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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…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 22nd June: John Vines, Newcastle University – Designing with, for and by Older Communities
Over the last several decades there has been a huge emphasis from funding councils, government agencies, industry and academia alike on designing technology to enhance later life. This can be seen most prominently in research focused on assistive technologies and interventions to support…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 15th June: Christopher Frauenberger, Vienna University of Technology – OutsideTheBox - Rethinking Technology Design with Autistic Children
Most technology that is designed for people with disabilities, pragmatically focuses on mitigating their functional limitations. With the OutsideTheBox project, we take a different approach and critically reflect on concepts of disability and how these are embodied in the technologies we design. In…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 8th June: Wendy Moncur, University of Dundee – Emergent digital memorialisation practices
Memorialization is a ubiquitous human practice, with deep roots in culture and tradition. As digital technologies increasingly pervade our lives, opportunities are created to memorialise and to sustain the bereaved's continuing bonds with the dead in new ways. While memorials that utilise digital…
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UCLIC Research Seminar, 25th May: Phillip Morgan, University of the West of England – The effects of computer-based interruptions on cognition, behaviour and task performance: Applications, new frontiers, and challenges
Interruptions are a common feature of everyday and workplace settings and are increasing with the charging development of communicative and connected technology ranging from smartphones to fully automated road vehicles. Interruptions divert attention away from a primary task, consume cognitive…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 19th May: Justine Cassell, Carnegie Mellon University – The Future of Technology-Enhanced Learning in a Global Context
The promise of new digital technologies to improve education has raised expectations around the world, but so far the results have been disappointing. While the internet and video lectures provide wide access to content, access alone does not deliver strong learning outcomes. What is needed are…
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RA post on ECLIPSE project - this position is now closed
We are recruiting a Research Associate to undertake observational studies of infusion device use across multiple hospitals as part of the ECLIPSE project! This post is available from 18 July 2016 or as soon as possoble afterwards and is funded until 30th June 2017 in the first instance. The…
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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!
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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…
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PhD Studentships on HCI - these positions are now closed
Applications are invited for a Funded PhD Studentship on HCI in the UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC), funded by an EPSRC DTP grant for up to 4 years from October 2016. The PhD project can be on any area of Human Computer Interaction, although it is anticipated that the student will contribute to one…
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SEMINAR 27th Apr: Jussi Okkonen – Researching Information Ergonomics
Note: Time and location are different this week Jussi Okkonen is currently Associate Professor in Department of Information Systems in Economics and Management at Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University and Senior Researcher in Tauchi at University of Tampere. After receiving his…
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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…
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SEMINAR 20th Apr: Simon Buckingham Shum – Algorithmic Accountability & Learning Analytics
This talk is a joint UCL Knowledge Lab/ UCL Interaction Seminar being held at the Knowledge Lab at 12:30pm. The talk will propose different lenses that we can bring to bear on a given learning analytics tool, to ask what it would mean for it to be accountable, and to whom. As algorithms pervade…
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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…
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EuroPOND CDT Studentship - this is now closed
Applications are now being accepted for a EuroPOND studentship on Designing user interfaces to support front-end clinical decision-making in neurodegenerative disease: Bridging from research to practice. This industry-sponsored studentship is a collaboration between UCL's Centre for Medical Image…
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SEMINAR 23rd March: Christopher Elsden - Fitter, Happier, More Productive?: What to ask of a Data-Driven Life?
Our lives are increasingly suffused with data, and a 'data-driven life' is frequently presented as an aspiration and panacea. In this talk, I will present three recent projects which aim to expand how we think and talk about the role of data in our lives. In particular, I'll argue that designing…
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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…
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SEMINAR 16th March: Catherine Holloway and Team – Accessibility Research at UCLIC
Catherine and her team collect datasets which explain how people with impairments move and navigate with a view to making tasks, journeys and life genrally a bit easier. Catherine will briefly look at the research to make the wheelchair part of the Internet of Things; navigation for people with…
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Lecturer and RA posts available - these are now closed
We are recruiting! We are recruiting a Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction to start in post ideally next September 2016! The deadline for applications is 15th May 2016 and interviews will be held on 20th and 21st June 2016. Please download the Lecturer Job description and Person specification to…
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Sarah Kettley – The Person-Centred Approach: a non-deterministic framework for ethical participatory design research
In this this talk, I'll introduce a multidisciplinary project being undertaken at Nottingham Trent University in partnership with Nottinghamshire Mind Network. Funded by the EPSRC, An Internet of Soft Things is a 'research-in the-wild' project which aims to develop new person-centred methodologies…
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