A Conversation with CHCCS 2021 Achievement Award Winner Pourang Irani

The 2022 CHCCS Achievement Award from the Canadian Human Computer Communications Society is presented to Professor Pourang Irani (UBC Okanagan) for his impact to the field of human-computer interaction. His research interests sit at the cross-section of MobileHCI and Information Visualization, and lately include the design and evaluation of in-situ user interfacese for improve sense-making. CHCCS invites a publication by the award winner to be included in the proceedings, and this year we continue the tradition of an interview format rather than a formal paper. This permits a casual discussion of the research areas, insights, and contributions of the award winner. What follows is an edited transcript of a conversation between Pourang Irani and Xing-Dong (Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University) that took place on April 20th, 2022.