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Debayan is currently working as the Head of UX at Valtech Mobility. His main responsibility involves overlooking the various mobility projects working with different OEMs and supporting the new business team in pitches and ideas from a UX point of view. Debayan specializes in automotive and in-car user experience design and his previous experience includesRead more

Wayne K. Li is the James L. Oliver Professor, which is a joint position between the Colleges of Design and Engineering. Through classes and the Innovation and Design Collaboration (IDC), he leads joint teaching initiatives and advances interdisciplinary collaboration between mechanical engineering and industrial design. Endowed by School of Industrial Design alumnus James L. Oliver,Read more

Matt Anderson is an experienced business development executive who has worked implementing leading technologies in the automotive industry for almost 20 years. At SoundHound he leads automotive business development promoting SoundHound’s industry leading voice AI platform including the latest capability – ChatAI for Automotive. ChatAI is a unique implementation that enables users to have aRead more

Audrey is an experienced ergonomics engineer with over a decade of expertise in enhancing user experiences across various industries. Currently, she is the ADAS HMI Specialist at Stellantis, where she is focused on improving automotive systems’ ergonomics. Previously, she contributed to Renault’s cognitive ergonomics team as a consultant at Bertin Technologies and ALTEN, where sheRead more

Dr. Lilit Avetisyan is a Research Scientist specialized in understanding, predicting, and influencing human behavior, with a background in information science and human factors. Her expertise lies in uncovering the complex dynamics within human-computer interactions and crafting effective affective-cognitive designs for products. Lilith is experienced in experimental studies, simulations, descriptive and inferential statistics, as wellRead more

After obtaining his BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Michigan (U of M), Darren Jones has enjoyed an engineering career spanning three decades. He holds two U.S. patents and published six technical papers. His prior roles include U.S. naval officer, U of M researcher / instructor, Ford Motor Company test engineer, Navistar technicalRead more

Sana Jafri is a passionate technology enthusiast with a wealth of experience in ideating, designing, and developing innovative and challenging user experience projects. As a UX Designer and Information Architect, she specializes in enhancing the in-cabin user experience of next-gen Combustion, Battery Electric and Autonomous Vehicles, as well as Cabin Sensing technology. With a deepRead more

Yovela is a dedicated HMI Engineer at Stellantis, where she has been contributing her expertise since August 2022. She is accountable for the feedback and intuitiveness of user interfaces within vehicle and infotainment systems, focusing on feedback, messaging, auditory signals, intuitiveness, functional grouping, and feature logic. Yovela ensures that system logic aligns with customer functionalRead more

Evan Lee serves as a research assistant at the Georgia Institute of Technology, working under Professor Wayne Li in the GM HMI Lab within the School of Industrial Design. He recently earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial design, with a focus on digital design and product visualization. Evan’s work involves creating virtual environments that facilitateRead more

Anu Jose is part of the North American Mobility division of F&S, with more than 8 years of dedicated research and consulting experience into CASE (Connected + Autonomous + Electric Vehicle) technologies. Known for her data analytics skills and ability to synthesize complex data into actionable recommendations, Anu has a proven track record of helpingRead more