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Education

Ph.D in Human-Computer Interaction, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, 2021
M.S. in Computer Game Engineering, Newcastle University, UK, 2015
B.S. in Engineering and Information Technology, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Laguna, 2012

Work experience

Lecturer in Interaction Design
- Discipline of Design, Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
- University of Sydney
- On a 40-40-20 position.
ARC Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow in Intelligent Visualization
- iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research
- The University of New South Wales
- I mainly worked under the Laureate Project iFire. The project focused on building an Intelligent Visualization System capable of realistically depicting the behaviour of wildfires.
- Supervisor: Professor Dennis Del Favero
Research Support
- Computer Intelligence and Brain-Computer Interfaces Centre
- University of Technology, Sydney
- Worked as research support on topics complementary to my main PhD research.
- Supervisor: Distinguished Professor CT Lin.

Publications

Probing More-Than-Human Representation in Crisis Resilience Planning: An HCI Researcher Perspective

Tram Thi Minh Tran, Adrian Wong, Callum Parker, Carlos Alfredo Tirado Cortes, Marius Hoggenmueller, Soojeong Yoo, Nate Zettna, Joel Fredericks. 2026. Probing More-Than-Human Representation in Crisis Resilience Planning: An HCI Researcher Perspective. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.02514

Kinematic Sickness: Understanding Cybersickness Through Body Kinematics

C. A. Tirado Cortes, Y. Chi, J. Kim, H.T. Chen, " Kinematic Sickness: Understanding Cybersickness Through Body Kinematics" in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Engaging Human and Non-Human Perspectives in Crisis Resilience: Designing AI-Supported Immersive Technologies for Inclusive Decision-Making

Adrian Wong, Tram Thi Minh Tran, Callum Parker, Marius Hoggenmueller, Nate Zettna, Carlos Alfredo Tirado Cortes, Soojeong Yoo, and Joel Fredericks. 2025. Engaging Human and Non-Human Perspectives in Crisis Resilience: Designing AI-Supported Immersive Technologies for Inclusive Decision-Making. In Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI 25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1011–1015. https://doi.org/10.1145/3764687.3767277

Dynamic fire-atmosphere interaction in the 2020 Montana Bridger Foothills Wildfire as revealed by WRF-SFIRE simulations

Cheung, K.K.W., Sharples, J., Del Favero, D., Tirado Cortes C.A. Dynamic fire-atmosphere interaction in the 2020 Montana Bridger Foothills Wildfire as revealed by WRF-SFIRE simulations. npj Nat. Hazards 2, 75 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-025-00132-0

Digital Playground: Is the Metaverse safe for my child?

Liquan Liu, Carlos A. Tirado Cortes, Howe Yuan Zhu. 2025. Digital Playground: Is the Metaverse safe for my child?. In CHI2025: The Third Workshop on Building an Inclusive and Accessible Metaverse for All, Apr 26, 2025, Yokohama, Japan.

Tablet as an enabler for Immersive Visceral Experiences

Mario Flores Gonzalez, Carlos A Tirado Cortes, and Dennis Del Favero. 2025. Tablet as an enabler for Immersive Visceral Experiences. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 499, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3719955

Designing an Immersive Wildfire Visualization System for Firefighters

Carlos Alfredo Tirado Cortes, Mario Flores Gonzalez, Richard J. Hurley, and Dennis Del Favero. 2025. Designing an Immersive Wildfire Visualization System for Firefighters. In Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 25). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 183, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3719903

iFire: AI Immersive Visualisation to Enhance Fire Training Sensemaking

Carlos A. Tirado Cortes, Dennis del Favero, Greg Penney, Richard J. Hurley, Yang Song, Frank Wu, and Michael J. Ostwald. 2024. iFire: AI Immersive Visualisation to Enhance Fire Training Sensemaking. In AFAC 2024, September 3-5, 2024, Sydney, Australia. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30153.76641

Simulation of Extreme Fire Event Scenarios Using Fully Physical Models and Visualisation Systems

Moinuddin, K., Tirado Cortes, C., Hassan, A., Accary, G., Wu, F. (2024). Simulation of Extreme Fire Event Scenarios Using Fully Physical Models and Visualisation Systems. In: Del Favero, D., Thurow, S., Ostwald, M.J., Frohne, U. (eds) Climate Disaster Preparedness. Arts, Research, Innovation and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_5

Immersive Visualisation Systems as Alignment Strategies for Extreme Event Scenarios

Brits, B., Song, Y., Tirado Cortes, C. (2024). Immersive Visualisation Systems as Alignment Strategies for Extreme Event Scenarios. In: Del Favero, D., Thurow, S., Ostwald, M.J., Frohne, U. (eds) Climate Disaster Preparedness. Arts, Research, Innovation and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56114-6_6

An EEG-based Experiment on VR Sickness and Postural Instability While Walking in Virtual Environments

C. A. Tirado Cortes, C. -T. Lin, T. -T. N. Do and H. -T. Chen, "An EEG-based Experiment on VR Sickness and Postural Instability While Walking in Virtual Environments," 2023 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Shanghai, China, 2023, pp. 94-104, doi: 10.1109/VR55154.2023.00025.

Analysis of Wildfire Visualization Systems for Research and Training: Are They Up for the Challenge of the Current State of Wildfires?

C. A. Tirado Cortes et al., "Analysis of Wildfire Visualization Systems for Research and Training: Are They Up for the Challenge of the Current State of Wildfires?," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 4285-4303, July 2024, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2023.3258440.

Virtual Global Landmark: An Augmented Reality Technique to Improve Spatial Navigation Learning

Avinash Kumar Singh, Jia Liu, Carlos A. Tirado Cortes, and Chin-Teng Lin. 2021. Virtual Global Landmark: An Augmented Reality Technique to Improve Spatial Navigation Learning. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA 21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 276, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451634

Estimating the cognitive load in physical spatial navigation

T. -T. N. Do, A. K. Singh, C. A. T. Cortes and C. -T. Lin, "Estimating the cognitive load in physical spatial navigation," 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2020, pp. 568-575, doi: 10.1109/SSCI47803.2020.9308389.

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Novel Brain-Computer Interface Neuromodulative Intervention to Relieve Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design With Multiple Baselines

Hesam-Shariati N, Newton-John T, Singh AK, Tirado Cortes CA, Do TTN, Craig A, Middleton JW, Jensen MP, Trost Z, Lin CT, Gustin SM. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Novel Brain-Computer Interface Neuromodulative Intervention to Relieve Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Single-Case Experimental Design With Multiple Baselines, JMIR Res Protoc 2020;9(9):e20979. doi: 10.2196/20979 PMID: 32990249 PMCID: 7556378

Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain

Carlos A. Tirado Cortes, Hsiang-Ting Chen, and Chin-Teng Lin. 2019. Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry (VRCAI 19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 16, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359997.3365694

Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain

Carlos Alfredo Tirado Cortes, Hsiang-Ting Chen, and Chin-Teng Lin. 2019. Analysis of VR Sickness and Gait Parameters During Non-Isometric Virtual Walking with Large Translational Gain. In Proceedings of the 25th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 54, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359996.3364741

Human brain dynamics during navigation with natural walking under different workload conditions in virtual reality by using the mobile brain/body imaging approach

Thomas Do, Chin-Teng Lin, Avinash Kumar Singh, Carlos Alfredo Tirado Cortes, Jia Liu, Hsiang-Ting Chen, andKlaus Gramann. 2019. Human brain dynamics during navigation with natural walking under different workload conditions in virtual reality by using the mobile brain/body imaging approacH. In Society of Neuroscience 2019. https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/136941/1/Do_et_al_2019_SFN.pdf

Evaluating Balance Recovery Techniques for Users Wearing Head-Mounted Display in VR

C. A. Tirado Cortes, H.T. Chen, D. L. Sturnieks, J. Garcia, S. R. Lord and C. -T. Lin, "Evaluating Balance Recovery Techniques for Users Wearing Head-Mounted Display in VR," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 204-215, 1 Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2019.2927477