Human-computer interaction
Redefining human experiences through innovations in research, design, and technology.
Group
Urban Innovation
Researchers working on the Urban Innovation Initiative study and build technology to help shape the future of urban environments. Expertise in design, hardware and software prototyping and deployment, electrical engineering, biology, chemistry and social and…
Publication
Supporting Complex Tasks Using Multiple Devices
Podcast
Enable(ing) people to do more with Dr. Rico Malvar
Episode 61, January 30, 2019 – Dr. Rico Malvar recalls his early years at a fledgling Microsoft Research, talks about the exciting work he oversees now, explains why designing with the user is as important…
Video
Lessons From the Fifty-Year Quest to Turn Programmers into Software Engineers
The term “software engineering” was first used in the title of a 1968 conference organized by NATO, at which academics and industry professionals met and agreed that software needed more engineering focus. A follow-up conference…
Video
Crowds, Computation, and the Future of Work
Can computation amplify our ability to achieve complex collective goals? Today’s techniques in areas such as crowdsourcing often fall short of this vision, in large part because their architecture is based on workflows, which are…
Podcast
Empowering people with AI with Dr. Cecily Morrison
Episode 60, January 23, 2019 – Dr. Morrison gives us an overview of what she calls the “pillars” of inclusive design, shares how her research is positively impacting people with health issues and disabilities, and…
Project
Caption Crawler
Caption Crawler is a plug-in for the Edge and Chrome web browsers that provides additional information about images for screen reader users. Many images on the web lack captions (i.e., alt text). When a webpage…