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Incoming Faculty Karan Ahuja Wins ACM SIGCHI Dissertation Award

March 2024   Incoming Faculty Karan Ahuja Wins ACM SIGCHI Dissertation Award

from Northwestern Engineering

Prof. Christina Nguyen teaches mic-making workshop

February 2024   Students learned the basics of soldering before building their own DIY contact and coil mics, learning about how to use them, and taking their own out for a spin.

Quantifying Gender Disparities and Bias Online: Special Issue

February 2024   TSB Faculty Ágnes Horvát acts as a guest editor for a special issue on gender gaps in digital spaces in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

from Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Centering Sound Artists in Generative Music

February 2024   Scholars of computer science, history, and law consider human-centered approaches to AI and the sound arts

from Northwestern Engineering

Towards Human-Centered AI with Chenhao Tan

January 2024   The Technology & Social Behavior Ph.D. Program is excited to welcome Professor Chenhao Tan of University of Chicago to campus. Professor Tan will give a talk entitled “Towards Human-centered AI: How to Generate Useful Explanations for Human-AI Decision Making” that will take place Thursday, February 8th from 4:00pm-5:00pm, with a reception to follow, in the Human-Computer Interaction + Design Center (Frances Searle Building, Room 1-122). We welcome you to join!

Lesley-Ann Noel Speaks on How to Design for Social Change

January 2024   Author and educator Lesley-Ann Noel breaks down her book, "Design Social Change," for Northwestern students.

from Segal Design Institute

Thought Leader Dialogue: Designing Computing Education for Everyone

June 2023   Phones. Tablets. Cars. We are constantly interacting with computers, yet few of us get to participate in designing the systems and interfaces that increasingly mediate our everyday lives. This is because computing education has historically focused on training a select few to become professional software developers. However as computing is increasingly viewed as a core literacy that has value for all learners, this landscape is changing. In this dialog, we bring together researchers with distinct perspectives to discuss approaches for designing computing learning experiences for everyone. We ask: how can we design tools, curricula, and learning communities to foster interest, engagement, and broad participation in computing education? Tackling questions related to equity, scale, and context across K-12 and higher education, this dialog will highlight the role of thoughtful design in achieving the vision of computing education for everyone.

Teaching Artificial Intelligence Literacy: ‘AI Is for Everyone’

April 2023   Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, but most people have limited understanding of how the technologies work. Researchers are working to bridge that divide.

Elizabeth Dudley Recognized by Office of Undergraduate Research at Fletcher Awards

January 2023   In December 2022 the Office of Undergraduate Research recognized undergraduate students for their research projects during their Fletcher Awards.

from Northwestern Now

Lambert Conference on the Future of Human-Computer Interaction + Design

November 2022   The two-day Lambert conference hosted by the Human-Computer Interaction + Design center explores the future of human and computer interaction.

from Northwestern Engineering

Supporting Designers in Expressing Human Experiences to AI and Context-Aware Technologies

November 2022   Technology and Social Behavior PhD student Ryan Louie earned a 2022 Google PhD Fellowship in Human Computer Interaction

from Northwestern Engineering

Connecting Deep Learning Developers with Sound Artists

November 2022   TEAMuP received a $1.8 million Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier award from NSF

from McCormick School of Engineering

2022 Lambert Conference on the Future of Human Computer Interaction + Design

October 2022   Join Northwestern’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design (HCI+D) on October 24 and 25 for an engaging conference on how technology will influence the way we live, work, and play.

from Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design

Technology and Social Behavior Student Ryan Louie Awarded Google PhD Fellowship

September 2022   Ryan Louie (TSB) awarded Google PhD Fellowship

HCI+D Faculty Mike Horn Promoted to Full Professor

September 2022   Mike Horn Promoted to Full Professor

Michael Horn's Newly Published Book: Introduction to Digital Music with Python Programming

June 2022   Michael Horn's Newly Published Book: Introduction to Digital Music with Python Programming

Alumna Patricia Bao Gifts the HCI+D Center

June 2022   Patricia Bao’s commitment is largest ever for Northwestern’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction and Design

from Northwestern Now

Unpaid social media moderators perform labor worth at least $3.4 million a year on Reddit alone

June 2022   Can regular users wield the value of their contributions as leverage against Big Tech?

from Northwestern Now

Designing Practical Technology Solutions

May 2022   DTR students Cindy Hu, Fardeem Munir, and Roxanna Wilcox earned top awards in the Undergraduate Category at the CHI 2022 Student Research Competition.

from Northwestern Engineering

DTR Film Premiere

May 2022   Premiere party for Forward, a documentary short film following Northwestern University’s Design, Technology, and Research (DTR) program led by associate professor Haoqi Zhang

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Tech, Media, & Democracy

May 2022   TSB is organizing a virtual panel on the topic of Tech, Media & Democracy, featuring Chris Bail (Duke), Mor Naaman (Cornell Tech) and Rebekah Tromble (George Washington) in conversation with our own Ágnes Horvát, and in collaboration with our partners at the Center for HCI+D and the Center for Communication and Public Policy.

Product Innovation at DEKA Research and Development

May 2022   Join the Center for Robotics and Biosystems and the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design for a Seminar with Dean Kamen.

Making Art with AI: Tool, Collaborator, or Competitor?

April 2022   Making Art with AI: Tool, Collaborator, or Competitor?

Speaker Narges Mahyar

April 2022   Technology and Social Behavior Speaker Series

ACM SIGCHI 2022 Conference

April 2022   A list of all the papers with Northwestern authors from the CHI 2022 conference.

Speaker: Kate Bergeron

March 2022   Speaker Kate Bergeron VP of Hardware Engineering

Gregory D. Abowd: The Internet of Materials

February 2022   Gregory D. Abowd presents their talk: The Internet of Materials: The next logical step or a paradigm shift?

Tackling the Grand Challenges in Human Computer Interaction + Design

November 2021   Panelists discussed systemic obstacles and shared perspectives on their transition from academia to industry

from Northwestern Engineering

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Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design Annual Report 2020-2021

September 2021   Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design Annual Report 2020-2021

Eleanor O’Rourke Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

May 2021   The award will support the improvement of learning and retention in introductory computer science courses

from Northwestern Engineering

Design Must be Taken Seriously Because of its Consequences

December 2020   Northwestern’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design hosted a virtual roundtable on December 4

from Northwestern Engineering

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Fri. Dec. 4, 1p.m: HCI + Design Thought Leaders Lecture: Pluriversal Design

November 2020   Join Northwestern’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design (HCI+D) for an engaging conversation about the past, present, and future of design on December 4, 1-2 p.m., CST (via Zoom)

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McCormick, School of Communication Launch Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design

September 2020   Center to develop the future of human and computer interaction

from Northwestern Engineering

How to Self-Assemble Project Teams That Are Optimally Effective

November 2019   Noshir Contractor's team investigates how to self-assemble effective student- and faculty-based teams based on criteria such as learning, cohesiveness, and final performance.

from MyDreamTeam (MDT)

How Do People Change Their Technology Use in Protest?: Understanding "Protest Users"

November 2019   Professor Brent Hecht finds that “protest users” are motivated by concerns about business models that profit from user data and privacy. Common tactics including stopping use and leveraging ad blockers.

from ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

How Data Visualizations Can Clarify and Confound Uncertainty

October 2019   Jessica Hullman’s Scientific American article weighs pros and cons of common data visualizations.

from Northwestern Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Journalism Offers a Glimpse of the Future of the Knowledge Economy

June 2019   Professor Nicholas Diakopoulos writes about AI enhanced journalism and the future of the knowledge economy.

from The Conversation

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