Department of Computer Science
Extension Number: 535
Office Number: S-217

Brief Profile:
Dr. Sarwan Abbasi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science. As of 2023, he has 17 years of teaching and supervisory experience and 2 years of professional industry experience. Prior to FCCU, he worked as Assistant Professor (Computer Science department) at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) Karachi, where he taught computing and French courses. Dr. Sarwan received his Ph.D. and MS degrees from Université Paris-Saclay (formerly Université Paris-SUD), and is a Gold Medalist in MS (IT) from Hamdard University, Karachi. He was selected as an international volunteer for the prestigious Nordic Usability conference NordiCHI, held in Oslo, Norway in 2006. He has five international publications – of which four (1 journal, 3 conferences) are in English and one (conference) publication is in French. His research interests include Usability, User Experience/User Interaction (UX/UI), cognitive ergonomics, human-centered design, and application of human factors (HF) in technology and informatics.

Education:

• PhD and MS (Université Paris-SUD, France) (Note: Since 2020, Université Paris-SUD-XI has been renamed as Paris-Saclay University (“Université Paris-Saclay” in French)).
• MS (IT) (Hamdard University, Karachi) (Gold Medallist).

Research/Publications:

1. Abbasi, S., Burkhardt, J. M., & Denis, M. (2009, September). Assister le montage d’objets en réalité virtuelle: étude préliminaire de la résolution de problèmes tridimensionnels en environnement réel. In actes du 5eme Colloque de psychologie ergonomique EPIQUE, Nice, France (pp. 28-30);
2. Abbasi, S., Burkhardt, J. M., & Denis, M. (2009). Spatial problem solving: assembling three-dimensional puzzles in real and virtual environments. Cognitive Processing, 10, 179-181.
3. Abbasi, S., Burkhardt, J. M., & Denis, M. (2009). Spatial problem solving: assembling three-dimensional puzzles in real and virtual environments. Cognitive processing, 10(Suppl 2), 179-181 (extended abstract for the journal)
4. Denis, M., Abbasi, S., & Burkhardt, J. M. (2010). Spatial problem solving and visuo-spatial imagery. 12th European Workshop on Imagery and Cognition (EWIC) Helsinki, Finland, 16-19 June 2010.
5. Denis, M., Abbasi, S., & Burkhardt, J. M. (2010). Spatial problem-solving in real and virtual environments. 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology Melbourne Australia, 11-16 July 2010 ISBN: 978-0-909881-46-7, (pp. 930).