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Oussama Metatla

@ousmet.bsky.social

Associate Professor of HCI. Co-director, Bristol Interaction Group: http://biglab.co.uk Lead, Diverse-ability Interaction Lab: http://dive.ousmet.com Cross-sensory Interaction, Diverse-ability, Co-design, Accessibility. ERC CoG: inclusiveXplay

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Last but not least, Sydney presented a pictorial exploring how children with ADHD and their parents can customise their own health-tracking tech
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27.06.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our second paper (Tegan’s first full paper, well done!) explores how cross-sensory metaphors (like β€œsharp smell”) help kids & adults connect. A metaphor-based game revealed age-based strategies, offering new ways to design tools that bridge generational gaps.
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27.06.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brooke @b-morris.bsky.social presented work that challenges 90+ years of play theory (Parten, 1932) by proposing a neuro-inclusive continuum model of social play; a bold step toward designing tech that can support for all children. Congrats on the award Brooke!
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27.06.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@bristolhci.bsky.social and the Diverse-ability Interaction Lab had a good presence at #IDC2025 with two full papers and one pictorial, and with one of the paper receiving a Best Paper Honourable Mention Award!

27.06.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Designing for diverse-ability interaction by Assoc. Prof. Oussama Metatla Bir araştΔ±rma ΓΌniversitesi olan Γ–zyeğin Üniversitesi, âğrencilerine aΓ§tığı yeni ufuklar ve sunduğu olanaklarla kendi yetkinliklerini keşfetmelerini sağlΔ±yor.

More details here:
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28.05.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're near Istanbul tomorrow, 29th May, join us at Γ–zyeğin University from 2:30pm. I’ll talk about how co-design and cross-sensory cognition can offer new ways to design inclusive interactions beyond traditional assistive technologies.

With thanks to GΓΆkΓ§e Elif Baykal for the kind invitation

28.05.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lost in Translation: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Linguistic Inaccessibility in HCI | Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.

Read our paper written in many languages including Hungarian, Japanese, Cree, German, Welsh, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Polish, Arabic, and English here

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Listening to Japanese on stage during the closing keynote of #CHI2025 by Masako Wakamiya makes this the perfect CHI to have presented our Lost in Translation paper; questioning the centrality of English in HCI thinking and communicating about our thinking.

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Come see Katherine Jones talk on understanding joint attention between visually impaired and sighted children, and the impact of AI-driven headsets on this process

Communication and Support session in G402, our talk is at 9:48

#CHI2025

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Check out the Bristol Interaction Group @bristolhci.bsky.social contributions to the #CHI2025 technical program across the various submission categories:

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And come say hello if you see us around.

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Finally, we have an opening for a PhD in our lab, so I'll be looking for candidates interested in working in the space of cross-sensory interaction, shape-changing interfaces, and accessibility. Come find me for a chat if you or someone you know would be interested. #CHI2025

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On Thursday 1st, Katherine Jone will present her paper: "Put Your Hands Up": How Joint Attention Is Initiated Between Blind Children And Their Sighted Peers

Session: Communication and support
Time: 9:48
Location: G402

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Also on Tue, @gracestangroome.bsky.social and Alex Tcherdakoff are leading a SIG on Designing for Neurodiversity in Academia: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Human-Computer Interaction

Time: 2:10
Location: G217

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on Tue 29th, @mamoru-watanabe.bsky.social will present a later breaking work titled: "I Feel It Like I Actually Feel It": How HCI Can Support the Experiences of Synaesthesia

Session: Multimodal Interaction
Time: 10:30 - 11:10
Location: North 1F

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Spoiler alert: come to this one if you want to hear a CHI talk not just in English!

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also on Monday, we will present an alt.chi paper led by Eszter Vogh and Ellen Weir titled: Lost in Translation: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Linguistic Inaccessibility in HCI.

Session: Systems, Power, and Digital Realities
Time: 3:22pm
Location: G313

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On Monday 28th: our Best Paper Award lead @b-morris.bsky.social: "It Helps Us Express Our Feelings Without Having To Say Anything": Exploring Accompanying Social Play Things Designed With and For Neurodiverse Groups of Children

Session: Neurological Considerations
Time: 12:22
Location: G414+G415

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Some of us are attending #CHI2025, will be presenting 3 papers, a poster, an alt.chi paper and a SIG.

27.04.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello Bluesky! First post here to introduce the Diverse-ability Interaction Lab: part of @bristolhci.bsky.social we study inclusive tech that centres the experiences of both disabled and non-disabled people.

Come say hello if you're at #CHI2025!

27.04.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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