Dr. Abbas Moallem is an executive director of UX Experts, LLC, and an adjunct professor at San Jose State University, California State University, where he teaches HCI, human factors, and cybersecurity and data visualization.
Dr. Moallem is the editor of the newly published book by CRC Press entitles "HCI in cyber Security Handbook." and author of "Cybersecurity Awareness Among College Students and Faculty" published in 2019 by CRC Press.
Dr. Moallem is the Editor of the Proceedings of 1st International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Trust, published by Springer
Dr. Moallem is the Editor of A NEW BOOK SERIES FROM CRC PRESS "The Human Element in Smart and Intelligent Systems Series
Dr. Moallem has over 20 years of experience in the fields of human factors, ergonomics, human-computer interaction (HCI), and usability. He has also served as a UI Architect at PeopleSoft, Oracle Corporation, Tumbleweed, and Axway for over 11 years. He also served as a senior engineering product manager and usability expert at NETGEAR. Dr. Moallem has also consulted with numerous companies that include Sears H.C., Polycom, Cisco System, HID Global, Lam Research, and Applied Materials. Dr. Moallem has also consulted a variety of industries in Europe, and Canada.
Abbas holds a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Ergonomics from the University of Paris (Paris XIII), a Master's degree in Biomechanics from the University of Creteil (Paris XI) and a Master's degree in Ergonomics from the Conservatoire Nation des Arts et Métiers in Paris, France. Dr. Moallem obtained his B.A. degree from the University of Tehran in 1978.
He currently serves as Communication and Exposition Chair of the HCI International and Conference and program chair of the 2nd International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Trust (HCI-CPT).