Inter-University Workshop (IUW) 2025

Our Director, Dr. Catherine Burns, joined a group of students of The University of Waterloo HFES Student Chapter to attend the 2025 Inter-University Workshop (IUW), hosted by the Human Factors Interest Group (HFIG) at the University of Toronto. The students had the opportunity to showcase their work, connect with peers, and gain new insights from inspiring presentations.  

Presenters: 

• Raúl Ramírez (AIDL) - Developing Safe and Effective AI-Enabled Systems for Hypertension Management: A User-Centered Approach

• Monica Tsang (AIDL) - Human Factors in Al Agentic Interactions Involving Private Data (PII) & Verifiable Credentials (VC)

• Mazhar Shahen (AIDL) - K-AGE: A Framework for Communicating Kidney Health Through Age-Equivalent Metrics

• Fariha Muqtadir (HOMELab)  - Towards a Standardized Protocol for Assessing the Communicative Effectiveness of eHMI Signal in Unsignalized Pedestrian-FAV Interactions