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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…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 21st March: Corina Sas, Technologies for emotional wellbeing and mental health
This talk provides an overview of my work on technologies for wellbeing and mental health, with an emphasis on the value of significant objects and the human body. Then, it outlines two studies exploring digital disposal following life transitions marked by social loss. The talk concludes with an…
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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…
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Research Associate position on WeDraw - now closed
We are recruiting a Research Associate to work on the WeDraw project in UCLIC! The advert for this post is now live and open to all applicants - for more details, see the UCL Jobs pages. The deadline for applications is Mon 19 March - interviews will be from Mon 26 March. See more information ain…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 21st February: Petr Slovak, Promoting mental health with technology
Technologies have already found an important role in detecting and helping treat mental health difficulties. However, much less is known about applying technology within prevention approaches, with the aim to promote resilience of those at risk and mitigate the occurrence of mental illness later in…
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CIEHF award for Design for Real People Group
The Design for Real People Action Group, led by Rachel Benedyk, has received the Richard Clive Holman Communications Award for its recent work creating the Teacher's Guide to UCD for Design and Technology in schools! This award is made for effective communication such as a blog or social media…
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People of ACM - Yvonne Rogers
Yvonne Rogers is featured in this month's "People of ACM". People of ACM highlights the unique scientific accomplishments and compelling personal attributes of ACM members who are making a difference in advancing computing as a science and a profession. These bulletins feature ACM members…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 7th February: Anja Thieme, Extending Peoples’ Capabilities with Technology
Historically, in healthcare and accessibility contexts, a disability was often regarded as a functional limitation or even 'deficit' in need of overcoming. Consequently, much HCI research in this space has focused on assisting people through tools that address the 'problems' associated with…
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Dean's List Success for MSc HCI Students
We're delighted to announce that three of our 2017 MSc graduates have been included in the Faculty of Brain Sciences Postgraduate Dean's List. The Dean's List recognises the top performing 5% of masters students in the faculty. The students were: Elise Hein - MSc Human-Computer Interaction with…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 29th January: Eva-Maria Skottke, Changes in Driving Behaviour After Long and Automated Drives in Convoy
Objective: In the presented study, we tested to what extent highly automated convoy driving involving small spacing ("platooning") may affect time headway (THW) and standard deviation of lateral position (SDLP) during subsequent manual driving. Background: While many previous studies…
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PhD Studentships available in UCLIC - now closed
We have a number of funded PhD opportunities available to UK/EU applicants at the moment! These include EPSRC funded studentships as well as one Demonstrator position. All studentships are for up to 4 years from October 2018, and cover tuition fees at the UK/EU level, and a stipend. Eligibility…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 24th January: Can Liu, From Surfaces to Places - Understanding & Designing Phygital User Experiences
Ubiquitous technologies enable user experiences with new form factors, sizes and modalities, which blend the physical and digital worlds in various ways. While the digital can be efficient, dynamic and versatile, the physical can be natural, embodied and easy to learn. How can we design future…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 10th January: Katie Seaborn, Citizen Engagement and Engaging Citizens: Two Cases in Co-Design for the Public
Governments, healthcare sectors, public organisations, and innovation tanks are investing in initiatives and projects that directly engage and involve the public in the design of civic and other services. Yet how such "citizen engagement" work should be carried out and what human factors…
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Professor Heinz Wolff
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Prof Heinz Wolff, who passed away on Friday 15 December. Not only was he honoured by the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors a number of times, but he was instrumental in the foundation of the London University MSc in Ergonomics and he…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 13th December: Nicolai Marquardt, UCLIC -Sketching User Experiences: Hands-on Course of Sketching Techniques for HCI Research
When designing novel user experiences, paper-pencil sketches can support the design thinking process and are valuable for communicating design ideas to others. This hands-on course will demonstrate how to integrate sketching into researchers' and interaction designers' everyday practice - with a…
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Yvonne Rogers named as a 2017 ACM Fellow!
Congratulations to Prof. Yvonne Rogers, who has been named as one of the ACM Fellows in 2017! This is an honour which recognises ACM members for major contributions in areas including database theory, design automation, information retrieval, multimedia computing, network security and HCI! Yvonne…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 6th December: Suzanne Martin, University of Ulster - Involving users in novel research from concept to implementation isn’t rocket science!
To achieve impact the ultimate aim of novel technical research and development must therefore be to create usable solutions for real world environments. New and innovative technologies have the potential to enable choice, dignity and person centered care for people living with complex neurological…
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MSc HCI Open Evening
Join us to meet with tutors, researchers, current students and alumni over drinks and nibbles to find out more about our MSc Human-Computer Interaction. You will be able to explore interactive demonstrations of UCLIC's research and hear talks from the programme director and alumni. Location:…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 22nd November: Mikael Wiberg, Umeå university, Sweden - The Materiality of Interaction
Smart watches, smart cars, the Internet of things, 3D printing: all signal a trend toward combining digital and analog materials in design. Interaction with these new hybrid forms is increasingly mediated through physical materials, and therefore interaction design is increasingly a material…
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UCLIC Research Seminar 20th November: Pedro Lopes, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany - Interactive Systems based on Electrical Muscle Stimulation
In the past years interfaces got smaller and closer to the human body to the point that now, they literally attach to it, such as wearable devices and virtual reality headsets. But what limits the current state of miniaturization is that the devices are still external to us and require a lot of…
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