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UCLIC Research Seminar 31 May: Marta Cecchinato - Rethinking Family Informatics: A Duoethnography About Shared Data, Sense Making, and (In)visible labour
This talk will provide insights from a two-year long duoethnography of family informatics. The work focuses on tracking technologies designed to support new parents and takes a data feminist perspective. From the findings, I will be discussing how family informatics in particular can encapsulate…
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New opp: Research Assistant in HCI – Investigating Challenges and Opportunities around Clinical Data
Ref Number: B02-05141 Department: School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02) Location: London Working Pattern: Full time Salary: £35,702 -37,548 inclusive of London allowance Contract Type: Fixed-term Working Type: Hybrid (20% - 80% on site) Closing Date: 18 June 2023 About the role We are…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 24 May: Cara Wilson - Co-design Beyond Words: Exploring Digital and Tangible Technology Design in Neurodiverse Classrooms
A recording of this talk is available on the UCLIC YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/ZptwYJ5X_uE This talk will provide insight into participatory design in the context of autism-specific primary school contexts, exploring how to better support the integration of non-verbal and minimally-verbal…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 17 May: Sylvain Malacria - Do we need to `recall` an efficient interaction?
A recording of this talk is available on the UCLIC YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/0rtndISR3iI Graphical User Interfaces still mediate most interaction between users and interactive systems. Their success might stem from the fact that they are adapted to users of various profiles. As an example,…
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Book launch with a bang
Co-authors Jenny Preece (University of Maryland), Helen Sharp (Open University) and Yvonne Rogers (UCLIC) held a party in Hamburg, during the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 23-28 April 2023. The occasion was the launch of the 6th edition of *Interaction Design: Beyond…
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Professor Rogers receives honorary doctorate from St.Gallen University, Switzerland
The University of St.Gallen (HSG) recently awarded an honorary doctorate in computer science for the first time in its 125-year history. The honour was bestowed upon UCLIC Director, Professor Yvonne Roger, for her approach to interdisciplinarity and networked thinking, values which she shares with…
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Record number of UCLIC attendees at CHI 2023
UCLIC exceeded all expectations at this year's CHI 23, the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, held in Hamburg on 23-28 April. As detailed in a previous news item we had a record number of staff and students attending the event, sharing knowledge and networking with researchers and…
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UCLIC is growing (again!)
Please join us in welcoming the following colleagues, who recently joined our team: Tao Bi and Chuang Yu, part-time and full-time Research Fellows, respectively, working with Professor Berthouze on the TCC/CXDT project Kyrill Potapov and Min Zhan, part-time Associate Lecturers (Teaching) on our…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 3 May: Julie Williamson, Being Social in XR
A recording of this talk is available on the UCLIC YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/GcbQCBjSbKE Immersive technology (XR) designed for always-on interaction will forever change the way we communicate, collaborate, and connect with one another. XR technologies are rapidly advancing in terms of…
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Research Fellow position available - IoT for Sustainability
We are recruiting a Research Fellow to work on a project titled "Beyond Individual Persuasion: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Interactive Visualisation and Sensing for Environmental Change" funded by the UKRI Digital Economy Theme. The position is available immediately until 31 March 2024 -…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 21 April: James Landay, AI For Good” Isn’t Good Enough: A Call for Human-Centered AI
A recording of this talk is available on the UCLIC YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/DnwXhIA2TkY AI for Good initiatives recognize the potential impacts of AI systems on humans and societies. However, simply recognizing these impacts is not enough. To be truly Human-Centered, AI development must be…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 19 April: Martin Dechant - Socially Anxious Play: Design, Development, and Evaluation of Game-Based Digital Behavioural Markers for the Assessment of Social Anxiety
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, the already rising prevalence of mental illnesses intensified. To connect with others and to find a stress relieve many turned to digital gaming. Not surprisingly digital games were recommended as a tool to satisfy social needs during lockdowns. While many researchers…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 29 March: Amid Ayobi - Computational Notebooks as Co-Design Tools: Engaging Young Adults with Diabetes, Family Carers, and Clinicians with Machine Learning Models
Engaging end user groups with machine learning (ML) models can help align the design of predictive systems with people's needs and expectations. In this talk, I will present a co-design study [1] investigating the benefits and challenges of using computational notebooks to inform ML models with end…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 22 March: Talya Porat - Human Centred Design in Healthcare
Successful innovations require consideration of three main criteria: Feasibility: is the solution technically feasible? Viability: is it cost-effective? and Desirability: will people want to use it? This is where human centred design is crucial. In this talk I will discuss how we apply a human…
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Top performing HCI MSc students selected for the Dean’s List 2021-22
We are delighted to announce that no fewer than 15 students from the MSc Human-Computer Interaction programme have been selected for the Dean's List of top performing students for 2021-22. Every year Professor Alan Thompson, the Dean of Brain Sciences, recognises the top performing students in…
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UCL will have a great presence at CHI 2023
We will have a great presence at CHI 2023, the premier conference in Human-Computer Interaction. The conference will take place in Hamburg, Germany from April 23-28, 2023. We got 13 papers accepted to CHI 2023. We shall also have academics present in two panel discussions at the conference and…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 1 March: Advait Sarkar, Cogito, =SUM: The Hidden History of Spreadsheets and How They Transform the World
Spreadsheets are the world's most popular and influential software for data analysis. What makes them so unique? In this talk, I trace the history of tabular data from its Bronze age origins to the modern electronic spreadsheet. You'll learn about the spreadsheet wars of the 1980s and 1990s, of…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 15th February: Sajjadur Rahman, Designing Holistic Human-Centered Data Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
In recent years, data science has emerged as one of the most exciting disciplines for facilitating data-driven decision-making in various domains, from banking and finance to agriculture and healthcare. Data science workflows are human-centered processes where stakeholders interact with different…
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Chinese New Year – 新年快乐，万事顺意!
With Chinese New Year coming round the corner on Sunday 22 January 2023, UCLIC celebrated by visiting Stew Master 铁锅炖 restaurant on Bloomsbury Way. The stew pot 铁锅炖 is a speciality of Northeast China, including regions such as Shandong province. Each of the three tables were treated to one steaming stew pot - …
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We welcome new staff and students!
The UCLIC family has grown again. Please join us in welcoming the following new colleagues and students: Dr Victoria Austin, Associate Professor of Social Justice and Innovation Dr Ceylan Besevli, Research Fellow Dr Giada Brianza, Research Fellow Dr Hongyi Chen, Research Fellow Dr Martin Dechant,…
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