Bryan Min

I'm a first-year Ph.D. student at UC San Diego in the Cognitive Science Department doing research in Human-Computer Interaction. I work with Haijun Xia as a member of the Foundation Interface Lab.

My research centers on the question: How can we enable end users to easily customize their interfaces?

I explore malleable interfaces—interfaces that empower users to easily, expressively, and broadly customize their software without code or bloated lists of settings. My current focus within malleable interfaces is on user-defined abstractions: how users can form custom, personalized representations of information through the interface itself. This involves studying design patterns, designing interaction techniques, and developing theoretical frameworks that enable users to easily customize their interfaces.

You can reach me via email: bdmin@ucsd.edu