Hi! I’m Vincent Cavez, PhD in Human-Computer Interaction. I was fortunate to work on my PhD thesis under the supervision of Emmanuel Pietriga and Caroline Appert, within the ILDA team.

My thesis subject was “Designing Pen-based Interactions for Productivity and Creativity” but I often call it by its core concept: “Structure versus Freedom”. On the one hand, computers are known for their structured software that you can master using mouse and keyboard, and on the other hand, tablets offer a greater freedom of action thanks to the pen and touch inputs. If not designed carefully, tablets software fail to benefit from both structure and their own flexibility potential. Thus, I worked on interactions to bind together these two aspects and promote productivity and creativity.