PhD Students - Persuasive Technology Lab

Lahari Goswami

2 December 20244 June 2025 - by Mauro Cherubini

I am a Research Scientist in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at the Persuasive Technology Lab in the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where I also earned my PhD degree in Information Systems. My research lies at the intersection of HCI and programming learning. I …

I am a first-year Ph.D. student under the supervision of Professor Mauro Cherubini and co-supervised by Professor Kevin Huguenin in the Department of Information Systems, HEC Lausanne. My doctoral research centers on the effects of cyberbullying among marginalized communities such as young and less privileged people. I hold a Master's degree in Information Technology from University Utara Malaysia and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems from the University of East London. My Master’s thesis investigates the factors that determine the use of e-government systems in Higher Education institutions in Nigeria. I started my career as a primary school teacher (2013) and rose to the level of Assistant Lecturer from State to Federal University in Nigeria, where I tutored both undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as Management Information Systems, E-Business, and Computer Applications.

PhD Students

Sadiq Aliyu

27 February 202117 September 2024 - by Sadiq Aliyu

I am a PhD student in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Lausanne, supervised by Professor Mauro Cherubini. My PhD research tackles the next frontier in social …

PhD Students

Pooja Rao

18 September 202017 September 2024 - by Mauro Cherubini

I am a PhD student under the co-supervision of Prof. Mauro Cherubini and Prof. Dinesh Babu Jayagopi from IIIT Bangalore. My research interests lie in the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction …

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Alessandro Silacci

22 July 20207 November 2023 - by Mauro Cherubini

I obtained a master of science in engineering degree at the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, where I specialised in complex information systems. I mostly worked around data …

PhD Students / Self-Reflection

James Arnéra

22 July 20209 September 2024 - by Mauro Cherubini

I completed my Master’s in AI and Robotics at the University of Hertfordshire (UK) where I focused primarily on artificial life, human-computer interaction and affective robotics. I have always championed technology that empowers people …