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UCLIC Research Seminar 25th May: Jesse Josua Benjamin, Design Research of Machine Learning Technologies as Philosophy-in-Practice
In this talk, I show how design research offers distinct opportunities to investigate machine learning (ML) through designerly making and philosophical analysis. After positioning design research in this regard, I showcase three design research projects. First, through analysis of existing design…
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Engaging people with material through low cost technology
This online seminar presents work in progress to develop low-cost ubiquitous technology to support a textile circular economy based on wellbeing. The first part will explore how to best harness interactive low cost ubiquitous tools to capture garment material properties and behaviour. Initial work…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 18th May: Hasti Seifi, Haptic Experience Design - From Simple Vibrations to Touch-Perceiving Robots
Haptics, the science and technology of programmable touch experiences, is increasingly used to improve functionality and user experience in virtual reality, robotics, and wearable applications. Yet, haptic technology is complex and specialized. The impact of haptics is currently hampered by the…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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UCL EPSRC DTP - Open Doctoral Studentships Competition: Applications now closed
The UCL EPSRC DTP Studentships Open Competition aims to recruit outstanding students to undertake four-year fully-funded PhD studentships at UCL. The process Students apply centrally to the UCL EPSRC DTP by 12pm on 20 April 2022. The DTP will then send details of applications to Departments for…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 6th April: Rua Williams, This is an Intervention - Disability Justice and Human-Computer Interaction
In this presentation, Dr. Rua Williams will give an overview of contemporary trends in Human-Computer Interaction and Algorithmic Decision-making Supports, focusing on the implications these trends have for Disabled people as technology users and as vulnerable members of society. They will then…
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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…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 30th March: Shaowen Bardzell, Muddled Theories and Vibrant Mud: Notes on HCI, Ecology, and Feminism
As a feminist and critical scholar of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and design, my research pursues social justice via IT innovation, leveraging humanistic traditions of critical theory and feminism, interpretivist social science, and interventionist approaches to design and deploy technological…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 23rd March: Gloria Mark, Our Devices, the Shortening of Attention Spans, and Stress
We spend much of our waking hours using a computer device. To understand how it affects our lives, I argue we need to create a holistic picture of our relationship with technology in the wild. To do this, we use precision tracking of behavior with sensors, logging, and other methods. In this…
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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…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 16th March: João Guerreiro, Supporting Independent Navigation of Blind People
Independent navigation is very challenging for blind people often due to a lack of confidence and knowledge about the environment, particularly in unfamiliar or complex locations. In this talk, I will describe some of the technological solutions we developed and evaluated - when I was at Carnegie…
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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.…
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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…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 9th March: Tawanna Dillahunt, In Search of Community-Based Solutions to Transportation Challenges among Historically-Excluded and Transportation-Scarce Communities
Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) present exciting opportunities for addressing transportation challenges (e.g., poor service availability, reliability, quality, and infrastructure access). However, millions of low-income Americans do not share these benefits equally…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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