Bryan C. Semaan
About Me

I am a Ph.D student in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. I am specializing in Informatics, and I work in the areas of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Software Engineering. I am being advised by Dr. Gloria Mark. I am a member of two research groups here at UC Irvine: the Institute for Software Research (ISR), and Interactive and Collaborative Technologies (ICT).

Research

My research focuses on the use of technology, and how people use technology both at home and at work. It is amazing how technology has permeated virtually every facet of our lives, and I wish to make technology more useable and useful. In all reality, what good is something if people can't use it?

Projects:

  • Factors that Affect Collaboration Resilience (To be discussed further)
  • Challenges of Inter-organizational Coordination in Humanitarian Relief (To be discussed further)

General Areas / Interests:

  • Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Software Engineering
  • Collaborative Technologies
Publications

I have not published any papers at this point in time.

Teaching

Fall 2007: INF 125/CS 113 Computer Game Development

Summer 2007: INF 111/CSE 121 - Software Engineering Tools and Methods

Spring 2006: ICS 131 - Social Analysis of Computerization

Winter 2006: ICS 104 - Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

Fall 2005: ICS 121 - Software Engineering Tools and Methods

Contact Information

Office: Bren Hall (BH) 5099

Email: bsemaan [at] ics [dot] uci [dot] edu

Phone: 0572