Eduardo H. Calvillo Gámez

PhD Alumni

Blurb | Interests | Thesis | Student Supervision | Publications | Endeavors | Talks | Contact

Blurb

I defended my thesis on July 2009 and completed all my work by September 2009, I am now at Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí

I worked under the supervision of Dr. Paul Cairns and Dr. Anna L. Cox. My studies are sponsored by Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí, México and SEP-PROMEP.

There is more info about me in my blog.

Research Interests

User Experience
New Interaction Techniques
Videogames
User Centred Design
Epistemology of HCI

Thesis :

On the Core Elements of the Experience of Playing Video Games

Student Supervision

Jodi Crisp, User Experience on Pervasive Games, MSc. in HCI with Ergonomics, 2008.
Ji Huang, Gaming Experience and Controllers, MSc. in HCI with Ergonomics, 2009.

Publications

E.H. Calvillo-Gámez and P. Cairns, "Pulling the Strings. A Theory of Puppetry for the Gaming Experience " Third Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games. Potsdam, Germany, May 2008
E.H. Calvillo-Gámez, P. Cairns and A. Blandford, "Assessing the Gaming Experience using Puppetry," Evaluating User Experience in Games workshop at ACM CHI 2008, Florence, Italy, 2008
O. Shaer, N. Leland, E.H. Calvillo-Gámez, and R.J.K. Jacob, "The TAC Paradigm: Specifying Tangible User Interfaces," Personal and Ubiquitous Computing , vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 359-369, Sept. 2004
Hassoun, S., Cromer, C., Calvillo-Gámez E.H., "Static Timing Analysis for Level-Clocked Circuits in the Presence of Cross Talk", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, September, 2003.
E.H. Calvillo-Gámez, N. Leland, O. Shaer, and R.J.K. Jacob, "The TAC Paradigm: Unified Conceptual Framework to Represent Tangible User Interfaces," CLIHC 2003 Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction , 2003.
Hassoun, S., Cromer, C., Calvillo-Gámez E.H., "Verifying Clock Schedules in the Presence of Cross Talk", Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference, March 2002
Calvillo-Gámez E.H. Guang H.K., Lim S., Mutuku F.L., "Information Infrastructure Enhancement Initiatives: A Case Study in Ghana". MIT, DHP P232/ ESD.127
Calvillo-Gámez E.H., "Visión Computacional y el Método de Conjunto de Niveles: Detección de Formas". Tesis de Licenciatura (Bachelors Degree Thesis), Supervisor: Dr. Gelasio Salazar , Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí, 1999.
ECCE 2007 & BCS-HCI 2007 Doctoral Consortia
More info here

Affiliations, Academic and Research Endeavors

Engineering Sciences Editor, Opticon1826
Student volunteer for BCS HCI-2006
Student member of ACM
"My PhD" Co-Editor, HCI-BCS Interfaces
"Tramoya" Technology Editor, Revista Farsa
Teaching the practical sessions of the HCI (graduate) & DOI (Undegrad) courses at the University of York, Computer Science department.
Reviewer for CHI2008, BCS-HCI 2007, Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Talks, Consulting and Wisdom

Talks: I have given talks in the past and probably will give more in the future
Consulting: I am available to do consulting on topics related to HCI, New Interaction Styles, User Centred Design and Videogames.
Advice: I am full of advice and wisdom, consult me as I will always have an answer (not responsible for the correctness or pertinence or the outcome of the advice)

Contact Details

UCL Interaction Centre
MPEB 8th floor
Malet Place
London WC1E 7JE
Tel. +44 (0)20 7679 0697
e.calvillo (@) ucl.ac.uk