Damien Brun
Assistant Professor at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Greater Saguenay Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolDamien Brun is a tenure-track assistant professor at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi with 11 years of experience at the intersection of human-computer interaction, mobile and wearable systems, and immersive AR/VR technologies. He holds a dual PhD in cognitive computing and computer science and brings a research-to-practice perspective informed by a postdoc in user experience research at the University of Lapland. Earlier roles as a mobile and web developer and internships in interdisciplinary innovation give him practical grounding in building usable interactive systems. Damien combines rigorous cognitive-science training with hands-on engineering of embedded and mobile applications, and he has pursued targeted HCI training at Cambridge and UQAM. Based in the Saguenay region, he focuses on designing human-centered interactions for constrained devices and mixed-reality contexts—areas where cognition, perception, and engineering meet.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Summer School, Cognitive Science, Summer School, Cognitive Science at Université du Québec à MontréalBachelor's degree, Computer systems and software, Pass with high honors, Bachelor's degree, Computer systems and software, Pass with high honors at Institut Universitaire de Technologie de ValenceMaster's degree, Engineering of mobile applications and embedded systems, Highest honors, Master's degree, Engineering of mobile applications and embedded systems, Highest honors at École Supérieure de Génie InformatiqueSummer School, Human Computer Interaction, Summer School, Human Computer Interaction at University of CambridgePhilosophiæ Doctor (Ph. D.), Cognitive Computing, Philosophiæ Doctor (Ph. D.), Cognitive Computing at University of Québec
French, English, Chinese, Finnish
Github Skills (9)
joystick10
custom-view10
android10
neumorphism10
blueprint5
chat1
cross-platform1
firebase1
firestore1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
controlwear/virtual-joystick-android
Jan 2016 - Nov 2018
This library provides a very simple and ready-to-use custom view which emulates a joystick for Android.
Contributions:83 commits, 3 PRs, 70 pushes in 2 years 11 months
neumorphismemulatesandroidcustom-viewjoystick
mobicarton/carton-android
Feb 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:136 commits, 123 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 11 months
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