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Congratulations to Prof. Yvonne Rogers!

Congratulations to Yvonne Rogers, who has been announced as a Microsoft Research Outstanding Collaborator 2016! In its 25th Anniversary Year, Microsoft is highlighting 32 great academics worldwide - this award celebrates the vital contributions that academics have made to help shape the direction,…

MSc Applications Close 5 at pm 1st July 2016

Due to an unusually high number of applications for entry to the MSc Human Computer Interaction in September 2016, we will be closing to new applications at 5pm on 1st July 2016. References must be submitted by Friday 15th July 2016. For further details about the UCLIC MSc Human…

New UCLIC newsletter 2016!

We have a new UCLIC newsletter for 2016. A lot has happened since the last one in 2014 - please click on the image below to download the pdf and check it out!

Rachel Benedyk retiring

After almost 40 years in UCL, Rachel Benedyk is retiring from her pivotal role as Lecturer and Programme Director on the MSc course in HCI with Ergonomics. Rachel was a student of the course in the days of the Ergonomics Unit in the seventies, and taught on the course over the following four…

UCLIC Students at CHI Student Design Competition

Two student teams in our HCI-E MSc Program have been selected to participate in the final stage of the ACM CHI Student Design Competition. They were amongst the only 12 teams (out of 62, 19% acceptance rate) that were invited to present their design projects at the prestigious international…

Venus Shum featured in teaching resource for UK secondary schools

Dr Venus Shum is featured in a new teaching resource for UK secondary schools developed by the Engineering Education team at Royal Academy of Engineering in partnership with UCL's London Knowledge Lab and the Faculty of Engineering. The resource is given to pupils and teachers across the UK. Below…

UCLICers featured in Women at UCL: Presence and Absence

Nadia Berthouze, Anna Cox, and Mara Balestrini are featured in the Women at UCL: Presence and Absence booklet. Women at UCL: Presence and Absence is a collaboration between the UCL Equalities and Diversity team, The Girl at the Door and the UCL Institute for Women's Health, and explores the…

Welcome to Catherine Holloway's group!

We would like to welcome Catherine Holloway and her group of PhD students and RAs, who have recently joined UCLIC! Her students are Giulia Barbareschi, Roxana Ramirez-Herrera, Rhys Williams and Dave Wain. Tsu-Jui Cheng is an RA and Sarah Nicholson will join as an RA in September.

ICRI papers at CSCW 2016

Martin Dittus and Mara Balestrini from ICRI Cities both had papers accepted at the CSCW conference, which takes place in San Francisco, CA, USA, February 27 - March 2 2016. Mara's paper presented Jokebox, an interactive installation designed to be placed in public spaces with the aim to explore how…

Yvonne Rogers HCI Pioneer

Yvonne Rogers has been included in the HCI Pioneers project, a website created by Ben Shneiderman which aims to draw attention to the trailblazers by describing their backgrounds and contributions to the field: "Pioneers in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) are memorable for their…

ICRI researchers launch new app Likeways

Martin Traunmueller and Sarah Gallacher from ICRI Cities have launched Likeways, a mobile app to get you off the beaten path and right into nearby areas you're likely to find cool stuff along the way. So, if you're sick of walking along boring routes through the city suggested by Google Maps or…

Successful outcome for the UCLIC/CIEHF Campaign for Real People!

User-centred design is at last to feature in the Design and Technology core A-level syllabus for UK schools. Design and Technology is the third most popular school subject in the UK, and all school students study it for several years, with a good number going on to A-level. However, the syllabi…

Congratulations Judith!

Congratulations to Judith Borghouts, who has received a best student paper award from the HFES Healthcare Technical Group (HCTG)! She will be presenting this paper, along with a second paper on a related topic, at the conference in LA next week. Check out the two papers below: Prize winning paper:…