Human-computer interaction
Redefining human experiences through innovations in research, design, and technology.
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Systems to Improve Online Discussion
Discussions online are integral to everyday life, affecting how we learn, work, socialize, and participate in public society. Yet the systems that we use to conduct online discourse, whether they be email, chat, or forums,…
Podcast
Enabling design with Ann Paradiso
Episode 70, April 3, 2019 – On today’s podcast, Ann tells us all about life in the extreme constraint design lane, explains what a PALS is, and tells us some incredibly entertaining stories about how…
Project
Being Human
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Beyond Search
When we think of the experiences that search engines are designed to support, criteria such as speed and efficiency instantly come to mind. In this project, we wanted to focus on something different: how the…
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Digital Possessions
Increasingly the things that matter to us live in the digital world, be they on computers and mobile devices, synced across Cloud services, generated as social media, or curated via sites like Pinterest. In this…
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Assessing Multiple Sclerosis with Kinect
ASSESS MS enables a consistent, quantified measure of motor ability using Kinect that is both inexpensive and non-invasive. Using Kinect, the system captures depth videos of neuro-assessment movements performed by patients in a clinical setting…
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Conversational Agents that See
In this project we explore what it might mean to augment digital agents such as Microsoft Cortana with the ability to see. By partnering with experts in computer vision, speech and machine learning, we ask whether…
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Memory Dialogue
This project aims to investigate the experience of artefact-based memory sharing, focussing on the multi-perspectiveness of different memories as a result of different experiences on the same subject. Diverse pairs of people were asked to decide…