UCL INTERACTION CENTRE

UCLIC is a leading UK Centre of Excellence in Human-Computer Interaction teaching and research.

We study interactions between people and technology, drawing on the best scientific traditions in Computer Science and Human Sciences, and working collaboratively with the research community and industry

• We are readvertising a funded Crucible studentship at the moment - details of this project can be found at the bottom of the PhD project summary page. Please use this application form to apply before the deadline 28 May 2012 and please follow the instructions when applying.
  
• Well done to Amir Kamsin, who came 3rd in the CHI 2012 Student poster competition! His research has sought to understand busy people's time management strategies, limitations of current tools and build prototypes that better fit user requirements.
• We welcome Dr Soo Ling Lim, who has recently joined UCLIC!
  

• Nadia Berthouze gave a TEDxCSM talk in Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (Kings Cross campus) on Wed 28 March 2012 - the title was 'What does your body tell me...., Oh, ... and what does it tell you?' Click the link to see the video.
• Applications are invited for 2 funded DTG PhD studentships in the area of behavioural change in health and well-being. Please see the advert and the list of available projects for more information. Ensure you follow the instructions carefully and send your application form to Louise Gaynor by Monday 28 May 2012.
  

• Congratulations to Jonathan Back for winning a CHI 2012 Best paper award for his paper on 'Choosing to Interleave: Human Error and Information Cost' with Anna Cox and Duncan Brumby!

• Well done to several UCLIC students and staff, who have had their work accepted at CHI 2012 this year! More information on these acceptances can be found on our News pages.

• Congratulations to Nicolette Conti on being awarded 1st prize for Best MSc Dissertation. Nicolette gave a talk about her work on "Smartphone Tailored Advertising: Understanding Consumer Perceptions" at the annual MSc Project Day, and was presented the prize by Jason Williams from Orange. Joint runners up for the prize were Mirjami Alakoskela and Thomas Snell.

• We welcome Jo Iacovides, Alex Douglass-Bonner, Aisling O'Kane and Rowanne Fleck who recently joined UCLIC!

• Congratulations to Yvonne Rogers, who has been elected to the CHI Academy! She also has 4 papers that will be presented at CHI 2012 with Rose Johnson and Nadia Berthouze as well as other collaborators from the Open University. Check out our News pages for details.

• Check out UCLICTV - UCLIC's very own YouTube channel!