Director
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Tomás DortaProfessor Tomás Dorta is known for his pioneering research in integrating new technologies into the design process. With a background in architecture and design, he earned his Ph.D. in 2001, focusing on virtual reality’s role in design visualization. His research, funded by Canadian federal and provincial grants, is widely published and presented internationally. As an educator, he is a Full Professor of Design at Université de Montréal’s School of Design, teaching courses on design research, co-design, interaction and industrial design. He’s also an Affiliate Professor of Architecture at Pennsylvania State University. Tomás is Senior Editor of Designing journal and founded the Design Research Laboratory Hybridlab in 2008. In 2016, he co-founded the startup Systèmes Hybridlab, where he serves as president, focusing on innovative design technologies. |
Members
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Juan Antonio islas Muñozjuan.antonio.islas.munoz@umontreal.ca Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal, School of Design |
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Ehsan BahaAssistant Professor, University of Alberta, Department of Art & Design |
Collaborators
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J.M. Christian BastienUniversité de Lorraine – Metz, Équipe PErSEUs (EA 7312) UFR Sciences Humaines et Arts, Metz (France) |
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Yehuda E. KalayFaculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Israel); Department of Architecture, UC Berkeley |
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Carmelo Di BartoloDesign Research, Milan, Italy |
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Philippe Doyon-PoulinÉcole Polytechnique de Montréal, Département de mathématiques et genie industrielle, Montréal |
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Jose Pinto DuarteDirector, Stuckeman Center for Design Computing
The Pennsylvania State University
Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Karine BilodeauFaculté des sciences infirmières, Université de Montréal Chercheure régulière Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont |
Research affiliates
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Stéphane SafinProfessor,
Département de psychologie
Université Libre de Bruxelles
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Sana BoudhraâChaire de recherche stratégique
de l’UQAM en DesIgn pour la cybersAnté MENTale. https://diament.uqam.ca/ |
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Hadas Sopher |
Research Associates
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Michael HoffmannComputer scientist Michael Hoffmann is a design-thinking programmer and researcher. He holds his Master of Computer Science from Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (2005) together with a diploma from Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (Germany), where he was engaged as a research assistant and developer on new concepts for human-computer interfaces and the authoring process of immersive 3D environments and virtual reality systems. He joined the Hybridlab in 2009 to contribute with his expertise. Michael Hoffmann has worked on Hyve-3D and its predecessor Hybrid Ideation Space as the lead programmer. |
Past graduates and interns
Xue Ying Liu, M.Sc.
Master in Design Theory 2025
Judith Chatelet
Intern 2024 – Undergrad student in interaction design (Strate Lyon)
Dalibor Dzurilla
Intern 2022 – PhD Student (Czech Technical University in Prague)
Hadas Sopher, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar 2021-2023
Abdel Mounem Taouai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar 2020-2020
Agostino Parlapiano, M.Sc.
Individualised Master 2021
Emmanuel Beaudry-Marchand, M.Sc.
Master in Design and Complexity 2020
Sana Boudhraâ, Ph.D.
PhD Candidate 2020
Nizar Haj Ayed
Intern 2018-2019 – PhD Student (UQAM)
Adèle Baugé
Intern 2018 – Master Student (École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Nantes)
Camilo A. Angulo
Intern 2017 – PhD Student (Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia)
Julie Milovanovic
Intern 2017 – PhD Student (École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Nantes)
Xueying Han
Intern 2016-2017 – PhD Student (Harbin Institut of Technology, Chine)
Asma Alaya, M.Sc.
Master in Design and Complexity 2017
Annemarie Lesage, Ph.D.
PhD Candidate 2015
Davide Pierini, M.Sc.
Ph.D. candidate
Stéphane Safin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar 2012-2013
Gokçe Kinayoglu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar 2012-2014
Anne-Marie Hébert, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar 2012-2013
Edgar Pérez, M.Sc.
Ph.D. candidate
Ignacio Calvo, M.Sc.
Master in Design and Complexity 2014
Sophie Poulain-Martin
Industrial Designer 2013
Ganesh Baron Aloir
Intern 2016 – Graphic design undergraduate (UQAM)
Coline Droz
Intern 2015 – Professional Master – Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Isabelle Royer
Intern 2015 – Interior design undergraduate
Marina Lessard
Intern 2015 – Interior design undergraduate
Julien Tillez
Intern 2014 – Professional Master – Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Mélissa Charrier
Intern 2013 – Professional Master – Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Gabrielle Garcia
Intern 2013 – Professional Master – Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Olivier Plante
Master in Design and Complexity, 2011
Alberto Restrepo
Industrial Designer 2011
Stephanie Schaaf
Industrial Designer, 2009
Ludovic Mérogot
Master in Design and Complexity, 2008