Published Conference Proceedings

    2017
  1. Gaffar, A. , Monjezi, S. Minimalist Design: An Optimized Solution for Intelligent Interactive Infotainment Systems. IEEE IntelliSys, the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Artificial Intelligence, September 7th –8th 2017, London, UK
  2. Gaffar, A. , Monjezi, S. Quantitative Driving Safety Assessment Using Interaction Design Benchmarking. IEEE ATC, The 14th IEEE Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2017), August 4-8, 2017, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
  3. Cheeks, L. H. , Gaffar, A. A Social Influence Model for Exploring Double Subjectivity Through News Frames in Online News. IEEE IntelliSys, the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Artificial Intelligence, September 7th –8th 2017, London, UK
  4. Cheeks, L. H. , Gaffar, A. Exploring Double Subjectivity Through News Frames In Online News Sources: A Network Approach. IEEE ICSC, the 11th International Conference on Semantic Computing, Jan 30th –Feb 1st 2017, San Diego, USA (to appear)
  5. Thum, G. (H) , Gaffar, A. “The Future of Brain-Computer Interaction”. IEEE Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2017) DDC Workshop, August 4-8, 2017, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
  6. Monjezi, S. , Gaffar, A. “Determinism in Autonomous Vehicles: Why Autonomous Trucks are Easier to Build”. IEEE Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2017) DDC Workshop, August 4-8, 2017, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
  7. Gaffar, A. , Monjezi, S., “Un-Design: Future Consideration on the End-Of-Life of Driver Cars”. IEEE Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2017) DDC Workshop, August 4-8, 2017, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
  8. Abbott, J. , Bisht, M., Gaffar, A. “Autonomous Trucking: The Interplay Between Design and Business Constraints.” IEEE Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2017) DDC Workshop, August 4-8, 2017, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
  9. Bisht, M. , Abbott, J., Gaffar, A. “Social Dilemma of Autonomous Cars_ A Critical Analysis.” IEEE Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2017) DDC Workshop, August 4-8, 2017, San Francisco Bay Area, USA
  10. Gaffar, A. , Patel, D., Pallagi, P., Gaffar, R., & Karami, M. Identifying and Mitigating Design Challenges of Ophthalmology Tele-medicine at Mayo Clinic. The 2017 International Symposium on Health Informatics and Medical Systems (CSCI-ISHI 2017), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  11. Gaffar, A. , Patel, D., Pallagi, P., Gaffar, R., & Karami, M. A Tele-Triage Application Design for Mobile Health at Mayo Clinic. The 2017 International Symposium on Health Informatics and Medical Systems (CSCI-ISHI 2017), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  12. Monjezi, S. , & Gaffar, A. Non-Intrusive Distraction Pattern Detection Using Behavior Triangulation Method. The 2017 International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (CSCI-ISAI 2017), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  13. D. d. Patel, Gaffar, A., and Pallagi, P. "Proof of Concept for TeleVision: Acute Triage for Anterior Segment Disease," presented at the APTOS 2017: The 2nd Asia Pacific Tele-Ophtalmology Society Symposium, Hong Kong, 2017.
  14. 2016
  15. Gaffar, A. , Monjezi, S. Using Artificial Intelligence to Automatically Customize Modern Car Infotainment Systems. Proceedings of the 18th Int’l Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'16: July 2016, USA), ISBN #: 1-60132-438-3, pp. 151-156
  16. Gaffar, A. , Monjezi, S. Using Simplified Grammar for Voice Commands to Decrease Driver Distraction. Proceedings of the 14th Int’l Conference on Embedded Systems, Cyber-physical Systems, and Applications (ESCS'16: July 2016, USA) ISBN #: 1-60132-433-2 pp. 23-28
  17. Jneid, A. , Gaffar, A. Cloud Application Model Personal Healthcare Record Implementation. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'16: July 2016, USA) ISBN #: 1-60132-445-6, pp. 267-273
  18. Jonas, M. , Gaffar, A. Using Extensible Components to Address Semantic Mapping Deficiencies in Cyber-Physical Systems. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Embedded Systems, Cyber-physical Systems, and Applications (ESCS'16: July 2016, USA) ISBN #: 1-60132-433-2, pp. 162-168
  19. 2015
  20. Bansal, B. , Dalrymple, O., Gaffar, A. “Building Faculty Expertise in Outcome-based Education Curriculum Design", Proceedings of IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), October 2015, El Paso, USA.
  21. Bansal, B. , Dalrymple, O., Gaffar, A. “"Design, Development, and Implementation of the Instructional Module Development System (IMODS)", Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Conference (ASEE) - NSF Grantees session, June 2015, Seattle, USA.
  22. 2014
  23. Dalrymple, O. ,Bansal, S., Ashraf Gaffar. “User Research for the Instructional Module Development (IMOD) System”, at American Society for Engineering Education Conference (ASEE) - NSF Grantees session, June 2014, Indianapolis, USA.
  24. 2013
  25. Gaffar, A. , Tridane, A., and Pribadi, K. "Smart Data: A System for Generating Application-Agnostic Interactive Data." The Second International Conference on Informatics Engineering & Information Science (ICIEIS2013). The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communication, 2013.
  26. Gaffar, A. , Tridane, A., and Darwish, E.: The Failure and Success of Unstructured Data Reuse. Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Information Processing, E-Business and Cloud Computing (DIPECC 2013), Dubai, UAE.
  27. Industrial Gap 2005-2012: After receiving my PhD, I worked as a Design Expert at SAP (2005-2012) in Palo Alto, designing the next generation, highly competitive industrial software under NDA and publication moratorium for almost 7 years. Only two papers emerged:

    2009 (from a white paper that became popular, I was asked to upgrade it to a full paper with IBM CASCON)
  28. Gaffar, A . Enumerating Mobile Enterprise Complexity, 21 Complexity Factors to Enhance the Design Process. Proceedings of CASCON 2009, the 19th International conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering, Novmber2-5, 2009, Toronto, Canada.
  29. 2007 (from pre-Industry work with a team in Germany)
  30. Dittmar, A. and Gaffar, A. Effective Integration of Task-Based Modeling and Object-Oriented Specifications. Proceedings of HCI International, The 12th International conference on Human-Computer Interaction, July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China, pp. 1092-1101
  31. 2005
  32. Gaffar, A. Studies on Pattern Dissemination and Ruse to Support Interaction Design. Concordia University Publishing, 2005, ISBN:0-494-09967-4
  33. Gaffar, A. The 7C’s: An Iterative Process for Generating Pattern Components, electronic proceedings of HCI International, The 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  34. Gaffar, A. , Moha, N. and Seffah, A. User-Centered Design Process Management and Communication, electronic proceedings of HCI International, The 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  35. Gaffar, A. , Seffah, A., and Van der Poll, J. HCI Patterns Semantics in XML: A Pragmatic Approach, Proceedings of HSSE ‘05, International workshop on Human and Social Factors of Software Engineering, in ICSE 2005, the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, May 15-21, 2005, ACM Press Publishing, New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-7.
  36. Gaffar, A . and Moha, N. Semantics of a Pattern System. Pre-proceedings of IEEE Conference on Software Technology and Engineering Practice, STEP 2005, 1st International Workshop on Design Patterns Theories and practices, September 24-30, Budapest, Hungary.
  37. Moha, N. , Qing, L., Gaffar, A. and Seffah, A. Enquête sur les pratiques de tests d’utilisabilité, IHM 2005, proc. 17e Conférence Francophone sur I’Interaction Homme-Machine, 27-30 Septembre 2005, Toulouse, France, pp.115-122.
  38. 2004
  39. Gaffar, A. , Sinnig, D., Seffah, A. and Forbrig, P. Modeling Patterns for Task Models, proceedings of TAMODIA, 3rd International Workshop on Task Models and DIAgrams for user interface design, November 15-16, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic, ACM Press Publishing, New York, NY, USA, pp. 99-104.
  40. Sinnig, D. , Gaffar, A., Reichart, D., Forbrig, P. and Seffah, A., Patterns in Model-based Engineering, proceedings of CADUI 2004; 5th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces, and ACM IUI 2004; International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, January 13-16, 2004, ACM Press Publishing, New York, NY, USA, pp. 197 – 210.
  41. Sinnig, D. , Gaffar, A., Forbrig, P. and Seffah, A., Patterns, Tools and Models for Interaction Design, in Hallvard Trætteberg, Pedro J. Molina, Nuno J. Nunes (eds). "Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Making model-based user interface design practical: usable and open methods and tools". Joint Conference of Intelligent User Interfaces 2004 (IUI'2004) and Computer Aided and Design of User Interfaces 2004 (CADUI 2004). Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. January 13, 2004. CEUR-Workshop Proceedings, ISSN 1613-0073. Vol. 103.
  42. 2003
  43. Gaffar, A. , Javahery, H., Seffah, A. and Sinnig, D. A Pattern Framework for Eliciting and Delivering UCD Knowledge and Practices, proceedings of HCI International, the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2003, Crete, Greece, in Julie Jacko and Constantine Stephanidis (Eds.), Human Computer Interaction: Theory and Practice, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates LEA Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-805-84930-0, vol. 1, pp. 108-112.
  44. Metzker, E. , Seffah, A. and Gaffar, A. Towards a Systematic and Empirical Validation of HCI Knowledge Captured as Patterns. Proceedings of HCI International, the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2003, Crete, Greece, appeared in Julie Jacko and Constantine Stephanidis (Eds.), Human Computer Interaction: Theory and Practice, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates LEA Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-805-84930-0, vol. 1, pp. 168-172.
  45. Gaffar, A. , Sinnig, D., and Seffah, A. Towards a Universal Forum for Patterns, proceedings of CUSEC ‘03, Canadian Universities Software Engineering Conference, January 16-18, 2003, Montreal, Canada.
  46. Gaffar, A. , Sinnig, D., Javahery, H. and Seffah, A. MOUDIL: A Comprehensive Framework for Disseminating and Sharing HCI Patterns. in CHI 2003 Workshop: Perspectives on HCI Patterns; Concepts and Tools, April 6-7, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.