HCIL’s 42nd Annual Symposium | May 29, 2025
Join us May 29 in-person at the School of Public Policy (Thurgood Marshall Hall/TMH 0301), or on Zoom to learn about the cutting-edge research in happening in the HCIL! In this full-day event, we’ll hear from faculty and students about ongoing research in human-centered AI, data visualization, social computing, fabrication, accessibility, health informatics, usable privacy and security, and more.
Symposium Program Overview
The full program can be downloaded here.
| Time (ET) | Event | Details |
| 9:00am | Check In | Check in for attendees |
| 9:30am | Welcome | Welcoming attendees, celebrating accomplishments, overview of the day |
| 9:50am |
Plenary Talks | *Huaishu Peng: Small (Computational) Artifacts for Augmented (Human) Ability *Hawra Rabaan: Incorporating Social Justice Theories into Design: Introducing Survivor-Centered Transformative Justice and Healing Structures *Michelle Mazurek: Revisiting what it means to be Usable: Human-Centered Security Beyond End Users |
| 11:00am | Lightning Talks | Clusters: Human-Centered AI Accessibility |
| 12:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30pm | Panel | Topic: Peer Review Hereafter: Purpose, Science, and HCI |
| 2:10pm | Lightning Talks | Clusters: Ubiquitious Computing Usable Privacy & Security |
| 3:35pm | Coffee Break | |
| 3:50pm | Lightning Talks | Clusters: XR, Making & Design Search, Sensemaking and Learning |
| 5:40pm | Closing Remarks | |
| 5:45pm | Reception | Poster Session, Demos, and Food! |
Visit Campus and Parking Information
Visiting: To get to the University of Maryland, see Campus and Visitor Services.
In this map of campus, Thurgood Marshall Hall (TMH) is located south of Campus Drive near Route 1. It is outlined in red.
Parking for the event: The symposium is held during the week between spring and summer semesters on campus. During this week, any vehicle (with or without a current DOTS permit) may park in Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17 and 19. Faculty/staff lot, pay station areas, and meters are still enforced. UMD has a useful interactive campus map to help you get around campus.
On the map above, we’ve highlighted some of the best parking lots for this event. The two marked in blue — Regents’ Garage and Lot C1 — have visitor parking with pay meters. The closest numbered lot (that anyone can park in) is Lot 1 on the west side of campus, marked in yellow.
Note: There will be two high school graduations on campus on May 29 at 9am and 1pm. These graduations will be held at the XFINITY Center (basketball stadium), so you should avoid entering campus from the entrance at University Blvd/193 and Paint Branch Dr.
Virtual Attendants
All Zoom registrants will receive a webinar link prior to the event directly from Eventbrite. For assistance, please contact Paris Lane (parilane@umd.edu).
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