Naser Al Madi

Naser Al Madi is a computer scientist with expertise in software engineering, particularly in developing eye-tracking methods to understand how people read and comprehend code, yielding practical implications for both education and industry. He asks how vision, attention, memory, and language processing are coordinated to support one’s capacity to read and understand code. In 2023 he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Schepens Eye Research Institute, working on applications of eye tracking in clinical rehabilitation and human-computer interaction. His recent publications provide insight into manual versus automated corrections to drift in eye tracking, as well as approaches for students and researchers to consider when using eye-tracking technology and algorithms in software engineering.  He was instrumental in helping develop a successful computer science module for CAPS (Colby Achievement Program in the Sciences), and he founded a Colby chapter of e-NABLE, which uses 3D printers to create prosthetic devices.