Eva Mackamul

Hey, I’m Eva! My research interests are in human-computer interaction (HCI). In particular I am interested in user perception and interpretation of interfaces and their affordances as well as how this translates to discoverability and learnability.

I am currently working as a postdoc with Parmit Chilana in the ixLab at Simon Fraser University.

Previously, I have worked with Céline Coutrix in the IIHM team of the Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble at Université Grenoble Alpes on the perception of Shape-Changing Interfaces. My PhD focused on “Investigating the Influence of Visual Signifiers to Foster the Discovery of Touch-Based Interactions”, under the supervision of Sylvain Malacria and Géry Casiez at Inria de l’Université de Lille as part of the LOKI group.

Get in touch via hello@evamackamul.com.

Publications

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"I don't want to break it": An Exploration of Perceived Fragility in Shape-Changing Interfaces

Eva Mackamul, Tom Maillard, Noé Marceau, Yelli Coulibaly, Julien Pansiot, Laurence Boissieux, Dominique Vaufreydaz, Anne Roudaut, Céline Coutrix

In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’26), April 13 – 17, 2026, Barcelona, Spain
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Does Adding Visual Signifiers in Animated Transitions Improve Interaction Discoverability?

Honourable Mention

Eva Mackamul, Fanny Chevalier, Géry Casiez, Sylvain Malacria

In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’25), April 26-May 1, 2025, Yokohama, Japan
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Clarifying and differentiating discoverability

Eva Mackamul, Géry Casiez, Sylvain Malacria

Human–Computer Interaction, 2024
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Investigating the Influence of Visual Signifiers to Foster the Discovery of Touch-Based Interactions

Eva Mackamul

Doctoral Thesis Université de Lille 2023
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Exploring Visual Signifier Characteristics to Improve the Perception of Affordances of In-Place Touch Inputs

Honourable Mention

Eva Mackamul, Géry Casiez, Sylvain Malacria

In ACM International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (MobileHCI 2023)
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Signifidgets: What you see is what widget!

Géry Casiez, Sylvain Malacria, Eva Mackamul

In IHM 2023-34e Conférence Internationale Francophone sur l’Interaction Humain-Machine

Improving the Discoverability of Interactions in Interactive Systems

Eva Mackamul

In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts 2022
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A Look at the Effects of Handheld and Projected Augmented-reality on a Collaborative Task

Eva Mackamul, Augusto Esteves

In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction