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Video-recording of Prof Brumby's inaugural lecture now available on YouTube

With an introduction by Professor Yvonne Rogers, UCLIC Director, and a vote of thanks by Professor Anna Cox, Professor Brumby's inaugural lecture on 22 June 2022 provided insightful and captivating reflections on his past 15 years at UCLIC. Professor Brumby shared recent research findings on how…

UCLIC PhD Showcase 2022

On a balmy June morning, Room G01 @ 66-72 Gower Street, London W1, began to buzz with excitement. The occasion was the annual UCLIC PhD Showcase, and greetings, reunions and first meetings filled the venue. When the food arrived, the focus moved gently from each other onto the scrumptious platters…

UCLIC Director among outstanding scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society

On 10 May 2022, more than 60 exceptional scientists from around the world were elected Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society. The 51 Fellows and 10 Foreign Members along with one Honorary Fellow were selected for their outstanding contributions to science, their work spanning multiple…

UCLIC News 2022 now out!

The new issue of UCLIC News is now out, celebrating our 21st Birthday year! Please download the newsletter to read about our new and on-going projects and events.

Professor Duncan Brumby's Inaugural Lecture announced!

Professor Duncan Brumby will be giving his inaugural lecture on 22 June 2022. He will explore the topic of 'Digital Distraction'. Our daily activities are constantly punctuated by interruptions, and maintaining focus can be challenging. Professor Brumby will discuss the results of his and other…

Professor Rogers awarded SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award

UCLIC Director, Professor Yvonne Rogers, has been awarded the prestigious SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award 2022. SIGCHI, one of the Association for Computing Machinery's special interest groups, is the leading international community of professionals interested in research, education and the…

Graduation: celebrating our HCI students

Graduation has always been a landmark event for students and staff at UCL. It's a great moment to celebrate our achievements with those that are closest to us; it's great a moment to catch-up with old friends; it's a great moment to dress-up in academic robes and wear one of those silly hats. On…

WEISS team going from strength to strength

Congratulations to the team at the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS) for being awarded second place in the best project award (medical education category) at the Medical Augmented Reality Summer School (MARSS2022), Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich.…

UCLIC's 21st Birthday Celebrations officially open

On Tuesday 8 March 2022 a good number of UCLIC staff and students travelled to north London, to enjoy lunch at Lemonia, a Greek restaurant in the picturesque 'village' of Primrose Hill. The event officially opened our 21st birthday celebrations and UCLICkers had much fun. Forthcoming events in…

Creativity, fun and networking in Bremen

As part of her Excellence Chair at Bremen University (2020-2024) UCLIC Director, Professor Yvonne Rogers, attended a workshop in person at Bremen with PhD and postdocs from Bremen and PhD students from UCLIC. Much creativity, fun and networking was had including a highlight which was a walk and…

A number of new grants have recently been awarded to UCLIC research teams!

The Textile Circularity Centre (UKRI, 2021-2025. PI: Prof. Sharon Baurley, Royal College of Art) Within the new Textile Circularity Centre (https://www.rca.ac.uk/research-innovation/research-centres/materials-science-research-centre/textiles-circularity-centre) UCLIC is driving the development of…

A taste of UCLIC in the Spring

On 23 February 2022 we held a Spring edition of a 'Taste of UCLIC', on the strength of our successful gathering last Autumn. We took the opportunity offered by this lunchtime event to informally kick off our 21st Birthday celebrations, with students and staff sharing food and drinks from their own…

Congratulations to Josie Carmichael

PhD student Josie Carmichael was selected to receive the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) International Travel Grant to present her research at their conference in Denver, USA, in May 2022. Joise's research focuses on tele-ophthalmology-enabled and Artificial…

GDI Hub has been awarded EPSRC Public Engagement for ICT grant

Professor Catherine Holloway, Academic Director of GDI Hub, and PhD student Maryam Bandukda have been awarded the EPSRC Public Engagement for ICT grant. Their funded project 'Inclusive Public Activities for Information and Communication Technologies (IN-PACT)' is a public engagement initiative to…

Top performing HCI MSc students selected for the Dean’s List 2020/21

We are delighted to announce that no fewer than 20 students from the MSc Human-Computer Interaction programme have been selected for the Dean's List of top performing students for 2020/21. Every year Professor Alan Thompson, the Dean of Brain Sciences, recognises the top performing students in…

New book by Catherine Holloway and Giulia Barbareschi (UCLIC and GDI Hub) just published

Disability interactions (DIX) is a new approach to combining cross-disciplinary methods and theories from Human Computer Interaction (HCI), disability studies, assistive technology and social development to co-create new technologies, experiences and ways of working with disabled people. It focuses…

Welcome to new starters in UCLIC Jan 2022

January 2022 We have welcomed a number of new students and staff to UCLIC in recent months. These are: Jing Amy Xue, who is doing a PhD under the supervision of Prof Marianna Obrist; Zhouyang Shen, who is doing a PhD under the supervision of Dr Diego Martinez Plasencia; Zak Morgan, who is doing a…

A taste of UCLIC!

We had our first lunch social in the event space of 169 Euston Rd on 3 November. Staff and students were invited to bring food from their country to share with others - we had around 15 people attend with food from all over the world, including the UK, Nigeria, Ireland, India, the Middle East,…

Congratulations to Josie Carmichael for being selected for the Dean’s list for the MRes CDT i4Health!

Congratulations! We are delighted to announce that Josie Carmichael has been selected for the Dean's list for the MRes CDT i4Health. Every year the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences recognises the top performing students, in terms of academic performance, from across the Faculty. These…

Congratulations to Emma Holliday for being awarded an honourable mention in the CHI PLAY student game design competition!

Emma Holliday was awarded an honourable mention in the CHI PLAY student game design competition for work she conducted as part of the Serious and Persuasive Games module.