Carleton HCI

08/19/2017

Amazing work!

As a child growing up in California, Veronica Newhart was absent from school for weeks at a time due to a congenital heart condition. The loneliness and isolation she felt so many years ago are similar to what children with chronic illnesses feel today, but Newhart says it doesn't have to be that wa...

04/26/2017

Come check out these great UX projects by local students!

You are invited to a presentation of cutting edge research in UX. This year’s student projects are all over the map: online co-design of clothing, sharing the space in collaborative virtual reality environments, multi-sensory belts that can enhance your engagement with the arts, a voice-controlled a...

03/24/2017

Are you looking for HCI Related Events? Make sure to check out CAPCHI!

is a social and professional society of people who work as user interface designers, researchers, educators, software developers, web designers, graphic designers and human factors engineers in and around the National Capital of Canada.

03/23/2017

"Carleton University’s Audrey Girouard, associate professor in the School of Information Technology, is one of six distinguished Canadian scientists to be recognized for educational excellence as part of the Partners in Research National Awards in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Biomedicine."

Congratulations!

Carleton University’s Audrey Girouard, associate professor in the School of Information Technology, is one of six distinguished Canadian scientists to be r

01/29/2013

Do you agree with the proposed waves?

In the fall of 1988, a small group of professionals from the technology industry gathered at Bentley College (now University) in Waltham, Mass., to discuss the topic of user advocacy and assistance. These gatherings were informal, simply a group of professionals with a shared passion for improving t...

01/26/2013

How long do you think it took the Google Glass team to come up with their first prototype? The answer will surprise you. . .

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/rapid-prototyping-google-glass-tom-chi Rapid prototyping is a method used to accelerate the innovation process. A...

10/15/2012

The $13 Txtr Beagle is the world's cheapest and smallest e-reader.

See it here:
http://on.mash.to/PZ8eRx

08/19/2012

STUDY PARTICIPANTS WANTED!!!

Interested in helping out with cutting edge research? We are looking for participants to help with research on flexible displays. Compensation is $5 for a half hour, and sessions are either a half hour or hour in length. If interested, please email us at: [email protected]!

08/17/2012

Did you know Carleton HCI has some of the best usability testing/participant observation equipment around? We have the full Noldus suite for participant observations/usability testing, Tobii screen mounted for eye tracking, head mounted eye tracking devices, and many more!!

08/16/2012

Are some fonts more believable than others?

A curious experiment by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris suggests as much. After polling approximately 45,000 unsuspecting readers on nytimes.com, Morris discovered that subjects were more likely to believe a statement when it was written in Baskerville than when it was written in Computer Modern, Georgia, Helvetica, Trebuchet, or Comic Sans.

More about this fascinating experiment here: http://bit.ly/PfAliq

07/26/2012

Welcome to everyone who has been accepted to the Masters of HCI program at Carleton!! Congratulations!!

07/26/2012

Android is an attractive for developers, but not all designers share our enthusiasm. Making an app look and feel great is no mean feat.