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Human-Computer Interaction

Graphic of a hand touching a phone.Studying the design, use and impact of interactive technologies, focusing on how people engage with computing systems and how digital tools and experiences can be made more usable, accessible, creative and socially responsive.

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  • Katie Davis
  • Anind Dey
  • David Hendry
  • Alexis Hiniker
  • Amy J. Ko
  • Lindah Kotut
  • Jin Ha Lee
  • Wanda Pratt
  • Joel Ross
  • Kyle Thayer
  • Spencer Williams
  • Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Jeremy Zaretzky

Related Projects and Grants

Dynamic VR Rehabilitation System Utilizing Real-Time EMG-Based Biomechanical Simulation and Adaptive Game Content

PI: Jacob O. Wobbrock
Funding: De Luca Foundation, $20,000
Dates: 2025-2026

Leveraging behavioral signals and generative AI for the rapid creation of interactive, user-adaptive HMI prototypes

PI: Jacob O. Wobbrock
Funding: Toyota Research Institute, $447,792
Dates: 2024-2026

Co-designing a Technology-based Health Research Results Dissemination Tool with AIAN People

PI: Wanda Pratt
Funding: National Institutes of Health, $41,989
Dates: 2022-2023

Kids CoLab! – Supporting Collaborative Decision Making with Youth Impacted by Chronic Kidney Disease

PI: Wanda Pratt
Funding: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, $202,663
Dates: 2022-2023

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'Dynamic combination': Course bridges data science, librarianship

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Information School Assistant Professor Melanie Walsh describes the bridge between librarianship and information science as a “dynamic combination.” Through the Master of Library and Information Science course LIS 572:...
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Professor's new book weighs costs, benefits of AI

Monday, June 15, 2026
Information School Professor Chirag Shah recently published “Agent Nation,” a book concerning how autonomous AI is affecting society — and what we, as individuals, can do about it. As artificial intelligence has been...
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