Anchit Mishra
मानव-सङ्गणक संवाद शास्त्री। Designing multisensory data representations for complex systems.
I am a PhD student at the University of Waterloo, working in Human-Computer Interaction under the supervision of Profs. Matthew Brehmer and Oliver Schneider.
My research explores how complex data, such as time, uncertainty, and system dynamics, can be felt as well as seen. I study haptic and multisensory representations for information that is dynamic, ambiguous, or cognitively demanding, asking how interaction can move beyond conventional purely-visual displays.
I build methods for encoding data into touch, design interfaces that let people author and personalize those mappings, and integrate these ideas into real-world systems. The broader goal is to support multisensory sensemaking: richer, more accessible ways of understanding complex information.
Outside my research, I enjoy graphical rendering, physics-based animation, recreational mathematics, running, music, and reading.