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UCLIC research in press: Dark mode isn't as good for your eyes as you believe

UCLIC researchers explain the benefits and drawbacks of Dark Display Mode in this article. The article evaluates questions such as Does dark mode really help eye strain? Does it make text more legible? Is dark mode better for your battery life and for bedtime? Does it increase concentration? A…

Professor William Newman

We are saddened to hear of the death of Professor William Newman (1939-2019). William was a Visiting Professor in UCLIC, closely involved in both research and teaching, 2004-2009. In particular, he developed and taught a module, jointly with John Dowell, on "Perspectives on Design", supervised…

5th Edition of Interaction Design book published!

The 5th edition of the textbook Interaction Design by Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers and Jenny Preece has just been published and is available through various outlets! This time it has a lovely green cover - see id-book.com for more information.

Welcome to new staff and students-May19

We welcome Joe Newbold and Niels van Berkel, who are now working as Research Fellows in UCLIC! Joe is working on the GetaMoveIOn project with Prof. Anna Cox and Niels is working with Prof. Ann Blandford on the WEISS project. We also welcome Kuba Maruszczyk, who has just started his PhD with Prof.…

UCL will have a great presence at CHI 2019

Authors from UCL will have a great presence at CHI 2019, the premier conference in Human-Computer Interaction, which takes place in Glasgow, UK 4 - 9 May 2019. Here is a sneak peek at our accepted contributions. Full Papers Why Do You Need This? Selective Disclosure of Data Among Citizen…

Congratulations to Catherine Holloway for winning East London Innovators Award!

We are delighted to annouce that Dr Catherine Holloway won an East London Innovators award for her work with Disability Innovation. See the Twitter announcement.

Prof Anna Cox has been appointed as Specialist Advisor to the DCMS Select Committee at the House of Commons!

We are proud to annouce that Prof Anna Cox has been appointed as Specialist Advisor to the DCMS Select Committee at the House of Commons for their inquiry into Immersive and Addictive Technologies. Congratulations! The inquiry will examine the development of immersive technologies such as virtual…

Congratulations to our MSc student Tassilo Bouwmam for winning the Ulf Aberg Award!

We are delighted to announce that our HCI MSc student Tassilo Bouwmam won the prestigious Ulf Aberg Award for his MSc project! Ulf Aberg Award is given for the best postgraduate student project in Ergonomics and Human Factors, CIHFE. Well-done! Ulf Aberg Award

Ten HCI MSc students among the Faculty's top 5% performers!

We are very proud to announce that ten HCI MSc students from our 2017/2018 cohort have been featured on the Dean's list. This award recognises the top 5% of students in the Faculty of Brain Sciences at UCL. Congratulations to you all! Dean's List of top performing students for 2017/18

Human-Computer Interaction MSc video is out now!

We would like to share with you our brand new video about studying Human-Computer Interaction at UCL! In this video, students talk about their experience of being part of a world-leading research centre, how the student environment has inspired them and much more.

Welcome to new staff and students at UCLIC!

We would like to welcome Dr Aneesha Singh, who joined our academic team in UCLIC on 1 September 2018! We also welcome our new PhD students who joined us at the end of September 2018! These are: Tigi Bhatnagar being supervised by Cathy Holloway Robert Cinca being supervised by Enrico Costanza Tudinh…

UCLIC quoted in BBC article

Anna Cox is quoted by the BBC in their article on checking work emails outside work. With more of us checking emails outside working hours, Anna stresses the need to switch-off from work and how not doing so can affect productivity and physical and mental health problems. View the full article…

UCLIC research on errors cited in Psychology Today

Work by Maartje Ament, Anna Cox, Ann Blandford and Duncan Brumby on common errors made with technology is cited in an article by Psychology Today. The article lists the top 5 memory mistakes—and strategies people can use to overcome them. View the full article here: How to Avoid Your Five…

Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub awarded £10m to widen access to assistive technology

The Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub has been awarded £10m from the Department for International Development (DfiD) to widen access to assistive technology for disabled people. The funding will support the AT:2030 programme, which consists of six projects: Publish a framework of…

UCLIC research featured in BBC TV programme Click

Nadia Berthouze, together with Temitayo Olugbade and Youngjun Cho, recently contributed to the BBC TV programme "Click". The episode, called 'It's Been Emotional', features Nadia's research on emotion-detecting technology. The episode is available to watch online at the link below: bb…

Ann Blandford's podcast on the future of healthcare

Ann Blandford recently contributed to a Technology Intelligence podcast from The Telegraph exploring the future of health! You check it out at the links below: Telegraph Episode URL Apple Podcast Episode URL Telegraph Series URL And on twitter, you can use the handle @telegraphtech.

Student Choice Awards nominations for UCLIC staff

Congratulations to several UCLIC teaching and support staff, who have been nominated for Student Choice Awards this year! The awards are an initiative by the Students' Union UCL and an opportunity for students to nominate people who do a great job, as a way to thank them and let them know that…

UCLIC newsletter 2018

We have a new UCLIC newsletter for 2018! Please download the newsletter and check out information about new projects and events.

UCL will have a great presence at CHI 2018

Authors from UCL will have a great presence at CHI 2018, the premier conference in Human-Computer Interaction, which will take place in Montreal, Canada, 21 - 26 April 2018. Here is a sneak peek at our accepted contributions. Full Papers Mediating Conflicts in Minecraft: Empowering Learning in…

CIEHF Awards Success

We are pleased to announce the following awards to UCLIC staff and students from the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors. A volunteer group Design for Real People Action Group - lead by UCLIC Honorary Senior Lecture Rachel Benedyk has recieved the the Richard Clive Holman…