Jacqui Fashimpaur

Hi, I'm Jacqui.

I'm a Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. David Lindlbauer in the Augmented Perception Lab. My research combines sensing technology and interaction design to develop digital input techniques that integrate fluidly with the physical world. I aim to give people convenient access to computing systems in their daily life, with minimal cost to their attention, privacy, and sense of presence.

I love to think rigorously about the impact of experience design decisions on users, and I extend this thinking to my hobbies: puzzlehunts (I write and solve with teammate), tabletop games, film, and theatre. I was previously a research engineer with Meta's Reality Labs Research, and I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and minors in Media Design and Film and Media Studies.

Recent Updates

December 2026: Presenting a puzzlehunt panel at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia PA, Friday at 1pm
November 2026: Attending UIST 2026 in Detroit MI, where I'm serving as a student volunteer
August 2026: Started my Ph.D. with the Augmented Perception Lab!
December 2025: Presented a panel about puzzlehunts at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia PA
October 2025: Presented Squiggle: Multimodal Lasso Selection in the Real World at UIST 2025
May 2025: Presented a panel about MIT Mystery Hunt at PAX East in Boston MA
March 2025: Matt and Emma's Deep Space Disaster began

Selected Papers