Publications

Medium articles

• D. El-Shimy. What do you want to be when you grow up?
  How to think about your career path as a UXer at Shopify. Published on August 19, 2020.

• D. El-Shimy. Demystifying the art of giving user research feedback. Published on February 19, 2020.

• D. El-Shimy. In defence of 1:1s. Published on June 5, 2018.

• D. El-Shimy. The privilege of asking questions. Published on October 4, 2016.

• D. El-Shimy. We are our way through the neighbourhood. Published on March 4, 2016.

• D. El-Shimy. What’s the deal with user research anyway? Published on January 14, 2016.

Papers and journal articles

• D. El-Shimy and J.R. Cooperstock, “User-Driven Techniques for the Design and Evaluation of New Musical Interfaces.” In the MIT Computer Music Journal, 40:2, pp. 35–46, Summer 2016 [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy and J.R. Cooperstock, “EmbodiNet: Enriching Distributed Musical Collaboration Through Embodied Interactions.” In Proceedings of the IFIP TC16 Conference in Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Bamberg, Germany. September 2015. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy. “Exploring User-Driven Techniques for the Design of New Musical Interfaces through the Responsive Environment for Distributed Performance.” Ph.D. Thesis. Department of Electrical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 2014. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy, S. Cowan and J.R. Cooperstock. “EmbodiComp: Embodied Controls for Mixing and Composition.” In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Athens, Greece. September 2014. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy and J. R. Cooperstock. “Embodied Controls for Mixing and Composition.” Presented at the Graphics, Animations and New Media (GRAND) Conference, Ottawa, Canada, on May 15, 2014. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy and J. R. Cooperstock. “Reactive Environment for Network Music Performance.” In Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Daejeon+Seoul, South Korea. May 2013. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy and J. R. Cooperstock. “Reactive Environment for Network Music Performance.” Presented at the Graphics, Animations and New Media (GRAND) Conference, Toronto, Canada, on May 16, 2013. [pdf]

• J. Blum, D. El-Shimy, M. Bouchard and J. R. Cooperstock. “Rendering the World to Blind People via Spatialized audio.” Presented by J. Blum at the Graphics, Animations and New Media (GRAND) Conference, Toronto, Canada, on May 16, 2013. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy, T. Hermann and J. R. Cooperstock. “A Reactive Environment for Dynamic Volume Control.” In Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), Ann Arbor, MI, USA. May 2012. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy, F. Grond, A. Olmos and J. R. Cooperstock. “Eyes-Free Environment Awareness.” Springer Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, Special Issue on Interactive Sonification. 2011. [pdf]

• F. Berard, J. Ip., M. Benovoy, D. El-Shimy, J. Blum and J. R. Cooperstock. “Did “Minority Report” Get it Wrong? Superiority of the Mouse over 3D Input Devices for a 3D Placement Task.” In Proceedings of IFIP TC13 Conference in Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT), Uppsala, Sweden. August 2009. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy, G. Marentakis and J. R. Cooperstock. “Multimodal Feedback in 3D Target Acquisition.” In Proceedings of IEEE 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), Lafayette, LA, USA. March 2009. [pdf]

• D. El-Shimy, A. Sanchez and E. Simpson. “Speech Analysis and Modification.” Undergraduate Thesis. Department of Applied Mathematics and Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. 2007. [pdf]