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Kyle Polich · 609 episodes with transcripts

The Data Skeptic Podcast features interviews and discussion of topics related to data science, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the like, all from the perspective of applying critical thinking and the scientific method to evaluate the veracity of claims and efficacy of...

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Gestures Around the Ear

October 18, 2026

Kyle Polich (0:05)

Welcome to Data Skeptic Human-Computer Interaction. Today, we're going to get into head-based wearables and gesture design. I speak to Shimon, a PhD candidate at the Sharenton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo. We do a quick tour of head-based wearables, what kind of options are out there, and what…

Then we focus quite a bit on his flagship work, a gesture-sensing earbud that reads swipes and taps beside your face.

Shimon (0:46)

My name is Sheik Shaan Arifin Shimon and I go by Shimon. I'm a doctoral candidate and a PhD researcher at David Sheraton School of Computer Science at University of Waterloo.

And I focus on human-computer interaction in my research area. More specifically, I focus on how users can design new gestures for head-based wearables. So that's like the overarching area that I'm focusing on.

Kyle Polich (1:19)

So I think head-based wearables, they're not necessarily new, but when you think about the history of this area, where does it begin in your mind?

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