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I'm a second-year PhD student in Human-Computer Interaction at Penn State, College of Information Sciences and Technology.
I investigate how users experience cross-platform interactions, examining their behaviors, emotions, motivations, and challenges, and I provide solutions to improve their experience.
I have a background in computational design and engineering, where I developed my skills in design research and design thinking, and worked on VR development and 3D space.
You will see a selection of projects that I have completed during my professional experience and graduate school here. Feel free to reach out or connect with me for a chat about any specific projects :)
Selected Projects
Human-Centered AI Interaction
Extended Reality and Design Research
User Experience Design and Research
Featured Publications
Sam Moradzadeh, Yubo Kou. 2024. “Wow another fake game from YouTube ad “: Unpacking Fake Games Through a Mixed-Methods Investigation. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY 2024) [accepted]
Zinan Zhang, Sam Moradzadeh, Xinning Gui, Yubo Kou. 2024. Harmful Design in User-Generated Games and its Ethical and Governance Challenges: An Investigation of Design Co-Ideation of Game Creators on Roblox. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY 2024) [accepted]
Zinan Zhang, Sam Moradzadeh, Andrew Woan, Yubo Kou. 2024. Toxicity by Game Design: How Players Perceive the Influence of Game Design on Toxicity. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY 2024) [accepted]
Kou, Yubo, Sam Moradzadeh, Xinning Gui. 2024. Trading as Gambling: Social Investing and Financial Risks on the r/WallStreetBets subreddit. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2024 (CHI 2024) [DOI]
Farzaneh Oghazian, Sam Moradzadeh, Felecia Davis. 2022. Form-finding of Architectural Knitted Tensioned Structures. Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Hybrids & Haecceities, ACADIA 2022 [DOI]
News
August 2024: Elected as the Event Planner of the Graduate Student Association in Information Sciences and Technology
July 2024: Selected as a nominee to attend the Human-Computer Interaction Consortium, WI, USA.
June 2024: Three papers accepted to CHI PLAY 2024.
May 2024: Successfully passed my oral and written PhD Qualifying Exam.
January 2024: One paper was accepted to CHI 2024.
August 2023: Started my PhD program in Informatics, specializing in Human-Computer Interaction at Penn State.
June 2023: Successfully defended and passed my Master's thesis at Penn State.
January 2023: Recipient of the Distinguished Master's Thesis Award.
October 2022: Attended ACADIA conference with one paper accepted.
May 2022: Accepted poster at Design Computing and Cognition 2022, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
August 2021: Started my Master of Science in Design Computing at Penn State.
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