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Dr. Damien Masson is an Assistant Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at the Université de Montréal, affiliated with Mila (Quebec AI Institute) and IVADO. He leads the Montréal HCI group and focuses on intelligent systems, document augmentation, and interactive visualization tools. His work bridges HCI, AI, and data science to improve how humans interact with complex information.
Education: PhD in Computer Science (University of Waterloo, 2023), MSc from Université de Lille (2018). His research includes systems like Chameleon (interactive documents), ChartDetective (data extraction), and Textoshop (AI-based text editing). He has published at top venues like CHI and UIST, winning multiple awards including the 2023 Bill Buxton Dissertation Award.
He actively mentors students across PhD/master's/undergraduate levels and develops open-source tools like Statslator.js and DirectGPT. His lab explores future directions in adaptive interfaces, multimodal interaction, and AI-driven document systems.
