical media for collaboration as well as the use of freeform sketching in design activities. Collaboration with fellow research intern, under the supervision of research staff. Results were published in a research article at the 2004 Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering conference.

Publications

Journals

Mélange: Space Folding for Visual Exploration
Nikals Elmqvist, Yann Riche, Nathalie Henry and Jean-Daniel Fekete, in the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2009, in press).
PeerCare: Supporting Awareness of Rhythms and Routines for Better Aging in Place
Yann Riche and Wendy Mackay, in CSCW: the Journal of Collaborative Computing, Springer Verlag (2010, to appear).

Peer Reviewed Conferences

Studying Always-On Electricity Feedback in the Home Yann Riche, Jonathan Dodge, Ronald A. Metoyer, to appear at CHI2010 (the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems). End-User Mashup Programming: Through the Design Lens Jill Cao, Yann Riche, Susan Wiedenbeck, Margaret Burnett, Valentina Grigoreanu, to appear at CHI2010 (the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems), 2010. Explanatory Debugging: Supporting End-User Debugging of Machine-Learned Programs Todd Kulesza, Simone Stumpf, Margaret Burnett, Weng-Keen Wong, Yann Riche, Travis Moore, Ian Oberst, Amber Shinsel, Kevin McIntosh, to appear at VL-HCC 2010 (IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing), 2010. Mélange: Space Folding for Multi-Focus Interaction Nikals Elmqvist, Nathalie Henry, Yann Riche and Jean-Daniel Fekete, Proceedings of the CHI2008 (the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems). Zebra : Exploring participatory design engagement in fieldwork Yann Riche, Stephen Viller, Matthew Simpson, Proceedings of DIS2008 (the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems).

Thesis

Designing Communications to Support Aging in Place Yann Riche Ph.D. Thesis from the University Paris Sud (in English)

Other Peer Reviewed

Hard-to-Use Interfaces Considered Beneficial (Some of the Time) Yann Riche, Nathalie Riche, Petra Isenberg, Anastasia Bezerianos, to appear in Extended Abstract of the ACM SIGCHI 2010 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Apr. 2010) markerClock: A Communicating Augmented Clock for Elderly Yann Riche, Wendy Mackay, Extended Abstracts of INTERACT 2007 (the IFIP 2007 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction). Une horloge communicante pour les séniors Yann Riche, Wendy Mackay, Extended Abstracts of IHM 2007 (the Conférence Francophone d'Interaction Homme Machine).

Doctoral Consortium

PeerCare: Challenging the Monitoring Approach Yann Riche, Extended Abstracts of INTERACT 2007 (the IFIP 2007 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction).

Technical Reports

An Observational Analysis of Collaborative Actions in the Design Industry Yann Riche, Matthew Simpson, Lorna MacDonald, University of Queensland, November 2003.
Work realized during my M.Sc. in Information Environments at the University of Queensland. Technology Probes for the design of a communication systems for seniors
Yann Riche, Ph.D. Confirmation report, University of Queensland, August 2006.

Workshops

Aging and Value in Communication
Yann Riche, Position paper at Age Matter: Bridging the generation gap through technology-mediated interaction, Workshop at the ACM CHI'09 Conference. (the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)
Communication Appliances: Shared Awareness for Intimate Social Networks Wendy Mackay, Yann Riche, Jean-Baptiste Labrune, Position paper to the ACM SIGCHI 2005 Conference workshop on Shared Awareness. PeerCare: Challenging the monitoring approach to care for the elderly Yann Riche and Wendy Mackay, Position paper to the HCI and the Older Population Workshop at the British HCI Conference 2005, Edinburg, UK. (poster)

Scientific activities

Conference Reviewing

UbiComp 2010, Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
ACM DIS 2010, Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
ACM CHI 2008-2010, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
IFIP INTERACT 2007-2009, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
IEEE Tabletop’08, IEEE Workshop on Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces 2008
ACM CSCW’08, Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work
IHM’07, French-Speaking Conference in Human Computer Interaction
ACM UIST07, Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
OzCHI06, Australasian Conference on Human Computer Interaction

Membership

Member of the Puget Sound SIGCHI Chapter
Member of the ACM SIGCHI
Member of the French Speaking Association for Human Computer Interactions (AFIHM)

2010

Invited Talk: Leveraging Users' Intimacy
Colloquium talk at the CSEE department
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

2008

Invited Talk: Rhythms and Routines to Support Aging in Place
Microsoft Live Labs, Bellevue, WA, USA
Ph.D. Defense: Designing Communication Appliances to Support Aging in Place
Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique, Paris South University, France

2007

Paper Presentation: markerClock: a Communicating Augmented Clock for Elderly
Paper presentation at the IFIP INTERACT 2007 Conference
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Doctoral Consortium: Designing Communication Appliances for Aging in Place
Presentation at the IFIP INTERACT 2007 Conference
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Invited Talk: Using Communication to Support Aging in Place
Seminar
UFRGS, School of IT, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Demonstration: markerClock, une horologe communicante pour les séniors
Demonstration at a conference
French-Speaking Conference in Human Computer Interaction, Paris, France
Doctoral Consortium: PeerCare: Challenging the Monitoring Approach
Doctoral consortium presentation
IFIP 2007 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2006

Invited Talk: Designing Communication Appliances for Seniors
Seminar during a research lab visit
NICTA, Sydney, Australia
Invited Talk: Technology Probes for Exploration
Seminar during a research lab visit
University of Sydney, School of IT, Sydney, Australia

2005

Student Volunteer at ECSCW’05
Paris, France

2003

Student Volunteer at OzCHI’03
Brisbane, Australia

Awards and Grants

French Government Ph.D. Grant: $70,000 over three years, 2004-2007
University Paris South International Mobility (Australia) Grant: $1500, 2005
University Paris South PhD Mobility (UK) Grant: $750, 2005
Regional International Mobility (Australia) Grant: $5,700, 2002
International House Achievement Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies, 2003

Teaching, tutoring

2007-2008

Temporary Teaching Position
University Paris-South, Orsay, France
Design and Evaluation of Interfaces, Graduate.
Interactive Systems Engineering, Graduate.
Introduction to Computer Science, Undergraduate.
Java Programming Project, Undergraduate.
Graphics and Multimedia, Undergraduate.
Human Computer Interaction, Undergraduate.

2004

Casual Tutoring Position
University Paris-South, Orsay, France
Design and Evaluation of Interfaces, Graduate
Java Projects, Undergraduate

University Paris VI, Paris, France
Design and Evaluation of Interfaces, Graduate

2003

Casual Tutoring
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Multimedia Technology, Undergraduate.
Multimedia Studio 2, Undergraduate.
Information Environments Studio 1, Undergraduate.
Multimedia Authoring, Undergraduate
Multimedia Studio 1, Undergraduate

Other Professional Experiences

H10 Capital, Seattle (WA, USA) Feb. Jul. 2010
User Experience Researcher Consultant at Micorosft in the Developers' Division.

UNILOG, Paris (France) Jul. – Oct. 04
IT engineer for an IT services company. Software development in ABAP, for a SAP system.

S3C, Chambray-lès-Tours (France) May 04
Design of communication tools (logo, leaflet,...)

Pleasure Divers (Magnetic Island, Australia) Dec. 03 – Feb. 04
Internship in a dive shop. PADI Rescue Diver and PADI Divemaster certification, First Aid certification. Initial development of the website of the training center: http://www.pleasuredivers.com.au.

Vice President of the ENSIEG student's association from Mar. 01 to Mar. 02
In charge of industrial relationship: increase of 100% of industrial participation to the budget. Team management. Organisation of students' events.

Project Leader in various study projects (including programmation and human computer interactions)

Various jobs and internships since 1998.

Other

Certified Scuba Diver: PADI DiveMaster
First Aid Course, O2 Resucitation, Scuba Diving First Aid

Hobbies

Photography (Flickr site), Scuba Diving , Movies and Reading.