Mantel today announced a strategic partnership with Dr. Haijun Xia, a leader in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research and Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). This collaboration is set to embed global, cutting-edge experience and research into Mantel’s digital practice, accelerating and delivering future-focused AI experiences to clients.
Dr. Xia is a distinguished figure in the US academic technology community, serving as an Assistant Professor in the Cognitive Science, Design Lab, and Computer Science & Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. He directs the Foundation Interface Lab at UCSD, a hub for leading-edge research. His work is focused on developing the foundation interface for our future information environment.
Dr. Xia’s credentials
The partnership will see Dr. Xia provide strategic guidance, translating his pioneering work on next-generation interaction models into tangible outcomes for Mantel’s clients. Dr. Xia’s credentials and influence in the field are highlighted by:
- Top-tier Publications: Extensive publishing record at the top venues in HCI and VIS, including the ACM CHI, UIST, and IEEE VIS conferences.
- Industry Recognition: Recipient of several Best Paper Awards and Honourable Mentions. Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship, Adobe Ph.D. Fellowship, Google Research Award
Academic Excellence: Holds a Master and Ph.D. from the DGP Lab at the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, and a Bachelor in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, China.
“Mantel is excited to partner with Dr. Xia to apply his cutting-edge design research and ideas directly to the AI experiences our teams and clients are designing and building. Having followed his work since 2023, we're now focused on turning these concepts into real client outcomes.”
Vihan PatelPrincipal Consultant - AI & ML, Mantel
“I am deeply enthusiastic about this partnership, which enables the research ideas developed in my lab to be translated into product features that reach and benefit millions of users. The Mantel Group is doing outstanding work in driving this translation from research to impactful applications.”
Dr. Haijun XiaAssistant Professor at University of California San Diego
Over the coming few months, Dr. Xia will be collaborating with Mantel team members across a number of initiatives to design new and forward-thinking AI experiences and concepts across industry, technology and use case.
We look forward to translating these practical experiences into principles and standards that will enable us to think differently about designing and building truly AI-first software.
For more on Dr. Xia’s work, please visit the UCSD Design Lab website.
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