ACM SIGCHI Communication Ambassador Initiative

Marianna Obrist is leading a new global Ambassador initiative for ACM SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction), which is the premier international society for professionals, academics and students who are interested in human-technology & human-computer interaction (HCI). Marianna is selected member of the ACM SIGCHI Communications Team. See more information: http://www.sigchi.org/

PhD Internship @ Disney Research

Dario Pittera, PhD student in Informatics (supervised by Dr Marianna Obrist and Prof Anil Seth) successfully completed a 4-months Internship at Disney Research in Pittsburgh, USA; working with Dr Ali Israr on novel haptic interfaces. See more information: https://www.disneyresearch.com/

Dmitrijs Dmitrenko attending the AutomotiveUI conference

Dmitrijs has attended the 8th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (Automotive'UI 16) taking place in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, October 24-26, 2016. He presented a short paper entitled “A Comparison of Scent-Delivery Devices and Their Meaningful Use for In-Car Olfactory Interaction” and co-authored with Dr Chi Thanh Vi and Dr Marianna Obrist. The presented work on designing olfactory interaction for the automotive context received positive feedback and stimulated various discussions on future research opportunities.

Graduations of SCHI Lab MSc students

Conglatulations to two of our excellent Master students: Viktoria Spokojna, who worked on smell interaction to enhance language learning, and Erika Agostinelli who measured the added value of touch for UX. They attended the graduation ceremony on 27-Jan-2017.