Last week we had @fenneroefs.bsky.social & Amar Mohindra from Mijksenaar Lab visiting us! We had a super interesting research chat around wayfinding, sound, & accessibility. We went hands-on with Amarβs soft-magnetic demo, developed with the Material Aestheticβs Lab at the Industrial Design @tue.nl.
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Weβre on LinkedIn now!
Follow the Digital Interactions Lab for updates on our research, projects, and collaborations in topics such as accessibility, audio, games, health & well-being, neurodiversity, smart buildings, and social robotics.
π www.linkedin.com/in/digital-interactions-lab-uva
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We are proud to announce BEAT, a β¬3.8M project boosting accessibility in Dutch cities!
Led by Hamed Alavi with co-PIs @judithgood.bsky.social & @katjesjes.bsky.social, BEAT pioneers inclusive city-making, grounded in lived experience and shaped by AI, design and policy.
Illustration: Beyza DurmuΕ.
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Veni grant for SiΓ’n Brooke - Informatics Institute
SiΓ’n Brooke of the Digital Interaction Lab (DIL) has received a grant of β¬320,000 for her research proposal entitled 'Human-Centered Code: Building Accessible IDEs for Neurodiverse Women in Computing Education'.
Exciting lab news! @drsbrooke.bsky.social has been awarded a Veni grant for βHumanβCentred Code: Building Accessible IDEs for Neurodiverse Women in Computing Education.β She will co-design tools to break down barriers in coding education & embed inclusivity into IDEs!
π ivi.uva.nl/content/news...
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π "An Umbrella Review of Reporting Quality in CHI Systematic Reviews: Guiding Questions and Best Practices for HCI" - Katja Rogers et al.
This umbrella review evaluates systematic reviews at CHI using PRISMA/ENTREQ and offers guiding questions to improve transparency & rigour in future reporting.
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π Honourable Mention: "Python is for girls! Masculinity, Femininity, and Queering Inclusion at Hackathons" - SiΓ’n Brooke
An examination of how queerness is expressedβbut also constrainedβby techβs masculine norms at 7 UK hackathons.
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Our CHI papers this year:
π Best Paper: "What Do We Design for When We Design Smart Buildings?" - Shruti Rao, Katja Rogers, Judith Good, Hamed Alavi
A scoping review of 192 papers on human experience in smart buildings β mapping out human experiences, design mechanisms, and associated technologies.
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BBC Radio London - Shay Kaur Grewal, 13/05/2025
Celebrating Londoners and a recap of the day's news.
Dr. SiΓ’n Brooke @drsbrooke.bsky.social recently joined BBC Radio London to discuss the appeal of the #manosphere and how it preys on young menβs real struggles by offering hate rather than support.
π Listen to her here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Nieuws β ElsaLab
The AI for Health Equity Lab has been awarded β¬2.3M through NGF @AiNed ELSA Labs (NWO)! Since 2023, we've been working with partners to develop and implement AI applications designed for accessibility and equity. Implementation is underway-interested in collaborating? healthy-ai.org/nieuws/
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Hello! The Digital Interactions Lab is now also on Bluesky. π Follow us for information about our research on human-computer interaction, spanning inclusive design of technologies, human-building interaction, audio design and perception, social robotics, immersive environments and media, and more.
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Assistant Professor, Digital Interactions Lab @ University of Amsterdam | Formerly LSE & OII | Researching inclusive programming environments | web: www.sianbrooke.com | email: s.j.m.brooke@uva.nl
Professor in the Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam. Director of the Digital Interactions Lab.
ACM IDC is the premier international conference for researchers, educators and practitioners to share the latest research findings, innovative methodologies and new technologies in the areas of inclusive child-centered design, learning and interaction.
We apply HCI methods to solve real-world problems. We are the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. #cmuhcii
π΄ https://hcii.cmu.edu/
Assistant Professor, CS, Colorado School of Mines. Online spiritual care, social computing, online governance, Human-AI Interaction: http://bit.ly/sacredtech. CSCW, CHI, TOCHI, etc. π©πΌβπ»
Community Chair for #CSCW2025π³π΄
https://estellesmithphd.com
Assistant Professor @ Harvard SEAS specializing in human-computer and human-AI interaction. Also interested in visualization, digital humanities, urban design.
The Northwestern University Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design brings together researchers and practitioners from across the University to study, design, and develop the future of human and computer interaction. https://www.hci.northwestern.edu
Professor of HCII and LTI at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science.
jeffreybigham.com
Expert on Participatory Design og Cocreation. Assistant Professor @ Computer Science, Aalborg University. Lover of anything #pchardware and #pcgaming Almost too chill, definitely too tired. Check https://nbhansen.dk/ I might update it soon.
Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Bristol University
Human autonomy & agency. Squaring the circle between humanistic and computational methods.
assistant prof @university of amsterdam, digital interactions lab, she/her
Associate Professor in Game Design at DePaul University; PhD; Serious Games; AR/VR; HCI; design ideation; he/him. https://hexlab.cdm.depaul.edu/
Postdoctoral Researcher | HCI | more the quiet observer type π
HCI researcher, creative director, occasional theatre producer, Cavoodler, Digital Wellbeing Lab Research Manager @ QUT, DIT (gamification)
Assoc. Prof. Masaryk University, @hcilabmuni | Visit. Prof. at University for Continuing Education Krems |Researcher at AIT Austrian Insititute of Technology | Research: #HCI #Games #GamesUR #Visualization
designer, researcher, ux; dark patterns, ethics, and technology (https://uxp2.com); associate professor and HCI/d director at IU Bloomington; they/them π³οΈβπ
Canada Research Chair, Professor of Computer Science researching HCI and HCAIβspecifically games.
HCI research group at Hochschule Ruhr West, University of Applied Science.
#HCI #UX #Usability #Science #Research #Education
www.ux-space.de
Head of group: Prof. Dr. Stefan Geisler
Associate Professor at ULisboa. Vice-director and HCI Researcher at LASIGE. Group leader at @TechPeopleLab. Editor-in-Chief at ACM TACCESS
Official account for ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human-Interaction (HCI). Runs 28 conferences (including @chi.acm.org), 80+ chapters, and more.
