
Two Seminars: Autism Screening and VR in Museum Experience
We are delighted to have two back to back sessions for our HCI Seminar Series: Autism Screening with Eye Tracking by Ms. Alanoud Bindress (from 7:00 – 7:45) Virtual Reality in Museum Experiences for Alqatt Cultural Heritage by Ms. Alhanouf Alolayan (from 7:45 – 8:30) The seminars will be held on the 17th of December @ […]

Cross-Device User Experience
Join us on Wednesday with our own Membership Officer, Dr. Khalid Majrashi, as he shared his work in the exploring cross-device user experience. The event will be held at Badir on the 17th of October from 6 to 8 pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

Privacy and Security Issues in Social Networks
We are kicking off our seminar series for the new term with Dr. Abdulmohsen Albesher andhis talk “Privacy and Security Issues in Social Network”. The seminar will be held on the 11th of October from 6 to 8 pm. Mark your calendars and join us!

We would like to invite you to our seminar, which will give an overview of Marital Matchmaking Technologies in Saudi Arabia, our speaker Mr. Adel Al-Dawood will share the results of his ongoing research. His paper “Against Marrying a Stranger: Marital Matchmaking Technologies in Saudi Arabia” won best paper award in DIS2017. The seminar will be held […]

Two Seminars: Sentiment Analysis Machines and Innovation
Dear Chapter Members, We would like to invite you to join us at Badir for two seminars in collaboration with the ibe, and KACST RSI. Our speakers will talk about innovation and Sentiment Analysis. The seminars will be on Tuesday 17 July, 7:00pm -8:30pm. First talk: Mr. Bassam Alkharashi, will give an over view over The […]

Exploring the Use of Social Media in Education from Learners Perspective
The third seminar from the chapter’s seminar series 2018 will be hosting Ms. Yara A. AlHaidari. Ms. Yara will explore the use of social media in Education from the perspective of learners. A summary is provided by Ms. Yara as follows: Social media has affected different fields of our lives, students are using and contributing […]

Improving the Usability of Touchscreen Mobile Devices
We are delighted to be hosting our second seminar series with Dr. Fayez Alshehri. In the seminar Dr. Fayez will discuss the need for improving the usability evaluation methods for touchscreen mobile devices. A summary is provided by Dr. Fayez: The seminar will discuss the need to develop and employ appropriate mobile device Usability Evaluation […]

Introduction to Usable Security
We are delighted to be hosting our first seminar series with Eng. Emad Almutairi. In the seminar Mr. Emad will introduce the concept of usable security and present a use case that he tackled during his postgraduate journey. A summary is provided by Mr. Emad: In the seminar, we present an overview of usable security […]

Seminar Series
KACST SIGCHI local chapter runs a lively and exciting seminar programme. Topics presented in the seminar aims to expose the community to human computer research and of many of intersecting initiatives. The seminars are presented by experts from wide ranging areas and offers opportunities to networks and enliven discussion. Seminar 1: Introduction to usable security […]