Audrey Girouard is a Canadian computer scientist. She researches

human–computer interaction Human–computer interaction (HCI) is research in the design and the use of computer technology, which focuses on the interfaces between people (users) and computers. HCI researchers observe the ways humans interact with computers and design tec ...

. Girouard is an associate professor at

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

and the Director and Principal Investigator of the Collaborative Learning of Usability Experiences (CLUE) program. She is the first female faculty member at

Carleton School of Information Technology Carleton School of Information Technology (CSIT) is part of the Faculty of Engineering and Design at Carleton University. CSIT, together with Algonquin College, offers a Bachelor of Information Technology degree from one of four undergraduate pro ...

Education

Girouard received her undergraduate degree in Software Engineering from the

École Polytechnique de Montréal École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

. She received her Masters and PhD in Computer Science from

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

in Massachusetts.

Career

Girouard is an associate professor in the School of Information Technology (CSIT) at

and the Director and Principal Investigator of the Collaborative Learning of Usability Experiences (CLUE) program. She researches

. As the first female member of

(CSIT), Girouard has been a strong voice in encouraging women in this field. Girouard is involved in hands-on outreach workshops, acting as a mentor for the Virtual Ventures summer camp. Girouard and her lab, the Creative Interactions lab, focus on designing and developing deformable materials and flexible displays in order to pioneer new interaction techniques for users, complementary to the current touch capabilities of rigid screens.

Awards

Among her accolades, Girouard is one of six distinguished Canadian scientists to be recognized for educational excellence as part of the Partners in Research National Awards in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Biomedicine. Girouard received the Technology Ambassador Award for her contributions to education at the Partners in Research National Awards in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2017. In recent years she has also received the Ontario Early Researcher Award as well as the Carleton University Research Achievement Award.

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