Naser Al Madi, PhD

My research integrates eye tracking and software engineering, with a focus on enhancing source code comprehension by analyzing user behavior and eye movement during software development. In 2023, I spent a year at Harvard University as a visiting research scholar at the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Schepens Eye Research Institute, where I contributed to several projects in Human-Computer Interaction and the application of eye tracking in clinical rehabilitation. I earned my PhD from Kent State University in 2020, and I began my full-time teaching career at Hamilton College, where I taught courses such as Operating Systems and Wearable Technology. My research interests include eye tracking, program comprehension, and software engineering.

I believe that anyone can become a computer scientist if they work hard. Perhaps this is inspired by “Anyone Can Cook” from the 2007 movie Ratatouille. No matter your ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sex, gender, exceptionalities, language, religion, sexual orientation, programming experience, and geographical area you can succeed and lead in CS.

I believe that we need more diversity in tech. We tend to create technology in our own image, and if a large portion of the population is excluded from tech, then the technologies we make will exclude and discriminate.

I believe that we can succeed in research in a supportive environment where ideas are discussed, accepted, or rejected but everyone is included and respected.

I believe that the technologies we teach and create should support humanity, not replace it.