Close
UCLIC Research Seminar 23rd of June: Arunesh Mathur (Princeton University). Unravelling the web of manipulative and deceptive user interfaces.
Manipulative and deceptive user interfaces --- the so-called "dark patterns" --- have been the focus of growing scrutiny from researchers, legislators, and regulators. The academic literature on dark patterns has curated collections of objectionable user interface designs, describing them…
Read more…
UCLIC Research Seminar 16th of June: Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy (BBC R&D) . Designing for the Future: Anticipating the needs of BBC audiences.
The role of BBC Research & Development is to provide world-class leading edge technical research and innovation expertise to the BBC in order to better serve the UK audience. This enables the corporation to continue to create and deliver innovative high-quality content and services, on a wide…
Read more…
UCLIC Research Seminar 9th of June: Angelika Strohmayer (Northumbria University). Reflections on Justice-oriented Design and Academia.
In this talk, Angelika will talk about justice-oriented design and development of technologies. She will first explain what this ethos of work relates to, and illustrate this with examples of her own practice. Furthermore, Angelika will discuss how this way of working can seep into all the nooks…
Read more…
Welcome to some newcomers
We would like to welcome some newcomers to UCLIC: Dr Soojeong Yoo and Dr Roos Van Greevenbroek, who are both working as research fellows with Prof Ann Blandford Ms Elinor Haynes, who has joined us as a design technician in Prof Sriram Subramanian's Multisensory Devices Group Esta Qi, who joined us…
Read more…
Registration for the MSD Group (Multi-Sensory Devices) Showcase is now open!
Further details, videos and registration, click here Come and learn more about the group and meet the team. You will receive the link to the Zoom webinar and the optional social event on Wonder.me in the Eventbrite confirmation email. Friday 28th May. 2pm-4pm. Social event from 4pm.
Read more…
Extended deadline for the Funded PhD studentship on Designing User Interactions around Deep Learning
PhD Studentship in HCI and AI: Designing User Interactions around Deep Learning UCL Interaction Centre, University College London We have extended the deadline on this studentship, so it is still available for applications until Wed 30th June! Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the…
Read more…
Internship to design and test a new kind of chatbot for investors
Timeline: From July 1st 2021 for 8 weeks We are looking for a research assistant to develop a conversational bot that scaffolds and guides users' decision making (in a stock investment scenario) and reflects back to users their own thinking/reasoning. The aim of the bot will be to help the user…
Read more…
UCLIC Research Seminar 26th of May: Xing-Dong Yang (Dartmouth College). Creating Smart Everyday Things.
In my vision, the user interfaces of the future are in a blend of smart physical and virtual environments. My research focuses on the physical side by bringing interactivity to everyday things. I believe this vision is only achievable if people with varying backgrounds and abilities can work…
Read more…
Research Fellow position in HCI now available for external applicants!
Research Fellow in HCI: Interactive Visualisation of IoT Data for Sustainability We are looking for a talented, HCI or Ubicomp researcher to join our team at the UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC) at University College London. You will contribute to a new exciting multi-disciplinary project titled…
Read more…
Research Fellow position in HCI available for redeployees!
Research Fellow in HCI: Interactive Visualisation of IoT Data for Sustainability We are looking for a talented, HCI or Ubicomp researcher to join our team at the UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC) at University College London. You will contribute to a new exciting multi-disciplinary project titled…
Read more…
Launch of eWorkLife Podcast Series hosted by Anna Cox
The eWorkLife podcast series offers long-form conversations with academics and thought leaders, on how technology can help and hinder us in managing our work and wellbeing. You can explore the conversations below. These tell personal stories of career journeys that demonstrate a common theme of…
Read more…
Funded PhD studentship in HCI: Designing the Teaching Experience for Spreadsheets
PhD Studentship in HCI at the UCL Interaction Centre Designing the Teaching Experience for Spreadsheets University College London Applications are invited for a PhD studentship at the UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC), funded by an EPSRC/Microsoft iCASE studentship, for up to 4 years, from October…
Read more…
Prof Anna Cox's New Podcast: the future of work
Coronavirus: The Whole Story - What does the future of work look like? Coming out of lockdown doesn't mean returning to life as we knew it, especially in the world of work. So this week, we've brought together two UCL experts to talk us through the future of work, and how COVID-19 has the potential…
Read more…
Research Fellow position in UCLIC - Human Factors and Innovative technologies for AI interventions in Ophthalmology
We are currently advertising a post-doctoral Research Fellow position to work on Human Factors and Innovative technologies for AI interventions in Ophthalmology - this is available to external applicants until just before midnight on Monday 17th May 2021. Many of the most urgent referrals to…
Read more…
UCLIC Research Seminar 14th of April: Ali Goode (Gorilla in the room). Ways of researching documentary: research into, for and through documentary.
George Bernard Shaw said "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". Having moved from academic cognitive science to market research Dr Ali Goode tells how business and academia can be similarly separated by the concept of what research is.
Read more…
UCL will have a great presence at CHI 2021
Authors from UCL will have a great presence at CHI 2021, the premier conference in Human-Computer Interaction. The conference will be held as a virtual online conference from May 8-13, 2021, and already received close to 4,000 registrations, more than in any year before. As a special recognition…
Read more…
New Article Published in Times Higher Education: "Life beyond Zoom and Teams: students are ready for next gen online spaces"
This week, Times Higher Education has published a new article on " Life beyond Zoom and Teams: students are ready for next gen online spaces" by Yvonne Rogers, Paola Lettieri and Ben Meunier. The original article is a 3-minute read. Yvonne Rogers is professor of interaction design at UCL…
Read more…
UCLIC Research Seminar 31st of March: Dave Green (Lancaster University). Ways of researching documentary: research into, for and through documentary.
In this talk, I will discuss my experiences as a researcher and documentary-maker in various contexts. I will focus on projects I have been involved in that combine documentary and research in interesting ways, including my current research, which seeks to develop new ways of understanding design…
Read more…
UCLIC Research Seminar 24th of March: Audrey Girouard (Carleton University, Ottawa). Deformable and wearable devices: Leveraging new devices for more tangible interactions.
Deformable and shape-changing devices offer users the ability to physically manipulate objects to interact with them, which in turns can offer new interaction techniques to users. When wearable, devices can integrate on the body or on clothes to make this interaction more ubiquitous. These devices…
Read more…
Funded PhD: Designing Digital Multisensory Textile Experiences Available!
Qualification type: PhD Location: London Funding for: UK students, EU students Funding amount: Funded Hours: Full Time Open for application About the Project Multi-Sensory Devices (MSD) group is an interdisciplinary research group within UCLIC with a core interest in creating new forms of…
Read more…