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RESUME

Resume
Education
University of Minnesota Twin Cities 

2015–2022

Ph.D. Candidate - Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities 

2015–2018

Master of Science - Department of Computer Science and Engineering 

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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 
2011–2013

Master of Science - Department of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE)

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Umm Al-Qura University 
2003–2007

Bachelor of Science - Department of Computer Science

Skills

Unreal Engine

Unity

Autodesk Maya

Languages

C/ C++/ C#

D3.js

R language

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Publication
Refereed Journal Articles
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  • Sahar Aseeri and Victoria Interrante, “The Influence of Avatar Representation on Interpersonal Communication in Virtual Social Environments,” - (accepted in TVCG IEEE VR 2021)

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  • Sahar Aseeri, Karla Paraiso, and Victoria Interrante. "Investigating the Influence of Virtual Human Entourage Elements on Distance Judgments in Virtual Architectural Interiors." Frontiers in Robotics and AI 6 (2019): 44. DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2019.00044 

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Refereed Conference Papers
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  • Simpson, Governess, Ariadne Sinnis-Bourozikas, Megan Zhao, Sahar Aseeri, and Victoria Interrante. "A Virtual Reality Investigation of the Impact of Wallpaper Pattern Scale on Qualitative Spaciousness Judgments and Action-Based Measures of Room Size Perception." In International Conference on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, pp. 161-176. Springer, Cham, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01790-3_10  - (Honorable Mention for Best Paper)

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  • Vaziri, Koorosh, Peng Liu, Sahar Aseeri, and Victoria Interrante. "Impact of visual and experiential realism on distance perception in VR using a custom video see-through system." In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Perception, p. 8. ACM, 2017. DOI: 10.1145/3119881.3119892

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  • Sahar Aseeri, Kyle Condiff, Maximilian Klein, and Baris Unver. "Freedge: Fighting Food Insecurity with Connected Infrastructure." In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 33-38. ACM, 2017. DOI: 10.1145/3027063.3049267 

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  • Al-Halabi, Wadee Saleh, Sahar Aseeri, Rasha Ahmad Almeleak, Hend Taha Al-Hashmie, “Effect of Virtual Reality on Breast Cancer Patients,” Proceedings of the 19th IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (ACTA Press, 2008), 110–115. DOI: 978-0-88986-764-2

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  • Sahar Aseeri, W. Alhalabi, “The Impact of Virtual Reality and Computer Game on Imagery Therapy for Cancer Patients”, Proceedings of the Seventh Saudi Engineering Conference, (Riyadh, 2007), 457-464

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Refereed Posters, Context, and Doctoral Consortium
 
  • Danhua Zhang, Malik Khadar, Brett W Schumacher, Madhava Raveendra, Sam Adeniyi, Fei Wu, Sahar Aseeri, and Evan Suma Rosenberg. “COVID-Vision: A Virtual Reality Experience to Encourage Mindfulness of Social Distancing in Public Spaces,” - (accepted in IEEE VR 2021 3DUI Contest)

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  • Sahar Aseeri, et al. "Embodied Realistic Avatar System with Body Motions and Facial Expressions for Communication in Virtual Reality Applications." 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). IEEE, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00141 - (Poster)

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  • Sahar Aseeri, and Victoria Interrante. "The Influence of Avatar Representation and Behavior on Communication in Social Immersive Virtual Environments." In 2018 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), pp. 823-824. IEEE, 2018.  DOI: 10.1109/VR.2018.8446261  - (Doctoral Consortium)

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  • Sahar Aseeri, Daniel Acevedo-Feliz, and Jurgen Schulze. "Virtual reality interaction using mobile devices." In 2013 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), pp. 127-128. IEEE, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/3DUI.2013.6550211 - (Poster)

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Research Interest
  • VR/ AR

  • 3D User Interface

  • HCI

  • Scientific Visualization

Awards
  • SACM Scholarship Award for Ph.D., KSA, 2015

  • Innovation Competition Bronze Medal Award (Ibtikar), KSA, 2013

  • KAUST Discovery Scholarship Award for Master, KSA, 2011-2013

  • Innovation Competition Gold Medal Award (Ibtikar), KSA, 2010

  • The Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Award, KSA, 2010

  • Best Use of Technology Competition - Best Poster Award, KSA, 2009

  • The Crossroads of Creative Minds Competition - Best Poster Award, KSA, 2009

  • Al-Marai Award for Scientific Innovation, KSA, 2007

Services
  • Virtual Reality Lab ambassador, UMN 2020-2021

  • Student mentor, UMN, REU 2020

  • Conference local arrangements committee chair, UIST 2020

  • Conference student volunteers committee chair, IEEE VR 2020

  • Student volunteer, IEEE VR 2017 and 2018

  • Conference exhibition organizer, KAUST, SIGGRAPH 2012 

  • Staff volunteer, KAU, The Fourth Meeting in Academic Researches 2009

  • Student volunteer IT support, KAU, 2008

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