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Ph.D., Psychology and HCI, Rice University, Houston
Relevant coursework: Advanced Statistics I-II, Multivariate Statistics, Perception, Memory, Attention, Human-Computer Interaction, Methods in HCI, Information Architecture, Computer Applications in Psychology

• Lane, D.M., Napier A., Peres, C.S., Sándor, A. (2005). The Hidden Costs of Graphical User Interfaces: Users' Failures to Make the Transition from Menus and Icon Tool Bars to Keyboard Shortcuts. International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Vol 18 (2), pp.133-145. PDF
• Lane, D.M., Peres, C.S., Napier A., Sándor, A. (2005). A Process for Anticipating and Executing Icon Selection in Graphical User Interfaces. International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, Vol.19(2), pp. 241-253.  PDF
• Lane, D.M., Sándor, A., Peres, S.C. (2004). Sonification. Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction.
• Sándor, A., Lane, D. M. (2003). Sonification of Absolute Values with Single and Multiple Dimensions. Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Display, 2003, Boston, MA. PDF

• Sándor, A., Peres, S. C., Lane D.M. Perceptual Interactions between Sound Dimensions. Implications for
  Sonification. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
• Sándor, A. The Range Illusion: Duration Estimates Increase with Pitch Change. Journal of Experimental Pyschology: Human Perception and Performance.

• Sándor, A. (2006).The Range Illusion: Duration Estimates Increase with Pitch Change, APCAM 2006, Houston.
• Spiro, L., Bordeaux, J., Butler, D., Pound, C., Martin, A., Sándor,A., Henry, G. (2005) The Shoah Visual History Archive: Experience from the Classroom. ED-MEDIA Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 27-July 2, 2005.
• Sándor, A. (2004). Duration Judgment of Auditory and Visual Stimuli: Is More Change Perceived as Longer?, APCAM, 2004, Minneapolis, MA.
• Sándor, A., Lane, D. M. (2003). Sonification of Absolute Values with Single and Multiple
  dimensions, International Conference on Auditory Display, 2003, Boston, MA.
• Sándor, A., Lane, D. M. (2003). Perceptual Interaction of Duration with Pitch and Rate of Change
  in Pitch: Evidence for Integral Sound Dimensions, APCAM, 2003, Vancouver.
• Sándor, A. (2002, Sept.). Sonification of numerical values. Rice University, Psychology
  Department, Cognitive Research Seminar
• Sándor, A. (2001, Dec.). Sonification. Rice University, Psychology Department, Cognitive
  Research Seminar

• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology, Rice University, 2001 Spring
  Created and maintained course website, graded exams
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology, Rice University, 2002 Fall
  Maintained course website, graded exams for more than 100 students
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Statistics, online course, Rice University, 2003 Summer
  Corrected homeworks.
• Teaching Assistant, Memory, Rice University, 2003 Fall
  Attended classes, corrected weekly quizzes and exams, created and maintained course webpage, conducted review sessions
• Teaching Assistant, Memory, Rice University, 2004 Fall
  Corrected weekly quizzes and exams, maintained course webpage.
• Teaching Assistant, Memory, Rice University, 2005 Fall
  Corrected exams, maintained course webpage.
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to statistics, Rice University, 2006 Fall
  Weekly recitation sessions with teaching SPSS, corrected homeworks and exams.

• Science Assistant - Usability Testing & Analysis Facility, Johnson Space Center, NASA, Aug.2006 - present
  
• Research Assistant in Web Usability, Jan. 2004 - July 2006
  Web Services, Rice University
  Prepared, conducted and wrote report on usability studies, heuristic evaluations; designed screens for several applications and websites;designed surveys, conducted focus groups, interviews
• Internship, Reliant Energy, Houston, Online Marketing Group, June – August, 2003
  Analyzed of website application conversion rates
  Comparised of e-bill and non e-bill users based on demographic and brand image survey
  - Project with the Marketing Research Group
• Internship, Institute for Mentally Disabled Adolescents and Adults Lebenshilfe, Tirol, Austria,
  February 1996
  Supervised daily program of mentally challenged adults.
• Special Education Teacher, School of Deaf, Cluj, Romania
  Taught Hungarian Language, Mathematics, Romanian Language
  September 1996 – December 1997
• Member of the Board of Teachers, School of Deaf, Cluj, Romania
  September - December 1997
• Speech Therapist (substitute), School of Deaf, Cluj, Romania, Preschool
  September 1994 - July 1996
• Private Speech Therapist. Worked with a 5 year old boy; Individual development plan in speech
  and fine motor areas for dyslexia prevention
  April - December 1997