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Prof. Pradeep Gururaj Yammiyavar
 (YAM-ME-YA-VER)
   
 

Department of Design
IIT Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039
Assam


Email : pradeep@iitg.ernet.in
Phone : +91-361-2582457

Senior Professor  ( H.A.G)  with 30 years  Academic  experience  (1984 to date) working  in the area of multi and interdisciplinary Design programs related to Innovation, Management & Technology  in multiple roles of Scientist, Researcher, Teacher and Designer of Products . Specialist in Innovation, User Centered Design, - Usability Engineering and Information Technology.  Currently Professor of Design Research in the Department of Design – IITG.  

Professional Qualifications in multiple disciplines - Engineering, Design,  Health Psychology & Urban Infrastructure planning.

Established new bench marks & standards in Creative Design Research education in India. Established new  Design thrust areas  and Research facilities at National level  encompassing  HCI, Interaction design, Information design and  Strategic  Design Management  . Pioneering role in conceiving, planning and establishing new Design Education centers at  IISc Bangalore  (Design Program - CPDM  1998-99)  &  Interaction  Design specialisation   at IITG. (2002 onwards)
Consultant to IT & Manufacturing Industries.  Advisor to Creative Disciplines in the Industrial & Educational Sector. Scientific adviser to government in areas  of  IPR, Innovation & Knowledge Incubation.  Mentor to successful Design Entrepreneurs from Design schools.
Leadership  and  significant Academic contributions to Design schools such as IISC & IITG which have produced,  besides 100s of successful Designers  & entrepreneurs  -  Directors of  National  Institutions,  Academic Faculty Members and Corporate industry professional Leaders   especially in Human –Computer,  Information Technology  and Creative Design.    Active International collaborations with institutions in Europe, China  and  USA  through  research projects and student exchange programs.

Author of over 100 research publications and 9 IPRs. Honored with Awards & Citations both Nationally and Internationally.

 

CURRENT AFFILIATION

  • Professor, Department of Design
  • Professor, Usability Engineering-HCI & Interaction Design Laboratory DoD IITG.
 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 

Ph.D [Product Design & Engineering] [IISc Bangalore]
M.Des [Product Design- Industrial Design] [IIT Bombay]
B.Tech [Civil Engineering] [NITK Suratkal]
PG.Dip.MH [Counseling & Psychotherapy] [KVMP Uni-Karnataka]
PG.C.UIP [Urban Infrastructure Planning] [CEPET University ]
 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS 

  • Fellow - Design Research Society (DRS), UK
  • Member - India Design Association (IDA)
  • Member - National Academy of Psychology & Indian Academy of Applied Psychology.(NAOP)
  • Associate Life Member - Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP)
  • Member - Product Design & Management Association(PDMA)

EXPERIENCE

  • 2002 to 2015: Professor and Head Centre for Educational Technology, & Department of Design, IITG.
  • 1984 to 2002 : Principle Research Scientist - (CEDT & CPDM ); Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  • 1982 to 1983 : Design Assistant at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
  • 1979 to 1980 : Assistant Engineer, PWD, Govt. of Karnataka, India.

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS HELD  

  • Member, Board of Governors, Senate Nominee, IIT, Guwahati 2004-2006
  • Scientific Adviser to the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks. Ministry of Commerce & Industry- GOI [Empanelled from2010 to 2012]
  • Member, Finance Committee, IITG. 2005 to 2006.
  • Vice President , IITG Club. 2002 to 2004.
  • Professor, Design Research , DoD. IITG 2002 to date
  • Professor, Faculty Associate , Centre for Environment , IITG
  • Head, Centre for Educational Technology,IITG,2012 to date
  • Professor, Quality Improvement Program, IITG & Coordinator , AICTE, North east Zone, 2012 to Date
  • Principal Investigator & Project Coordinator, NPTEL , IITG 2012 to date.
  • Professor & Coordinator- Knowledge Incubation Cell, & Principal Investigator -TEQIP-II IITG 20014 to date
  • Mentor, Counselor & Psychotherapist Counseling Cell , IITG. 2006 to date.
  • Convener & Professor I/C - IPR Cell, IPR Committee. IITG 2008 to 2009
  • Member of Curriculum Advisory Committees in Universities & Institutes- Senates & Boards (IIIT Kanchipuram ; North East Hill University, NEHU, Shillong) 20010 to 2012 ; 2013 to 2014.
  • Group Head & Principal Research Scientist, Industrial Design, CEDT, Indian Institute of Science,1996 to2002
  • Coordinator of the inter departmental M.Des program at IISc, 1998-2000. Established- CPDM Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
  • Director (Honorary) ,Intrica ,a Small scale CNC based manufacturing industry. Bangalore. (upto 2002)
  • Executive Director & Founder Patron-Designers Guild of India -a professional society. Bangalore 1990-99.
 ACADEMIC DOMAINS: MULTIDISCIPLINARY 

Areas of Interdisciplinary Academics & Research work:

  • Design: Innovation & Creativity, User Centered Product Design & Engineering (Medical, Transportation, Electronics)
  • Information Technology Human Computer Interaction, Information Systems, Interaction Design; Usability Engineering; E - Learning Systems; Systems Engineering.
  • Psychology: Engineering Psychology - Ergonomics, Human Factors, Health & Clinical Psychology.
  • Management: Marketing, Branding & Advertising, Product Planning, Consumer Behavior; HRD - Life Skills, Career counselling and mentoring. Intellectual Property Rights
  • Environment: Civil Engineering; Architecture & Built Forms; Urban Infrastructure Design; Experiential Environment Design, Landscape, Retail Environments; Sustainable design, Urban Design; Smart Cites; Universal Design.
  • Pedagogy: Knowledge Management, E-Learning, Content Creation; Instructional design, Interdisciplinary Teaching; Educational Psychology; Soft skills training. Mentoring.
 ACADEMIC & TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

  • Total teaching experience of 30 years (1984 to date) at the UG PG and PhD level.
  • Expertise in Multidisciplinary Academics with specilisation in ' Creative Design Technology'.
  • Total variety of interdisciplinary subjects taught at the UG Level:10; PG level:10;PhD level: 6
  • Total Number of graduate thesis supervised (upto 2013) = over 100;
  • Postgraduate thesis supervised (upto 2013) = over 64; PhD thesis guided /under supervision= 7.
 LIST OF CURRENT COURSES TAUGHT AT IITG (2002 to date) Courses prior to 2002 at IISc are not listed here.

  • DD 601 Usability Engineering HCI
  • DD 602 System Analysis & Information Design
  • DD 603 Innovation & Creativity
  • DD 604 Environments & Experiential Design
  • DD 705 Design Research Methods
  • DD 706 Design Semantics
  • DD 504 Design Methods
  • DD 411 Design Management
  • DD 412 Design Projects
  • DD M201 Introduction to Design - Design Minor Program.
  • DD M301 Design Methods- Design Minor program
 CURRICULAM DEVELOPMENT, & PEDAGOGY CONTRIBUTIONS 

  • Initiated & formulated the structure & curriculum of a new PG Program, (M.Des ) in Product Design & Engineering at IISc Bangalore including setting up of a new Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing in 1995-96 at IISc.
  • Restructured program & curriculum syllabus for B.Des and M.Des programs at IITG with IT specilisation stream. 2003 to 2012.
  • Initiated & regularized India's first PhD program in Design (HCI & IT) at IIT Guwahati. 2003.
  • Curriculum Advisor & Member of Academic Curriculum Council, of I I I T Kanchipuram for M.Des & PhD program structure in Product Design Engineering. 2010-2012
  • Invited Member, Board of Technical Studies, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU). 2013 to 2015.
  • Member of the NPTEL National Coordinating Committee formulating curriculum, structure & content for On -Line & MOOC programs. 2012 to date.
  • Development of new Academic sub disciplines in Design at DoD-IITG. Established new thrust areas in Information Communication Technologies such as Interaction Design, Human Computer interaction, Design Management & Design Research; Product Innovation; Educational Technology & E -Learning systems - into every day classroom teaching and projects at UG,PG & PhD level.

    Established Inter Disciplinary approach to traditionally art & craft bound "Industrial design" in DoD by gradually including Information Technology & engineering component into the pre 2004 Art & Craft dominated curriculum there by blending Design activity into Design & Technology curriculum.

  • Established Multi Disciplinary collaboration projects with other Departments in IITG that allow other branch students to work alongside Design students. Initiated academic & research activities with Faculty members of other departments (Computer science,Centre for Environment, ECE, Civil). As of 2002- jointly supervising UG, PG & PhD scholars with Computer Science department.
  • Planning New Curricula- UG / PG / PhD Courses at DoD in emerging areas: Planned drafted and obtained Senate sanction of curriculum for four new UG/PG and PhD courses in Design Technology.
  • Initiator of HCI- Interaction Design/ Useability Engineering career specialisation for UG, PG and PhD programs at IITG. This speciliastion enabled 100% placement for B.Des graduates.
  • Learning Infrastructure / Lab Development: Planned and established India's first Usability Engineering cum HCI / ID / UX /UI Research Laboratory at IITG in 2003. Interdisciplinary work by Computer Science & Design Researchers continues to be executed.
 STUDENT INTERNSHIP, FELLOWSHIPS & PLACEMENT

Networked using professional industry contacts with Research labs and institutions in Europe to establish a strong foundation for DoD, UG IITG student Internships. As a result over 50 students have visited Europe as interns & established a network of internship in the emerging areas of Interaction - Usability Cross culture Design in HCI etc. Networked with IT industry to seek placements for DoD UG & PG Design graduates. Have contributed to placing over 100 B.Des / M.Des students (which constitutes 90% of the total degrees awarded to date.) in the IT industry.  

  • PhD Scholars under guidance have been awarded Fellowships /Scholarships from International Institutions to visit & work on collaborative Research projects.
  • Jyoti Kumar : Danish Council for Independent Research (DCIR)Travel grant Europe for PhD data collection & experimentation at CBS.
  • Yogesh Deshpande: Danish Council for Independent Research (DCIR) Grants (travel) for data collection & conference, Europe. 2012.
  • Debayan Dhra: Fulbright Fellow 2012; University of Texas, USA
  • Shrikant :Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship
  • Satish .S :Heritage Scholarship under Erasmus Mundus India -Europe program at Cardif Metropolitan University UK . 2012-2013.
 BENCH MARKING & INDUSTRY INTERFACE

A number of Industry/NGO sponsored projects (mainly ICT, Health & Education) have been taken up as Class room projects with solutions delivered. Teams of UG & PG students under Faculty supervision interact on a day to day basis via video conferencing with industry experts & managers to propose design solutions to problems defined by industry. This has been practiced for over 25 years.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS & PROJECTS  

  • Visiting Fellow, University of Neufchatel, Switzerland 1986 & 1996.under a Indio- Swiss Fellowship
  • Visiting Faculty, EDL, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 1989. Under an Indo- Thai exchange program.
  • Visiting Faculty, NTU, Throndiem, Norway 2000. under an Indo- Norwegian program on Eco design
  • India Coordinator - Cultural Usability Project of the Danish Science Council. Copenhagen Business School 2002-2005
  • India Coordinator - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cultural Usability project - IT (2005 - 2008)
  • Initiated Intra Institution agreements / MOUs / programs for collaborative work on short term research investigations through student & Faculty exchange visits with several European universities. Over 40 students from IITG have been sent on Internship to over 30 different institutions / research labs / industry mainly in Europe and within India under these collaborations.
 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHS AUTHORED

A] Six design registration patents have been authored and registered under Intellectual Property owned by the IISc. [1] Hand Held Terminal 161320; [2] Series Development Kit 161322; [3] Continuity Tester 161321 [4] Computer Trainer Kit 161325; [5] Cotton Moisture Meter 161324; [6] Emergency Lamp 161323

B] Three Hybrid electric vehicle body designs-provisional IPRs with numbers [189258,18959, 189560]  

SPONSORED R&D PROJECTS 

  1. 1999 - 2002 Project Title: Low Pollution Electric Vehicle development. [LPEV] Sponsoring organisation: Indo-Swiss Consortium [Min of Environment + SDC-Swiss + DASSAG + Engineering school Biel. Switzerland], IISc Bangalore. Role:Co Coordinator & Investigator.
  2. 2000 - 2002 Project Title: Indian Language Technology Solutions [ILTS]. Sponsoring organisation: Ministry of Information Technology, GOI & IISc.Role: Co-coordinator
  3. 2000 - 2002 Co Coordinator, IISc, Bangalore Project Title: Aluminum Technology project [ALTECH] Design of new application products in Aluminum. Role : Co Investigator, IISc, Banaglore Sponsoring organization : NT University -Throndium & Aluminium Manufacturers Consortium Norway.
  4. 2005 - 2009. Title of project: Cultural Usability in Human- Computer Interactions. CULTUSAB Sponsoring organisation: Danish Research Council - CBS Denmark & IITG; Role: Principle Investigator. Coordinator at the collaborating institution CBS: Prof. Torkil Clemmensen. The Cultural Usability project named as (CULTUSAB) was carried out at UE-Labs - DoD-IITG in collaboration with the Copenhagen Business School's (CBS) department of Informatics and funded by Danish Council for Independent Research (DCIR) ( Nov 2005 to Nov 2007) .The project addressed Research issues in Cross cultural User data modeling and Usability Testing - a topic that is of international interest due to intense international IT software product design & development activity in India. Exchange visits of PhD research scholar was funded under this project. This project has supported over 25 BTPs in Graphic User Interfaces, Usability and Cognitive Ergonomics, Design Innovation in Interactive and tangible Systems. Many of these have received applauds from Industries and international Research groups. These BTP projects have facilitated getting over 20 Internship placements for the B.Des students mainly in educational Institutions & Industry in Europe Under this project a Work shop on Visual Coding research Techniques and a Departmental Symposium was held from Feb 11 to 16th 2008.
  5. 2009 - 2010; Project Title: Creative Design, Prototyping & Experiential Simulation Lab. Under the National Mission Project for Virtual Labs Sponsoring organisation : MHRD; Role: Principle Investigator.- IITG.
  6. 20012 -2013 Project Title: NPTEL - NMEICT project Phase 2 & 3. MOCC; Sponsoring Agency MHRD GOI; Role: Principle Investigator - IITG
  7. 2013 - 2015 Project Title: Setting of a smart grid test bed for power distributions system for NE region. Sponsoring Agency: DST- GOI; Role: Co Investigator (PI: Dr. Praveen Kumar EEE).
  8. 2013-2014 Project Title: Standardisation of Virtual Keyboard in Indian Languages ( Assamese). Sponsoring Agency: DeitY - Consortium of IITs & CDAC. Role: Principle Investigator. Co PI- Dr. Samit Bhatacharya
  9. 2013 - 2014: Project Title: Technical Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP-II). Sponsoring Agency: MHRD- GOI; Role: Principle Investigator & Coordinator-Knowledge Incubation Cell, CE, IITG

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS & INDUSTRY-INSTITUTE INITATIVES

  • Executed 15 consultancy projects for multinational corporations (ITC sector), Government agencies and private enterprises .
  • Currently interacting with IT Industry and Entrepreneurs by taking exploratory projects for students to work on as part of Institute -Industry Partnership.

INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL AWARDS / HONOURS / CITATIONS / RECOGNITIONS

  • Awarded the 'Silver 'A' Design Award for " Bio-Inspired Fabric Design"; Award in the Textile, Fabric, Textures, Patterns and Cloth Design Competitio . OMC Design Studios SRL Italy, 2011.
  • Elected Fellow of the Design Research Society (UK). (2007)
  • Invited Key Note Speaker in three International Conferences. (2005, 2006, 2009).
  • IDC-IIT Bombay Alumni award for National contribution to the field of Design in India (1999).
  • Awarded a Fellowship of the Government of Switzerland (SDC) in 1996.
  • Citation for international cooperation by the University of Chulalongkorn, Bangkok, Thailand (1989).
  • ICSID prize for a presentation on Industrial Design in an International competition.
  • Chaired International Conferences & National Conferences in Design, HCI.
  • First Indian Designer to be conferred with a PhD in Industrial (Creative) Design (1999 )

AWARDS WON BY STUDENTS UNDER SUPERVISION

  • Several National & International Awards for supervised Design projects & products have been won by teams of students for projects / research / papers - done under guidance / supervision / co-authoring and participation of the Nominee. These have added to the image of DoD- IITG as a Creative Design Thinking & Innovating hub & have motivated students to take up careers in corporate R&D sector.
    • Microsoft Best paper award. (Satyendra Nainwal);Title: An interface to aid rural health workers in the preliminary diagnosis of cataract at the slit lamp using LOCS. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '07 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems; San Jose,CA, USA SESSION: ACM student research competition Pages: 2225 - 2230; Year of Publication:2007, ISBN:978-1-59593-642-4. (Based on Thesis project executed at IITG)
    • KEOCERA Design award. for a Mobile phone based unique
    • Emergency detecting and responding system specially designed for Women. Won by : Kirti, Sharmista, Divya,
    • Shivram Krishna Jani: Motorola award.
    • Vikram Batra 2007: Best paper award titled "Extending Large-Scale Event Participation with User- Created Mobile Media on Public Display" in the International Conference. Information Technology-HIIT in the Ubiquitous Interaction Group) .
    • Diya, (2007) Divya & Ityam (2008); Kirti ( 2006) : Special mention in Forum Nokia USID 2009, Design Challenge
    • Omna Toshniwal, Rhythm Agarwal, Astha Dhawan, Niyati Gupta, Arnita Saini (2012) .Designing Serendipitous Experience while surfing Web.Runners Up; OzCHI Student Design Challenge 2011, Australia.
    • Trained B.Des students (2011-2012) who won 7 awards in Mobile application Design Competition organised by Samsung including one institutional award for IITG.
    • Mr. Swaroop Roy's (M.Des) entry worked upon in this lab has been shortlisted among top 10 entries received for the Nissan Car Design.
    • Rajatesh. B & Pradeep Y;' Silver A' Design Award, Italy 2011.
    • Arushi Singh & Kunal Drego (M.Des) - HoneyWell Aero Challenge Design Competition. 2014.

EVALUATION BY STUDENTS AS TEACHER & SUPERVISOR AT IITG

90 % of all B.Des Graduates (from 2003 to 2012) and 40 percent of M.Des post Graduates who have passed out of the Department f Design since the past 10 years have voluntarily opted for Prof. Pradeep Yammiyavar as their preferred Thesis Guide. A total of over 100 IIT UG & PG Thesis have been executed under supervision from 2002 to date. Student feedback for the past 10 years has rated teaching and interpersonal relationship in the class room consistently at high levels across all courses.

SHORT-TERM COURSES/TRAINING PROGRAMS CONDUCTED AS LEAD FACULTY

Over 20 short term industry sponsored training programs were planned & conducted for Industrial personnel in all areas of Design. Also trained over 100 engineering college faculties in induction programs to dissimilate and propagate Design in engineering colleges.

CONFERENCES ORGANISED AS CHAIR & CO-CHAIR

NATIONAL 

  1. Organising Chair & Coordinator: Symposium on Human Computer Interaction Design in Virtual environments. Work shop conducted by visiting faculty from IITG & University of west London. 16th to 18th March 2012 at DoD-IITG. (Scheduled) .To be held under VR Project IITG-MHRD
  2. Organizing Chair & Coordinator: National Round Table Meet on Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources for public transportation systems; IITG Campus; Oct 11 to 13, 2010. Sponsored by Ministry of Renewable Energy, Government of India.

INTERNATIONAL

  1. Organising Co - Chair of International Conference-HWDI-Human Work Interaction Design-TC 13.6 group of IFIP - International Federation of Information Processing - "Usability in Social, Cultural & Organisational Contexts" Pune India. Co organized by IITG along with CDAC, Arahus University - Denmark, Copenhagen Business school - Denmark .October, 7th_ 8th, 2009.
  2. Co- Organiser and Session Chair of International Conference -India HCI India 2009; Interaction Design for International Development 2010. IITB, Mumbai - under the International Federation of information Processing. Organisers: International Federation of Information Processing Corporate Sector and IITB. March 20-24 2010.
  3. Organising Chair & Coordinator. INDO - DANISH HCI Research Symposium under the collaborative Cultural Usability Project. (Publication Serial Number: IITG/ DoD /1 - 5/2006) Sponsored by Danish Councils for Independent Research (DCIR) and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.14th -15th May 2006.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS / MONOGRAPHS

  1. Human Work Interaction Design: Usability in Social Cultural and Organisational Contexts; Dinesh Katre, Rikke Orngreen, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Torkil Clemmensen; IFIP Advances in Information & Communication Technologies series, Springer, Berlin, Germany ISBN 2010,978-3-642-11761-9
  2. Redesign of a Music sharing Website interface for Cross-cultural users;Ganesh Iyer, Punith Mathur, Pradeep Yammiyavar; LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG; 2011;ISBN 978-3-8454-3781-1

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Pradeep Yammiyavar, T.Clemmensen, Jyoti K; Useability & Internationalisation of Information technology- HCI & Culture. Lecture Notes in Computer science seris. Name of the Chapter: Analyzing Non Verbal Cues in Usability Evaluation Tests, p 281-290; 2007; Physica-Verlag. ISBN 3540732x; 978354073287, 2007. Editor: Nuray Aykin , Inc NetLibrary. Springer ISBN 978 - 3 - 540 - 73286 - 0
  • Pradeep Yammiyavar; Design Engineering Editors: Amersh Chakrabarti & Eswaran Subrahamanian. ; Name of the Chapter: Design Semantics-a review; 2008; Alied Publishers ISBN 978-81-8424-312-3 N.Delhi, 2008.
  • Pradeep Yammiyavar; Design Engineering Editors: Amersh Chakrabarti & Eswaran Subrahamanian. Name of the Chapter: Incorporating HCI Curriculum in a Design Program - A case study. 2008. Alied Publishers ISBN 978-81 -8424-312-3 N.Delhi 2008;
  • Ityam Vasal, Kumar Mayank, Suyog Deshpande and Pradeep Yammiyavar: User Aspiration Modeling to Predict Features for the Design of a New Group Interactive Device for the Young in India. In: Research into Design: Supporting multiple facets of Product Development. Research Publishing: Singapore and Chennai (2009). p. 371-378 Pradeep Yammiyavar; Status of HCI and Useability Research in Indian Educational Institutions, In Dinesh Katre et al Editors-Human Work Intercation Design: Useability in Social, Cultural & Organisational Contexts; Page 21, IFIP- Springer Berlin 2010 ISBN -10 3-642-11761-9 ; ISBN - 13 978-3-642-11761-9
  • Diya Gangopadhyay, Ityam Vasal & Pradeep Yammiyavar; Design of a Template for Handwriting Based Hindi text Entry in Handheld Devices; in Dinesh Katre et al Editors - Human Work Interaction Design: Useability in Social, Cultural & Organisational Contexts; Page 21, IFIP - Springer Berlin 2010 ISBN -10 3-642-11761-9; ISBN -13 978-3-642-11761-9
  • Pradeep Yammiyavar & Prasanna Kate; Developing a Mobile Phone based GUI for Users in Construction Industry: A case Study in Dinesh Katre et al Editors - Human Work Interaction Design: Usability in Social,Cultural & Organisational Contexts; Page 21,IFIP- Springer Berlin 2010 ISBN -10 3-642-11761-9 ; ISBN - 13 978-3-642-11761-9
  • Pradeep Yammiyavar & Piyush jain; Useability Considerations in Developing a Graphic Interface for Intra Office Communications in Dinesh Katre et al Editors - Human Work Interaction Design:Usability in Social, Cultural & Organisational Contexts; Page 21, IFIP- Springer Berlin 2010 ISBN -10 3-642-11761-9 ; ISBN -13 978-3-642-11761-9
  • Torkil Clemmensen, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Rikke orngreen & Dinesh katre;Usability in a Cultural Context: A report on the scope, process and Research Results of CULTUSAB-The Cultural usability Project. In Dinesh Katre et al Editors-Human Work Interaction Design: Usability in Social, Cultural & Organisational Contexts; Page 21, IFIP- Springer Berlin 2010 ISBN -10 3-642-11761-9 ; ISBN -13 978-3-642-11761-9
  • Deshpande, Pradeep Yammiyavar & Samit Bahttacharya; Adaptation' in Children - A GUI Interaction Based Task-Performance Study; Information and Communication Technology series, Springer; 4238; ISBN 978-3-642-41144-1; 0407; 2013

JOURNAL PAPERS (2002 to Date 3-6-2013) ( Pre 2002 publications list not included )

S.No.

Author(s)

Year of Publication

Title of Paper

Complete Reference of Journal

9.

Debayan Dhar & Pradeep Yammiyavar 

2015

A Cross-Cultural Study of Navigational Mechanisms in Computer based Assessment Environment

Procedia Computer Science Elsevier; Vol 45, 862-871 ISSN 1877-0509
Vol 13, No 4

8.

Shrikant Salve &   Pradeep Yammiyavar 

2014

Towards proposing an intelligent error limiting   User Interface for rural Indian data entry operators

Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems ;
Vol 13, No 4

7.

Morten Hertzum; Jyoti Kumar; Torkil Clemmensen; "Kasper Hornbaek" ; Qingxin Shi; Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2011

Personal Usability Constructs: How People Construe Usability across Nationalities and Stakeholder Groups

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 27(8), 729-761, 2011, Francis & Taylor

6.

Manuj Dhariwal; Pradeep.Y & Rajat Dhariwal

2011

CRIB- A new framework proposal for developing Mathematical concepts in school children by engaging multiple intelligences ; Journal of Early Childhood Care & Education

Navtika ; Vol 1 .No.4 , Nov- Jan 2011; S E T, Gurgaon- India
(National Journal)

5.

Clemmensen, Torkil; Hertzum, Morten; Hornbaek, Kasper; Shi, Qingzin; & Yammiyavar, Pradeep

2009

Cultural Cognition in Usability Evaluation,

Interacting with computers, Volume 21, Issue 3, July 2009, Pages 212-220; Imprint: ELSEVIER.ISSN: 0953-5438 (International Journal)

4.

Pradeep Yammiyavar, Torkil Clemmensen, Jyoti Kumar

2008

Influence of Cultural background on Non-Verbal communication in a Usability Testing Situation

International Journal of Design- IJDesign, Special issue on Cultural aspects of Interaction Design; Vol 2 Number 2 August 2008.www.IJDesign.org ISSN 1991-3761
(International Journal)

3.

Jyoti Kumar, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Janni Nielsen

2007

Mind Tape technique - a usability evaluation method for tracing cognitive processes in cross cultural settings

eMinds- International Journal on Human Computer Interaction Vol 1,No. 3 2007.(ISSN 1697-9613) (International Journal)

2.

Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2005

Usability heuristics and their role in designing vehicles - a case study of an electric-hybrid vehicle body design

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science Vol. 85 March - April Number 2. 2005. (National Journal)

1.

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2005

Incorporating HCI in the curriculum - a case study;

CSI Communications; Vol 29, September 2005 No 3. Computer Society of India. (National Journal)

 

INVITED PAPERS AS KEY NOTE ADDRESSES 

S.No.

Author

Year

Title

Events

9

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2015

Augmented Reality Applications for School Text books

Invited Presentation in Plenary Session 2 on ICT & Digital Innovations in Education & Learning.

e-Assam: Digital Innovations for Development - Summit , Guwahati . April 10 2015.

8

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2012

Digital Divide

Invited Paper;  IEEE Explorer;  IEEE- International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IIT Khargapur, 27th -29th December 2012

7

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2006

Usability and Designing

Invited Speaker; World usability Day Meet , ORACLE India Bangalore 14th Nov 2006.

6

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2006

Capacity Building in IPR by Nurturing Creative Minds

Program on Intellectual Property Rights & Patents for Capacity Building.
Regional seminar, MHRD, Department of Biotechnology, IITG . Sep.15 - 17th2006.

5

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2005

Issues of safety and applicability of relevant standards while designing Automobiles;

World Standards Day , BIS -Technical session. Bureau of Indian Standards - Guwahati , 14thOctober 2005.

4.

Torkil Clemmensen and Pradeep Yammiyavar

2005

Symbols, users and contexts in cross cultural usability testing involving end-users in India and Denmark

Invited address - World Usability Day: Research Symposium I HCI. SGCHI Denmark Chapter, Copenhagen 3rd Nov 2005

3

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2005

and HCI Education In India;

Invited paper.
World Usability Day: Industry Interaction conference; Invited Speaker; SIGCHI dk. Chapter.3rd Nov 2005. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 2005.

2

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2005

Development of an Interdisciplinary curriculum- instructional activities and examples from Usability engineering and HCI courses at IITG. Invited Key Note address.

HWWE 06; Proceedings; IIT Guwahati, Assam.International Ergonomics Conference HWWE. 05 IITG. 2005. Key Note address. Session 1 Dec. 10th2005

1

Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2005

Emotion as a construct in HCI : Main Key Note address

Proceedings of the 5th Danish - Human Computer Interaction Research Symposium. Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Denmark. November 2005.

 

PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL CONFERENCES 

List shows 2002 to 2014 June Publications. Pre 2002 titles are not listed here.

S.No

Author(s)

Year

Title of Paper

Complete Reference of Proceedings

106

Maulishree Pandey, Vikas Luthra and Pradeep Yammiyavar; Anita .P.Y

2015

Role of immersive virtual reality in fostering creativity among architecture students

International Conference on Design Creativity (3rd ICDC) Bangalore. Januray 12-14th 2015.
Proceedings ISBN 978-1-904670-60-5.

105

Bansal, H., Yammiyavar, P., & Anita, P. Y.

2015

A Study on Entrances and Foyers in Shopping Malls and Their Role in Influencing Perceptions.

ICoRD’15–Research into Design Across Boundaries, Bangalore.
Volume 1 (pp. 457-468). Springer India

104

Amrit, M., Bansal, H., & Yammiyavar, P

2015

Studies in Application of Augmented Reality in E-Learning Courses

ICoRD’15–Research into Design Across Boundaries, Bangalore.
Volume 2 (pp. 375-384). Springer India

103

Srivastava, A., & Yammiyavar, P.

2015

Effectiveness of Tangible and Tablet Devices as Learning Mediums for Primary School Children in India

ICoRD’15–Research into Design across Boundaries,Bangalore.
Volume 2 (pp. 353-363). Springer India.

102

Salve, S. & Yammiyavar, P

2015

Trade-off between time and error during numerical data entry by rural / semi-urban Indian users

NCMOC 2015.
National Conference On Modeling Optimization & Control, Pune
Proceedings Endorsed by IEEE Pune.

101

S. Salve, S. Shukla and P. Yammiyavar

2015

Affect Component and Errors During Numerical Data Entry-A Study

ICoRD'15 Research into Design Across Boundaries, Bangalore.
Volume 1 (pp. 573-583). Springer India.

100

Vikash Kumar and Pradeep Yammiayavr

2014

Indian Cultural Practices as a Manifestation of Environmental Worldview - An exploration as a Tool for Environmental Stress Mitigation

National Seminar on Environmental Stress and Remedies , Gwailor.

99

Shanu Shukla, Shrikant Salve Sanjram Premjit K., Pradeep Yammiyavar

2014

Does Emotion Modulation Influence Speed-Accuracy Trade-off - in Numerical Data Entry Tasks

HWWE 2014 - Ergonomics Conference - User Centered Design and Occupational Wellbeing. December 3-5 2014.
Proceedings of International Ergonomics Conference HWWE 2014
McGraw Hill Education, ISBN (13): 978-93-392-1970-3, ISBN (10): 93-392-1970

98

Maulishree Pandey, Vikas Luthra, Pradeep Yammiyawar, & Anita P.Y

2014

Virtual Reality Based learning aid to understand projection and section of solids in architectural graphics

16th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction -HCI, Greece. Proceedings.
Springer International

97

Harshit Agrawal, Rishika Jain, Prabhat Kumar, Pradeep Yammiyavar

2014

FabCode: Visual Programming Environment for Digital Fabrication

International Conference on Constructionism and Creativity; IDC’14, Aarhus, Denmark.
Proceedings IDC’14, ACM 978-1-4503-2272

96

Satish S & Pradeep.Y

2014

Towards Sustaianable design of Public spaces: A comparative study of Indian Urban Centers ;

NCOS-2014- National Conference on Sustainable Development of Environmental Systems, IIT Guwahatai. Proceedings.

95

Khilare, K.,Yammiyavar, P., and Bhattacharya, S

2014

Development of Graphic user interface keyboard for Indian language - Assamese

HWWE'14, International Ergonomics Conference - User Centered Design and Occupational Wellbeing, Guwahati.
Proceedings of International Ergonomics Conference HWWE 2014
McGraw Hill Education, ISBN (13): 978-93-392-1970-3, ISBN (10): 93-392-1970.

94

Pradeep Yammiyavar, Venkateshwarlu Varala

2014

Graphical User Interface Perceptions and their role in Influencing Sustainable Usage :A Study of Semantics of Communication and Interaction Of Smart meter Usability

HWWE'14, International Ergonomics Conference - User Centered Design and Occupational Wellbeing, Guwahati.
Proceedings of International Ergonomics Conference HWWE 2014
McGraw Hill Education, ISBN (13): 978-93-392-1970-3, ISBN (10): 93-392-1970.

93

Ojha, S.P, Yammiyavar, P

2014

Improving Sustainability by Capturing Tacit knowledge of Artisans as Digital Information for Design Process

Design for Sustainable Wellbeing and Empowerment 2014, DfWnE2014, IISc Bangalore
Volume 1 (pp. 355-362). ISBN (IISc Press): 978-81-925707-1-6, ISBN (TU Delft): 978-9496186-345-4.

92

Jain, M, Yammiyavar, P

2014

A learning tool ‘Help Pinky’ for empowering adolescent girls in rural Assam

Design for Sustainable Wellbeing and Empowerment 2014, DfWnE2014, IISc Bangalore.
Volume 1 (pp. 333-353). ISBN (IISc Press): 978-81-925707-1-6, ISBN (TU Delft): 978-9496186-345-4.

91

Srivastava, A., and Yammiyavar P

2014

Tangibles as a learning medium from children: A Cognitive Ergonomics Approach

HWWE'14, International Ergonomics Conference - User Centered Design and Occupational Wellbeing, Guwahati
McGraw Hill Education, ISBN (13): 978-93-392-1970-3, ISBN (10): 93-392-1970-8.

90

Yammiyavar, P., Srivastava, A., and Shashidhara, S

2014

Design of Tangible Interactive Learning Aids for Pre-primary School Teaching Environment: A sustainable approach

Design for Sustainable Wellbeing and Empowerment 2014, DfWnE2014, IISc Bangalore.
Volume 1 (pp. 391-404). ISBN (IISc Press): 978-81-925707-1-6, ISBN (TU Delft): 978-9496186-345-4.

89

Salve, S., and Yammiyavar, P

2014

A study on efficiency of input devices on native language during numerical data entry

HWWE'14, International Ergonomics Conference - User Centered Design and Occupational Wellbeing , Guwahati ; December 3-5; 2014.
Mc GrawHill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi. ISBN (13): 978-93-392-1970-3

88

Kumar V, Yammiyavar P.

2014

What Sustainability Design Means for Novice creative designers: An exploration of their perception and mental models in the Indian context

Design for Sustainable Wellbeing and Empowerment - DfWnE2014, Bangalore.
Vol.1 (pp. 333-353). ISBN (IISc Press): 978-81-925707-1-6, ISBN (TU Delft): 978-9496186-345-4.

87

Harshit Agrawal, Rishika Jain, Prabhat Kumar, Pradeep Yammiyavar
and Vishesh Kumar

2014

FabCode: Visual Programming Environment for Digital Fabrication

Proceedings of the 2014
Conference on Interaction Design and Children; Aarhus Denmark; ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS)

86

Harshit Agarwal,
Ankita Jain,
Pradeep Yammiyavar

2014

FabCode:
Visual Programming Environment for Digital Fabrication.

Constructionism and Creativity 2014, Vienna , Austria   ; August 19 to 23, 2014

85

Vikash Kumar & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2014

What sustainable design means for novice creative designers – an exploration of their perception and mental model in Indian context

Paper Id62
Design for Sustainable Well-being and empowerment; Indo-Dutch International Conference, IISC June 12-14 2014, Bangalore

84

Sai Ojha & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2014

Sustainability through Capturing Tacit Knowledge of Craftsmen into Digital information for Designing

Paper Id46
Design for Sustainable Well-being and empowerment; Indo-Dutch International Conference, IISC June 12-14 2014, Bangalore

83

Pradeep Yammiyavar & Anmol Srivatsava

2014

Design of Tangible Interactive
Learning Aids for Pre-primary
School Teaching Environment: A Sustainable Approach

Paper Id30
Design for Sustainable Well-being and empowerment; Indo-Dutch International Conference, IISC June 12-14 2014, Bangalore

82

Minal Jain & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2014

Help Pinky! – A learning tool for empowering adolescent girls in rural Assam

Paper Id53;
Design for Sustainable Well-being and empowerment; Indo-Dutch International Conference, IISC June 12-14 2014, Bangalore

81

Maulishree Pandey, 
Vikas Luthra, 
PradeepYammiyawar 
Anita P. Y

2014

Virtual Reality Based Learning Aid to Understand Projection and Section of Solids in Architectural Graphics

 International Conference, HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014. Proceedings, Part I
pp 625-630; ID 3118;   Print ISBN 978-3-319-07856-4; Online ISBN 978-3-319-07857-1
Springer International Publishing.

80

Shrikant Salve & Pradeep Yammiyavar.

Influence  of  Local ‘Language’ in Data Entry Errors: a Pilot Study in the Rural Indian Setting;  

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2013 – Sydney: 3-5 December 2013

79

Vikash Kumar and Pradeep Yammiyavar

2013

Towards development of a tool for integration of sustainable development in education – a case study of design education in India

International Conference on Environment and Humanities, Eco-revolution;   Pokhara, Nepal ; ISBN: 978-62951-818-3.  1st October 2013

78

S.P.Ojha, P.G.Yammiyavar

Smart Assembly Systems: Need for Future Products

Proceedings of National Conference in Recent Advancements in Mechanical Engineering, pp. - 321-3268th-9th November 2013; NERIST, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, India

77

Yogesh Deshpande; Samit Bhattacharya; Pradeep Yammiyavar

2013

A Study of the Impact of Task Complexity And Interface Design on E-Learning Task Adaptations

ISBN no. as 978-1-4503-2253-9
ACM  Proceedings of the 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction , Bangalore; September 2013

76

Arnita Saini and Pradeep Yammiyavar

2013

Weak Eyesight Therapy: A case study in designing an application for m-Health system

IEEE Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Computer Interaction 2013.  Madras.

75

Raina Agarwal & Pradeep.Y

2013

Bridging the Gap Between Traditional and Online Shopping Methods for Indian Customers Through Digital Interactive Experience

2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Mysore, India Communication & Informatics; Mysore
Paper-ID: 156976042; 22–25 August 2013

74

Shrikant Salve & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2013

Influence of  Local ‘Language’ in Data Entry Errors: a Pilot Study in the Rural Indian Setting

IEEE Explorer; Paper ID: 2869377

73

Nishtha Mahrotra & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2013

'Facilitating Social interaction in Public Space'

IITM 2013-2nd International Conference on Intelligent Interactive Technologies & Multimedia ,ACM Springer. March 9 to11th Allahabad 2013.

72

Omna Toshniwal & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2013

'Intelligent Interactive Tutor for Rural Indian Education System'

IITM 2013-2nd International Conference on Intelligent Interactive Technologies & Multimedia , ACM Springer.March 9 to11th Allahabad 2013.

71

Vishwajit Mishra and Pradeep Yammiyavar

2012

System Design for Community Healthcare Workers Using ICT

ICORD 13; 4th International Conference on Research into Design, IIT Madras, 7th-9th January 2013.

70

Vikash Kumar & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2012

Role of Ergonomics in Sustainable Product Design- A case study of ergonomic consideration in bus design for IITG campus

HWWE, 2012 Conference Proceedings, Pantnagar, December 2012.

69

Yammiyavar Pradeep

2012

'Digital Divide'

Invited Paper; IEEE Explorer; IEEE- International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IIT Khargapur, 27th -29th December 2012.

68

Dhar, Debayan ; Adhikary, Sandip ; Yammiyavar, Pradeep

2012

An evaluation of the effect of navigational tools on cognitive load in a computer based test format

IEEE Explorer; 10.1109/IHCI.2012.6481875 ; IEEE- International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IIT Khargapur, 27th-29th December 2012.

67

Ketan, K V ; Ponnada, Aditya ; Yammiyavar, Pradeep

2012

'Reflections on user-centered and technology-centered issues in a digital game design process: An approach to bridge the digital divide

IEEE Explorer; 10.1109/IHCI.2012.6481777 ; IEEE- International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IIT Khargapur, 27th -29th December 2012.

66

Ponnada, Aditya ; Ketan, K V ; Yammiyavar, Pradeep

2012

A Persuasive game for social development of children in Indian cultural context - A Human Computer Interaction design approach'

IEEE Explorer; Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/IHCI.2012.6481863 ; IEEE- International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IIT Khargapur, 27th-29th December 2012.

65

Yogesh Deshpande, Samit B. Pradeep.Yammiyavar

2012

'A behavioral approach to Modeling Indian children's ability of adopting to e-learning environment.

Proceedings of the IEEE- International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IIT Khargapur, 27th - 29th December 2012.

64

Yogesh Deshpande 1, Pradeep Yammiyavar 2,Samit Bhattacharya3

2012

Adaptation in children - a GUI study based on task performance interactions

HWID 2012- IFIP Working Conference on Work Analysis and HCI , Copenhagen Business School, Denmark , December 5-8th 2012.

63

Dhar, D., & Yammiyavar, P.

2012

Measuring Success of E-learning Applications: A Review.

Published in the proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, ICEECS 2012.

62

Dhar, D., & Yammiyavar, P.

2012

Influence of Culture on the design process of online learning environments.

Engineering Education: Innovative Practices and Future Trends (AICERA), 2012 IEEEInternational Conference on, vol., no., pp.1, 6, 19-21 July 2012, doi: 10.1109/AICERA.2012.6306709.

61

Dhar, D., & Yammiyavar, P

2012

Design Approach for E-learning Systems: Should it be User Centered or Learner Centered.

Technology for Education (T4E), 2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on , vol., no., pp.239,240, 18-20 July 2012, doi: 10.1109/T4E.2012.57

60

Pradeep Yammiyavar ; Yogesh Desphpande;

2012

Usability Evaluation of a Virtual Lab by Adapting Structured & Unstructured Techniques
ICTEE2012. Paper No 198

IEEE International conference on Technology Enhanced Education (ICTEE); Amrita University campus, Kerala. India Jan 2, 2012

59

Jashanjit Kaur, Reecha Bharali and Pradeep Yammiyavar

2012

Attitudes to Social Networking Sites and their potential as learning platforms in a school environment.
ICTEE2012. Paper No 233.

EEE International conference on Technology Enhanced Education (ICTEE); Amrita University campus, Kerala. India. Jan 3 2012.

58

Pradeep Yammiyavar ; Debayan Dhar

2011

Usability considerations in conceptualizing GUIs- A case study of an online aptitude testing system for admitting students in Design programs.

Proceedings of ICORD 11, International Conference on Research in Design January 10th-12th_2011, Bengaluru.

57

Kanupriya ; Rishub Kumar ; Pradeep Yammiyavar

2011

Extent of Influence of regional preferences on the design of GUI elements in news papers websites: An experimental study on user's perceptions on visual layout

Proceedings of ICORD 11, International Conference on Research in Design January 10th - 12th _ 2011,Bengaluru.

56

Pradeep Yammiyavar; Vikash Kumar

2011

E-Waste Generation from Mobile Phones and Sustainability issues for Designers;

Proceedings of ICORD 11,International Conference on Research in Design January 10th -12th _ 2011,Bengaluru.

55

Gaurav Abnesh Kulshrestha, Kshitij Bhardwaj ,
Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2010

Modyfying Traffic Circles to Reduce Fuel Consumption

Proceedings of National Round Table Meet on Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources for public transportation systems- IIT Guwahati;October 11 to 13, 2010.

54

Aman Gupta, Bharadwaj Radhakrishna,
Pradeep Yammiyavar

2010

Natural vehicle Cooling Systems;

Proceedings of National Round Table Meet on Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources for public transportation systems - IIT Guwahati;October 11 to 13, 2010.

53

Vikash Kumar ,
Pradeep Yammiyavar

Oct
2010

Systems Approach to a Sustainable Transportation Systems - an overview

Proceedings of National Round Table Meet on Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources for public transportation systems - IIT Guwahati;October 11 to 13, 2010.

52

Manuj Dhariwal,
Pradeep Yammiyavar

2010

Developing Mathematical Concepts for E- learning by Engaging Multiple Intelligences: a proposal for a new framework - CRIB

Proceedings - International Conference on 'Designing for Children' with focus on play and learn. IDC-IITB 3-5 Feb 2010. Mumbai, India

51

Mohsen Jaafarnia ; Pradeep Yammiyavar

2010

Toy Designs: Whose Choice Matters - Childrens' or Parents'

Proceedings - International Conference on 'Designing for Childrens' with focus on play and learn.IDC-IITB 3-5 Feb 2010. Mumbai ,India.

50

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2010

Innovation Management: Teaching the art of innovation & its management to creative designers; Invited Paper

Proceedings of the Indo-US Workshop on "Product Design-Impact from Research to Education to Practice",PSG IAS Coimbatore 15th to 17th March 2010.

49

Vikram Chatterji ; Pradeep Yammiyavar

2010

Proposal of a Web Based Tool for IPR Applications in the field of Design

Proceedings- India HCI 2010- IDID-Interaction Design for International Development 2010 Conference; IITB, March 20-24 2010. Mumbai India.

48

Ganesh Iyer, Punit Dutt Mathur & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2010

From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond: Reviewing usability heuristic criteria taking music sites as case studies;

Proceedings-India HCI 2010- IDID- Interaction Design for International Development 2010 Conference; IITB, March 20-24 2010. Mumbai India.

47

Pradeep Yammiyavar & Rahul Deo

2010

An Engaging Multimedia Tool for Teachers
An Engaging Multimedia Blogging Tools for Teachers

Proceedings-India HCI 2010-IDID- Interaction Design for International Development 2010 Conference; IITB, March 20-24 2010. Mumbai India.

46

Kumar Mayank , Suyog Deshpand, Ityam Vasal, Pradeep Yammiyavar

2010

A Tangible Product to Enhance Real Time User Experience of Enjoying Music

Proceedings - India HCI 2010 - IDID- Interaction Design for International Development 2010 Conference; IITB, March 20-24 2010. Mumbai India.

45

Ityam Vasal, K. Mayank, Suyog Deshpande, Pradeep Yammiyavar

2009

User aspiration modeling to predict features for the design of a new group interactive music device for the young in India.

Proceedings of the International Conference of Research in Design, ICORD-2009,Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Jan 2009 Bangalore. India.

44

Richa Singh, Runalisa, Pradeep Yammiyavar

2009

A study of cultural influence on the usage of mobile phone features for different age groups of Indian Women

Paper ID Number 1998; HCII 2009 SanDeagigo USA.

43

Jiang, Y, Sun, X., Li, H.,Yammiyavar, P, Kumar, J., Hertzum, M., Hornbaek, K., Shi, Q., and Clemmensen, T.

2009

A Cross-Cultural Study of How Usability Professionals Experience the Usability of Everyday Systems.

IEA2009: Proceedings of the17th World Congress on Ergonomics (Beijing, CN, August 9-14), Vol 1, paper ID: 1OP1040, IEA International Ergonomics Association, Beijing, CN.

42

Pradeep Yammiyavar, Prasanna Kate

2009

Developing Mobile phone based GUIs : A methodology case study on conceptualizing a GUI for users in the construction industry

Proceedings of HWDI-Human Work Interaction Design-TC 13.6 of IFIP- Useability in Social ,Cultural & Organisational; October 7-8 2009, Pune India.

41

Ityam Vasal, Diya Gangopadhyay , Pradeep Yammiyavar

2009

A comparative study of keypad based and handwriting based solutions for Hindi text entry

Proceedings of HWDI- Human Work Interaction Design- TC 13.6 of IFIP - Useability in Social Cultural & Organisational Contexts,October 7 -8 2009, Pune India.

40

Mohsen Jaafarnia , Pradeep Yammiyavar

2009

Graphic interface for interactions involving affect : a case of a consumer choosing colour for a product;

Proceedings of HWDI- Human Work Interaction Design-TC 13.6 of IFIP- Useability in Social, Cultural & Organisational Contexts,October 7 -8 2009 , Pune India.

39

Piyush Jain ,
Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2009

Usability issues in developing an intra office communication system

Proceedings of HWDI- Human Work Interaction Design-TC 13.6 of IFIP- Useability in Social,Cultural & Organisational Contexts,October 7 -8 2009, Pune India.

38

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2009

HCI and Useability Research in Indian Educational Institutions

Proceedings of HWDI- Human Work Interaction Design - TC 13.6 of IFIP - Useability in Social, Cultural & Organisational Contexts,October 7 -8 2009, Pune India.

37

Torkil C, Hertzum; K.Hornbaek;
Quigxin Shi; Yammiyavar. P

2008

Cultural Cognation in the Thinking- Aloud Method for Usability Evaluation

ICIS 2008- International Conference on Information Systems 2008 , Paris, France. Paper 189. [Reviewed paper,- Proceedings published

36

Pradeep Yammiyavar;
T. Clemmensen

2008

Extracting Users' Data:Towardsdevelopment of a cultural and semantically sensitive combinatorial methodology

Cultural usability and Human Work Interaction Design- techniques that connects, Sunday, 19th October 2008, NordiChi 2008,Lund, Sweden

35

Pradeep Yammiyavar; Jyoti.K K.Hornaek; Yun Jiang, Xi. Sun, Huiyang Li et al

2008

A Cross-Cultural Study of How Usability Professionals Experience the Systems They Use

Danish HCI Research Symposium 2008-DHRS2008; November 20 , 2008, Aalborg, Proceedings Aalborg University, Denmark.

34

Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2008

An evaluation of personality factors contributing to general mental health of students in a technical educational institution

XVIII Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology ( NAOP), IITG, Guwahati December 14 -17, 2008

33

Kshitiz Singh,
Pradeep Yammiyavar

2008

Establishing a User centred approach to evaluate Indian market for m-commerce.

Proceedings of the Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering 27-28 Nov 2008 VIT, Pune

32

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2008

HCI in India-Curriculum and projects in usability Engineering at IITG

Proceedings of the Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering 27-28 Nov 2008 VIT, Pune

31

Nitish S,
Pradeep Yammiyavar

2008

UI design for a portable X Ray system - a case study using prototypes and user data elicitation technique.

Proceedings of the Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering 27-28 Nov 2008 VIT, Pune

30

Diya Gangopadhya Pradeep Yammiyavar

2008

Designing speech based mobile interface for low literate

Proceedings of the Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering 27-28 Nov 2008 VIT, Pune.

29

Debyan Dhar,
Pradeep Yammiyavar

2008

Understanding web 2 : Design approach to a portal for e -publishing

Proceedings of the Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering 27-28 Nov 2008 VIT,Pune

28

Vamsi Chaitanaya . P Ramchandra Kishore V , Pradeep Yammiyavar

2008

An expert system based user assistance for software suits

Proceedings of the Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering 27-28 Nov 2008 VIT, Pune

27

Moniraj Saikia, Pradeep Yammiyavar

2008

E-Publishing using web 2.0:A study of user activity and their relationship to web interface features

Proceedings of the Conference on Advances in Usability Engineering 27-28 Nov 2008 VIT, Pune

26

Prerna Ramesh, P Padmini, Runalisa, Richa Singh &
Pradeep Yammiyavar

2008

Internet surfing: a study of usage patterns and tere effect on college students' social,psychological & emotional state

XVIII Annual Conference of national Academy of Psychology ( NAOP), IITG, Guwahati December 14 -17, 2008.

25

Morten Hertzum; T.Clemmensen, K Hornbaek, Jyoti K, Qingxin Shi,
P. Yammiyavar;

2007

A cross cultural study of how users and developers experience their use of information systems

paper # 2871,Proceedings of Second International Conference on Useability & Internationalisation, HCI International Beijing China July 22-27 2007.

24

Jyoti Kumar; Janni Nielsen; P. Yammiyavar

2007

Tracing Cognitive processes for Useability evaluation: A cross cultural mind tape study

paper #1876, Proceedings of Second International Conference on Usability & Internationalisation, HCI International Beijing China July 22-27 2007.

23

T.Clemmensen ; Qingxin Shi; Jyoti Kumar; Huiyang Li; Xianghong Sun;
Pradeep Yammiyavar.

2007

Cultural usability tests- How usability Tests are not the same all over the world.

Paper # 2869; Second International Conference on Usability & Internationalization, HCI International Beijing China July 22-27 2007.

22

Yammiyavar P, T Clemmensen, J. Kumar et al

2007

Analyzing non-verbal cues in Useability Evaluation tests

Second International Conference on Usability & Internationalisation, HCI International Beijing China; July 22-27 2007.

21

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2006

Design Semantics a Review; Invited Paper

Indo-US Design Workshop, Proceedings, 5th to 7th January 2006 ,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

20

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2006

Designing Designers :a trans disciplinary curriculum approach; Invited Paper

Indo- US Design Workshop, Proceedings, 5th to 7thJanuary 2006 ,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

19

Janni Nielsen,Jyoti Kumar,Pradeep Yammiyavar

2006

Designing HCI Techniques Targeting Cultural Diversity

6th Danish HCI Research Symposium,15th Nov 2006,University of Aarhus, Denmark.

18

Pradeep Yammiyavar:

2006

Development of an Interdisciplinary curriculum- instructional activities and examples from Usability engineering and HCI courses at IITG. Invited Key Note address.

International Ergonomics Conference HWWE.05 IITG. 2005.Key Note address.Session1 Dec.10th 2005, Guwahati, Proceedings published in 2006

17

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2006

Designing Designers -a trans disciplinary curriculum approach

Indo- US Design Workshop, Proceedings,5th to 7th January 2006 , Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

16

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2006

Capacity Building in IPR by Nurturing Creative Minds

Program on Intellectual Property Rights & Patents for Capacity Building. Regional seminar, MHRD, Department of Biotechnology, IITG Sep.15-17th 2006.

15

Pradeep Yammiyavar; Prashant Dixit ; Vikram Batra.

2006

A Quality Function Deployment (QFD) based tool for testing usability of a Software.

Proceedings of the National Conference on Design for Product Life Cycle; Feb 17-18, 2006 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani,.

14

Pradeep Yammiyavar & Kirti Meera Goel

2006

Emphasis on non- verbal cues for interpreting cognitive processes in protocol analysis.

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium, IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

13

Pradeep Yammiyavar & Jyoti Kumar;

2006

Usability: Bounded rationality perspectives in cross cultural framework

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium , IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

12

Rajinder, Mr. Vikas & Pradeep Yammiyavar

2006

Conflicts in adopting to E-services in rural India- a Study of Cultural Issues.

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium , IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

11

Pradeep Yammiyavar, Mr.Satyendra Nainwal, Shaiz Kunhimohammed;

2006

An interface to aid rural health workers in diagnosing cataracts.

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium , IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

10

Jyoti Kumar &
Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2006

Impact of user's aspirations on choice of interface:towards validating Indian Psychology Perspective

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium , IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

9

Kshitij Gupta &
Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2006

A cultural context directed design of a tool for usability evaluation of web interfaces.

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium , IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

8

Tanuj Shah. &
Pradeep Yammiyavar;

2006

Digital technology as a means to continuing cultural traditions- case study.

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium, IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

7

Abhinav Singh ,S.R.M.Prasanna, Pradeep. Y, Vikram Batra & Prashant Dixit;

2006

Using Culture based cues in Music for affective engineering of GUI.

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium, IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

6

Prashant Dixit, Vikram Batra, Pradeep Y;Larisa Sitorus &Jacob Buur

2006

A cross cultural study in user interface modeling of refrigeration system mechanics.

Proceedings of the Indo-Dan HCI Research Symposium , IITG, Guwahati May 2006.

4

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2005

Emotion as a semantic construct in HCI

Main Key Note address-Invited.
5th Danish-Human Computer Interaction Research Symposium. Copenhagen Business School Denmark. Personally presented in November 2005.

3

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2005

IT and HCI Education In India

Invited paper; World Usability Day: Industry Interaction Symposium; SIGCHI dk.Chapter Copenhagen. Denmark.

2

Torkil Clemmensen and Pradeep Yammiyavar

2005

Symbols, users and contexts in cross cultural usability testing involving end-users in India and Denmark

Invited paper-World Usability Day: Research Symposium I HCI. SGCHI Denmark Chapter, Copenhagen 3rd Nov 2005.

1

Pradeep Yammiyavar

2003

An Usability Engineering approach to designing Vehicles:Contextual user inputs

National Technology Meet on Low pollution Hybrid Electric Vehicles, CEDT- IISc, Bangalore, 8th April 2003.

Pre 2002 publications list not included

MASTERS DEGREE THESIS SUPERVISED (2002 TO 2014) Over 60 Masters Thesis Titles of pre 2002 dates supervised at IISc- Bangalore have not been listed here. Only post 2002 PG degrees are listed here 

Sl.No

Post graduate degrees supervised 2009 to date
(Masters degree at IITG commenced in 2007)

Year of Completion

Title

Co Guides

1

Balakrishna Dhondage

2008 - 2009

Vehicle graphics- Design customization & production based on user preferences.

NILL

2

Moniraj Saikaia

2008 - 2009

A Multimedia Repository for Design Projects- a Knowledge management approach.

NILL

3

Debayan Dhar

2008 - 2009

An online aptitude testing system for admitting students in design programs.

NILL

4

Neha Verma

2008 - 2009

An Indian Culture Sensitive tangible social networking system.

NILL

5

Prakash Kumar

2008 - 2009

A Graphical User Interface based Remote Public Bus Transport management System for Guwahati.

NILL

6

Prassanna Kate

2008 - 2009

A Mobile phone based cooperative employment Information system for construction site labours.

NILL

7

Shyambihari Prajapati

2008 - 2009

Multipurpose electric vehicle- modular approach

NILL

8

Vishvanath K

2008 - 2009

Identity & graphic design for commonwealth games.

NILL

9

Suresh Kumar Barla

2008 - 2009

Experiential Tourism complex: Assam culture village.

NILL

10

Deepak Kumar

2008 - 2009

Digital Signage & way finding system for Campuses.

NILL

11

Parimala Bandlamudi

2009 - 2010

Personal Cleaning System for Less Abled Patients.

NILL

12

Kanika Gupta.

May 2012.

Mobile Application for Consumer protection.

NILL

13

Sujan B. Kamble

May 2012

Tread Mill Redesign

NILL

14

Sandip Adhikary

May 2013

Design of a Virtual Learning Environment to increase learners' performance and attention.

Dr. S Karmakar

15

Nishtha Mehrotra

May 2013

Facilitating Social Interaction in Private Public Space

NIL

16

Raina Agarwal

May 2013

Replicating Real world shopping experiences to 'ON-Line' shopping experiences

NIL

17

Suman Meena

May 2014

Bhodhi- Creating Knowledge Repository

NIL

18

Himujjal Sarma

May 2014

Recomposing Reality- extending use of camera applications in mobiles

NIL

19

Sadabahar Verma

May 2014

Sculpt Arch- A dialogue between Sculpture & Architecture

NIL

20

Arushi Singh

2015

Karuna: Smart Home Solutions for Indian Elderly

Sharmistha Banerjee

21

Kulmanali Tanaji Khilare

2015

Improving Quality of life for elderly through designing smart spaces

NIL

22

Binoy Cyriac

2015

Easing of kitchen activities for elderly through design

NIL

Pre 2002 Master Degree (M.Tech & M-Des) supervised at IISc- Bangalore have not been listed here

 

PhD THESIS SUPERVISED / UNDER SUPERVISION 

  • Jyoti Kumar: Comparative Study of Users' experiential data collection techniques for human computer interaction design across cultural settings.2010.
  • Vikash Kumar: Studies of Design Morphology in Sustainable Product Design Methods.
  • Debayan Dhar: User Interface Design Features and their effects on Computer based educational assessment- a cross cultural study. 2014.
  • Shrikant Salve : Influence of local 'language' in Human Computer interaction: a study on Data entry errors in the rural Indian setting
  • Satish Shivarudrahia: Usability Model for designing Public Space.
  • Yogesh Deshpande: Adaptivity and Interface Design: A Human Computer Interaction Study in E-Learning Applications. 2014. Co Supervised by Dr. Samit Bhattacharya of Computer Sc. Dept.
  • Venkataeswaralu Varala: Semantics of Product Interfaces.
  • Sai Oja, Tacit knowledge transfer model in Product Assembly & Manufacture
  • Anmol Srivatsava : Embedding intelligence in tangible Learning devices
  • Ravi G Lingannavar
  • Satish B. Gunjati 
  • Tony Sabastien

CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST : 

  • Pedagogy, Instructional design, E-learning.
  • INTERACTION DESIGN: Usability; HCI, Augmented Reality, Virtual reality, Health, Social Systems Computing; E- Governance; E-Commerce; E- Medicine. Apps, Software.
  • DESIGN SEMANTICS; AESTHETICS; CULTURE; Products, Graphics, Visual Communication
  • DESIGN MANAGEMENT - Innovation, Product Design, Fashion, Marketing, Strategy, Packaging, Branding, and Soft skills.
  • URBAN DESIGN, Architecture design, built forms, built environment, interiors; Smart Cities;
  • PSYCHOLOGY: Engineering Psychology, Ergonomics, Cognitive Science, Mental Wellbeing 

PROSPECTIVE RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS & SCHOLARS from all over the world are invited to contact at pradeep@iitg.ernet.in