HCIL Alumni Spotlight
Hilary Hutchinson was interviewed in HCIL's Alumni Spotlight.
HCIL in Washington Post
The HCIL was featured in a Washington Post article: The Next Frontier: Decoding the Internet's Raw Data
HCIL Highlighted by the George Lucas Foundation
The HCIL's design partnership with children was highlighted by the George Lucas Educational Foundation on Edutopia.org. See what our team does in a 5-minute video!
VAST09 Visual Analytics Challenge
Catherine Plaisant co-chairs the VAST09 Visual Analytics Challenge.
HCIL Partnership News
HCIL is now a partnership of the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) in the College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CMPS) and the College of Information Studies - Maryland's iSchool
The Computer Gal on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show
Allison Druin has become WAMU's computer gal. Listen to her the first Tuesday of every month on Kojo.
Monthly Research Profiles
Lifelines2:
Discovering Temporal Categorical Patterns Across Multiple Records
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HCIL 25th Anniversary Video
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Publications
Research
Industrial Visitors
Interested in an extended stay at the HCIL? Industrial visitors can spend six months or more learning about HCI working with us on active projects - such as recent visitors from Toyota, Toshiba and Hitachi.
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HCIL Seminar Series
Come hear our distinguished speakers throughout the semester.
2009 Seminars
Featured Project
Piccolo 2D Toolkit
An open source toolkit for 2D structured graphics in C# and Java.
Who We Are
The Human-Computer Interaction lab has a long, rich history of transforming the experience people have with new technologies. From understanding user needs, to developing and evaluating those technologies, the lab's faculty, staff, and students have been leading the way in HCI research and teaching. read more about the HCIL and it’s mission>
