Diane Tam

M.Sc. student, May 2010 - Sept 2012. Diane was a master's student in the SPIN lab working on exploring the benefits of haptic notifications in presentation settings.

Bachelors of Computer Science (UofT, 2007)

Master's of Computer Science (UBC, 2012)

Software Developer at Oracle Corporation Canada (2007-2010)

Enjoys sprint canoeing, biking, and snowboarding.

Year Departed

2012

SPIN Publications

Tam, D., "The Design and Field Observation of a Haptic Notification System for Oral Presentation,", M.Sc. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012.
Tam, D., MacLean, K., McGrenere, J. and Kuchenbecker, K. J. “The Design and Field Observation of a Haptic Notification System for Timing Awareness During Oral Presentations,” in Proc of CHI '13, Paris, FR, pp. 1689-1698, 2013.
Haraty, M., Tam, D., Haddad, S., McGrenere, J. and Tang, C., "Individual Differences in Personal Task Management: A Field Study in an Academic Setting." In Proceedings of the Graphics Interface (GI) 2012, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 28-30.
Flagg, A., Tam, D., MacLean, K. E., and Flagg, R., “Conductive Fur Sensing for a Gesture-Aware Furry Robot,” in Proceedings of IEEE Haptic Symposium (HAPTICS '12), Vancouver, Canada, March 2012, pp. 99-104.