Visit Us

Montréal HCI is part of the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO) at the Université de Montréal. We are always happy to host visitors, whether for a talk, a research visit, or just a chat! If you are planning to be in Montréal, send an email to Prof. Ian Arawjo or Prof. Damien Masson.

Where we are

Pavillon André-Aisenstadt
2920 chemin de la Tour
Montréal (Québec) H3T 1J4, Canada

Getting here

• By metro: the closest station is Université-de-Montréal on the blue line. From there, the Pavillon André-Aisenstadt is about a 10-minute walk up the hill, next to the Pavillon Roger-Gaudry. From downtown, take the orange line and transfer to the blue line at Snowdon or Jean-Talon.
• By bus: the 51 Édouard-Montpetit bus stops at the Université-de-Montréal metro station.
• From the airport: take the 747 bus to Lionel-Groulx metro station, then the orange line toward Côte-Vertu and transfer to the blue line at Snowdon.

Past visitors

• Alice Loizeau, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan (October 2026)
  Talk: Understanding and Designing Around Error in Interactive Systems
• Leping Qiu, PhD Student, University of Toronto (September 2026)
• Wendy Mackay, Research Director, Inria (July 2026)
  Talk: Creating Human-Computer Partnerships
• Michel Beaudouin-Lafon, Research Director, Inria (July 2026)
• Zixin Zhao, PhD Student, University of Toronto (June 2026)
  Talk: Large Language Lovers: Lived Experiences of Negotiating Agency and Platform Control in AI Companionship
• Riku Arakawa, PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon University (June 2026)
  Talk: Health Assistants for Everyday Care: Reliable Human-AI Interaction under Uncertainty
• Johannes Ellemose, PhD Student, Aarhus University (May 2026)
  Talk: Empowering novices and non-experts to do visual analytics
• Caroline Berger, PhD Student, Aarhus University (May 2026)
  Talk: Breaking Down Barriers to Programming
• Tae Soo Kim, PhD Student, KAIST (October 2025)
  Talk: Disentangling Text for Interactive AI Alignment
• Raphaël Perraud, PhD Student, Inria Lille (June 2025)
  Talk: Understanding how Users Navigate Interface Mismatches Using Analogical Reasoning