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UCLIC's Summer Picnic

UCLIC's Summer Picnic
A good dose of optimism and perseverance, not to mention Louise's direct line to AccuWeather, all helped secure a rain-free picnic on Wednesday 19 July. UCLIC's Summer gathering took place in the garden of Gordon Square, a hidden gem in Bloomsbury. This secluded green, surrounded by lovely Georgian…
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UCL Graduation 2023: Celebrating our HCI Students

UCL Graduation 2023: Celebrating our HCI Students
Well that was epic! Congratulations to all the HCI MSc graduates who walked across the stage at the London ExCeL ceremony on Friday 14 July 2023. Graduation is a very special day to celebrate your achievements with friends and family. It's such an honour to be part of this truly wonderful event -…
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Inspiring young Black British students

Inspiring young Black British students
EDI initiatives at UCL are wide-ranging and thriving. On 1 June the Department of Computer Science hosted an on-campus day with a group of Year 12 students from Thinking Black, an organisation whose mission aims to 'engage, equip and empower a new generation of young Black voices'. The students…
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Book launch with a bang

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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Record number of UCLIC attendees at CHI 2023

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!)

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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UCL will have a great presence at CHI 2023

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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Chinese New Year – 新年快乐,万事顺意!

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!

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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Festive Christmas fun at UCLIC!

Festive Christmas fun at UCLIC!
Our 21st birthday celebrations for UCLIC ended with the Christmas party, which was held at 66-72 Gower Street this year! The event kicked off with a ginger bread house making competition, which was won by Temi Olugbade. We also had a quiz on general knowledge, HCI and UCLIC, and the team led by…
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Professor Ann Blandford's Festschrift event

Professor Ann Blandford's Festschrift event
Professor Ann Blandford has often been described as a 'pioneer' in the field of digital health and human-computer interaction. To celebrate her work and career, former and current colleagues, PhD students and members of the wider HCI community attended a 'Festschrift' event on 10 November, as…
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MSc HCI Prize Winners 2021-22

MSc HCI Prize Winners 2021-22
The MSc HCI Board of Examiners is pleased to announce that the following student prizes were awarded at the recent Board of Examiners meeting. The MSc HCI Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement was awarded to Lisa Malki. The MSc HCI Project Prize was awarded to Qing Xia for her project…
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RES/CSC and/or ROS scholarships

RES/CSC and/or ROS scholarships
Please be aware UCL are offering RES/CSC and/or ROS scholarships for a start on 2023-24: the RES replaces the GRS/ORS scholarships, but the application process is pretty much the same as it was for those scholarships. As in previous years, applicants from China with an Overseas status can also be…
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The Regenerative Fashion Hub

The Regenerative Fashion Hub
The Textiles Circularity Centre (TCC) is currently running the Regenerative Fashion Hub, a six-week event showcasing a series of fascinating research studies, exciting workshops, seminars and open house sessions. The aim of the Centre is to put academic research into sustainable apparel-textiles…
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Celebrating working with Professor Ann Blandford

Celebrating working with Professor Ann Blandford
Professor Ann Blandford is highly regarded as an authority and a pioneer in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). During her illustrious career, the field of HCI has grown enormously − not least, in the number of topics covered and the many approaches, methods and techniques now used. C…
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