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HCIL publishes “Sparks of Innovation – Stories from the HCIL”, a blog post collection on Medium

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Catherine Plaisant

Being the oldest human-computer interaction (HCI) laboratory in North America (founded in 1983), the HCIL at University of Maryland has a long and rich history of transforming the experience people have with new technologies. One way we do this is…

Catherine Plaisant Honored with ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Service Award

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Beth Domingo

Catherine Plaisant, Associate Director of Research of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab and a senior research scientist in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), has been recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on…

Ben Shneiderman Inducted into IEEE Visualization Academy

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Beth Domingo

The Vis Academy was established this year to recognize significant accomplishments by researchers in computer visualization who directly bolster the endeavors of the entire field. Ben Shneiderman (left in photo), distinguished university professor emeritus and HCI pioneer and first director…

Visualizing in Vancouver

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Beth Domingo

At the end of October this year, visualization researchers from all around the world will gather at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada for the annual celebration of world-class visualization research known as IEEE VIS. The Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at University…

The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Beth Domingo

An Interview with Ben Shneiderman, by Jessica Hullman in ACM Interactions ACM Interactions magazine is a mirror on the human-computer interaction and interaction design communities and beyond. It is a multiplicity of conversations, collaborations, relationships, and new discoveries focusing on how and…

#HandsOffMyADA Campaign Research Sheds Light on Importance of Accessibility Features and Influencers

July 31, 2019August 9, 2019 Beth Domingo

by Brooke Auxier…Since its inception in 2006, Twitter has been popularized as a space for the sharing of daily musing, #hottakes, and live-tweeting professional sports games and award shows. But the platform has also served as an effective environment for…

FALLING TREES AND FAILING REPORTS

July 31, 2019August 9, 2019 Beth Domingo

Falling Trees and Failing Reports by Calvin Yau… If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Analogously, if an analyst writes a report about data and no one…

HCIL 2019 News and Awards

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Beth Domingo

Jason Farman published Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World, Yale University Press (2018). Ben Shneiderman published Twin-Win Research: Your Guidebook for Accelerating Campus Discovery and Innovation: Second Edition, Morgan & Claypool (2019). Ben…

HCIL Welcomes Beth Domingo

April 17, 2019May 21, 2019 Beth Domingo

In March, Beth Domingo joined the HCIL team as the new coordinator.…

U. of Washington grad students celebrate HCIL Founding Director Ben Shneiderman

February 2, 2019March 5, 2019 Catherine Plaisant

On January 22, 2019 a team of three students at the University of Washington presented the career of HCIL Founding Director Ben Shneiderman to their master’s degree class (HCDE 501 Theoretical Foundations) in the Department of Human-Centered Design & Engineering.…