Hi! I am Yhonatan, a PhD student in the Interacting with Large DAta (ILDA) team at Université Paris-Saclay, supervised by Vanessa P. Araya and Emmanuel Pietriga. I was a virtual intern at the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) at the University of South Australia. I obtained my Master's degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, where I was supervised by Prof. Luciana Nedel in the Graphics, Visualization and Interaction Lab. I received my Bachelor's degree in System Engineering from San Agustin University in Peru.

My current research is focused on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Augmented Reality. I specifically focus on Geospatial Data and how Immersive Technologies can help the users perform tasks in outdoor environments. This research implements several concepts from Immersive Analytics and Situated Analytics, and will combine these with applied concepts from Modular Interfaces.

News:

🎓 January, 2026 | I have started the PhD. programme at Paris-Saclay University.
🧑🏽‍🎓 June, 2025 | I have been selected as a PhD student at Paris-Saclay University in the Interacting with Large DAta (ILDA) laboratory.
✅ October, 2024 | I have successfully completed the virtual internship at IVE
🎓 April, 2024 | I have been selected for the virtual internship at the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) at the University of South Australia (UniSA).

Publications

Combining Desktop and AR for Visual Data Analysis - SVR

DeAR: Combining Desktop and Augmented Reality for Visual Data Analysis

Yhonatan Iquiapaza, Jorge Wagner,Luciana Nedel.

SVR Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality - 2023

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Vibrotactile Data Physicalization: Exploratory Insights for Haptization of Low-resolution Images

Franklin Bastidas,Renan Guarese,Carlos Guilherme,Mariane Giambastiani, Yhonatan Iquiapaza, Victor De Jesus Oliveira,Luciana Nedel,Anderson Maciel.

SVR Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality - 2021

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Cooking in the dark: a mixed reality empathy experience for the embodiment of blindness

Renan Guarese,Franklin Bastidas,João Becker,Mariane Giambastiani, Yhonatan Iquiapaza, Lennon Macedo,Luciana Nedel,Anderson Maciel,Fabio Zambetta,Ron van Schyndel.

XR Workshop Proceedings of the 1st XR in Games Workshop - 2021

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Cooking in the Dark: Exploring Spatial Audio as MR Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired

Renan Guarese,Franklin Bastidas,João Becker,Mariane Giambastiani, Yhonatan Iquiapaza, Lennon Macedo,Luciana Nedel,Anderson Maciel,Fabio Zambetta,Ron van Schyndel.

INTERACT Human-Computer-Interaction - 2021

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3DUI and the Phantom Limb: multisensory experience for embodiment of amputation

Aimme Calepso,Rafael Valer,Renan Guarese, Yhonatan Iquiapaza, Luciana Nedel,Anderson Maciel.

IEEE VR IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces - 2020

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Empathy and the Phantom Limb Sensation - XChange Reality

E-mpathy and the Phantom Limb Sensation: A Multisensory Experience for Embodiment of Amputation

Renan Guarese,Victor De Jesus Oliveira,Aimee Calepso,Rafael Valer, Yhonatan Iquiapaza, Luciana Nedel,Anderson Maciel.

XCR Proceedings of the XChange Reality - 2020

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