Education
PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2024
University of California, Merced, United States of America
M.Sc. Computer Engineering 2017
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
B.Sc. Computer Science 2013
National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
High school
Sizane High School, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Experience
Teaching Assistant
University of California, Merced (Aug 2018- 2020)
Teaching Introduction to Computer Applications and Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
Systems Developer
Shearwater adventures, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (Sept 2017-July 2018)
Researcher
UX Lab, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (Sep 2015- July 2017)
Systems Analyst Intern
National University of Science and Technology Library, Zimbabwe (Aug 2011- July 2012)
Skills
Programming
PHP/ Java/ C#/C++
Web applications
HTML5/ WebGL/ Javascript/ React/ CSS
Programs
Unity3D, Matlab, Visual Studio
Operating System
Windows, Linux (Redhat and Derbian distributions)
Mobile applications
Native(Android), Hybrid (Cordova, React Native)
Languages
English Ndebele Shona Turkish
Publications
Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. 2023. Ultrasonic Keyboard: A Mid-Air Virtual Qwerty with Ultrasonic Feedback for Virtual Reality. In the 17th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI 2023). ACM, New York, NY, USA.. 
Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Yuan Ren, Hannah Limerick, Scott MacKenzie, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. 2022. Push, Tap, Dwell, and Pinch: Evaluation of Four Mid-Air Selection Methods Augmented with Ultrasonic Haptic Feedback. In Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces Conference (ISS 2022). ACM, New York, NY, USA, . Best Paper Award
Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Kevin Johnson, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. 2022. Shapeshifter: Gesture Typing in Virtual Reality with a Force-based Digital Thimble. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA 2022). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 230, 1–9.
Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. 2020. Impact of Key Shape and Dimension on Text Entry in Virtual Reality. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 2020). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1–10.
Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. 2019. Text Entry in Virtual Reality: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature. In Kurosu M. (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction. Recognition and Interaction Technologies (HCII '19), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 11567. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 419-437.
Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Gökhan İnce, 2019. A novel interface for generating choreography based on augmented reality. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 132 (2019): 12-24.
Tafadzwa Joseph Dube, Gökhan Kurt, Gökhan Ince, 2017. A Comparative Assessment of User Interfaces for Choreography Design. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI), pp. 53-61.
Presentations
May 2022, Shapeshifter: Gesture Typing in Virtual Reality with a Force-based Digital Thimble. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), New Orleans, USA
February 2020, Presenting a Mid-air Text Input Technique in Virtual Reality to USA Congressman Jim Costa, Merced, California
March 2017, A Comparative Assessment of User Interfaces for Choreography Design, The Tenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI), Nice, France
October 2016, An Augmented Reality based Interface for Choreography Generation, 6th International Conference on “Innovations in Learning for the Future”, Istanbul, Turkey
Awards
Graduate Student Opportunity Program Fellowship, University of California Merced, (2021)
Turkish government scholarship for M.Sc. (2014)
Interests & Activities
Soccer Handball Visual arts
Member-National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Member-Association of Computing Machinery- ACM SIGCHI
Zimbabwe Students Association in Turkey (ZIMSAT) Public relations officer 2016-2017
(NUST Zimbabwe) Student Representative Council External Affairs Officer 2012-2013
(NUST Zimbabwe) Campus Sustained Dialogue Network Projects 0fficer 2011-2012