From desktops and laptops to phones and tablets to virtual reality, wearable devices, the Internet of Things, and robotics, technologies based on computing are all around us. The field of human-computer interaction (HCI) studies how we interact with these technologies, and how those technologies in turn shape our world. HCI researchers seek to improve how humans interact with technology, to understand the societal impact of technologies, and to invent new technologies that alter the way we perceive and navigate the world around us.
UChicago CS includes many researchers and lab groups that investigate these angles using interdisciplinary, user-centered, and physical-computing approaches. Faculty and students design more usable privacy and security tools, improve how users interact with robots, programming languages, and IoT devices, and make technologies more inclusive for marginalized and underserved populations. Other groups design wearable devices and user interfaces that augment human abilities and create more seamless integration between the virtual and natural environments.
Labs & Groups
CANON (Computing for Anyone) Lab
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Lab
SUPER (Security, Usability, & Privacy Education & Research) Group
3DL
Network Operations and Internet Security (NOISE) Lab
Amyoli Internet Research (AIR) Lab
Human-Computer Integration Lab
Chicago Human + AI (CHAI) Lab
AxLab – Actuated Experience Lab
Related Faculty
News & Events
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What’s Real and What’s Not? Watermarking to Identify AI-Generated Text
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Enhancing Multitasking Efficiency: The Role of Muscle Stimulation in Reducing Mental Workload
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Unlocking the Future of AI: How CacheGen is Revolutionizing Large Language Models
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UChicago Partners With UMass On NSF Expedition To Elevate Computational Decarbonization As A New Field In Computing
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Assistant Professor Raul Castro Fernandez Awarded NSF CAREER Grant to investigate Data-sharing Markets
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Empowering Middle School Girls in Tech: compileHER’s <prompt/HER> Capstone Event
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Haifeng Xu Wins Best Paper Award at Leading AI Conference for Pioneering Research on Mechanism Design for LLMs
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