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Ahmed Farooq

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location of Ahmed FarooqTampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
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  • Timeline

    Oct 2004 - Feb 2007

    Assistant Manager

    National Development Complex
    Feb 2007 - Feb 2009

    Lecturer

    COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
    Feb 2009 - Feb 2014

    Software Testing Engineer (Partime)

    Lionbridge
    Sept 2011 - Dec 2017

    Doctoral Researcher

    University of Tampere
    Current Company
    Jan 2018 - now

    University Lecturer

    Tampere University
    Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
    Mar 2019 - Jul 2022

    Visiting Post Doctoral Fellow

    Purdue University
    Jul 2022 - now

    Senior Postdoctoral Fellow

    Tampere Institute of Advance Studies (TIAS)
    Aug 2023 - now

    Visiting faculty member at Bentley University 2024

    Bentley University
    Current Company
    Mar 2024 - now

    Visiting Professor at McGill University 2025

    McGill University

  • About me

    Interaction Design Researcher and Permanent University faculty member in HTI, Tampere University. My main expertise are in Multimodal System Development, and deploying Large Action Models

  • Education

    • Comsats institute of information technology

      2000 - 2004
      Bs computer science

      Activities and Societies: President of Electronics Club (CIITRON), Secretary of Dramatics Club (COMBEATs), Cheif Secretary of Literary Society (Bazm-e-Adab) Developed VR systems as new New Interaction Techniques

    • University of tampere

      2012 - 2017
      Doctor of philosophy - phd user interfaces design & development with distinction from university of tampere

      Activities and Societies: Research on developing multimodal interface system with emphasis on haptic interaction in mobile devices. I developed the novel concept of "Haptic Mediation", the (active / passive) process by which haptic signals can be effectively relayed from the source (actuator) to the skin contact (fingertip) in a way that creates the necessary perceptual effects.

    • University of tampere

      2007 - 2009
      Masters of science - computer science haptic user interface magna cum laude

      Activities and Societies: Developed new framework for interacting with touch based computing system (ATMs and Kiosk) supporting interaction for users with motor disabilities. Designed and Implemented Haptic User interfaces for various platforms (Windows Phone, Android & Meego)

  • Experience

    • National development complex

      Oct 2004 - Feb 2007
      Assistant manager

      Worked as a Software Configuration Manager on Defense Based Projects

    • Comsats institute of information technology

      Feb 2007 - Feb 2009
      Lecturer

      Lecturer Computer Science Department (Feb 07-Aug07) On scholarship for MS from Aug 07- Aug09. (On PhD leave from March2010 to Dec2016)

    • Lionbridge

      Feb 2009 - Feb 2014
      Software testing engineer (partime)

      Software Test Engineer of mobile and desktop applications, LionBridge Oy, External Nokia S60 / S90, platform, Tampere, Finland.

    • University of tampere

      Sept 2011 - Dec 2017
      Doctoral researcher

      Working at TAUCHI on developing novel Multimodal Interaction Systems for a wide range of application areas.

    • Tampere university

      Jan 2018 - now

      Permanent Faculty member for HTI program committee. Working at TAUCHI on developing Intelligent Haptic Mediation for Multimodal Interaction Systems in various application areas.

      • University Lecturer

        Feb 2024 - now

      • Postdoctoral Researcher

        Jan 2018 - Jan 2024

    • Purdue university

      Mar 2019 - Jul 2022
      Visiting post doctoral fellow

      Collaborating on Multimodal Interaction Research and Intelligent Haptic Mediation

    • Tampere institute of advance studies (tias)

      Jul 2022 - now
      Senior postdoctoral fellow

      Human Computer Interaction

    • Bentley university

      Aug 2023 - now
      Visiting faculty member at bentley university 2024

    • Mcgill university

      Mar 2024 - now
      Visiting professor at mcgill university 2025

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • A manager's guide to project management pmi precertification

      Pmi-oc project management institute islamabad chapter grep # 1674
      Dec 2006

    • Finnish language training

      Onnenkieli oy
      Apr 2011