Adira wins CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award
Congratulations to Adira Blumenthal for receiving an honorable mention award from the CRA for her excellence in undergraduate research.
Distinguished member of ACM
Ehsan Hoque, who works in the intersection between artificial intelligence (AI) and human-centered computing (HCC), has been named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his outstanding contributions to computing.
Best Paper Nominations in ACII and ACM MM
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Kurtis Haut, lead author on both papers.
700K of grant from US Army to study self-organizing social network
We will work on redesigning and maximizing human productivity through self-organizing social networks.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke highlights our work on Parkinson’s
In this video, patient representatives, leadership, and staff from the University of Rochester Udall Center describe their goals, work, impact, and how YOU can get involved.
Xiaofei Zhou receives a three-year Industry Fellowship
Xiaofei Zhou, a Ph.D. student at the ROC-HCI Lab, has received a three-year Industry Fellowship through the AR/VR Ph.D. Trainee Program at the University of Rochester.
James Spann wins best paper award at ACM SUI
In collaboration with Vivian Shen and Chris Harrison from CMU, Spann wins the best paper award at the ACM Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2021 conference.
A new way to prepare doctors for difficult conversations
ROC HCI researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors in explaining end-of-life options.
ROC HCI 2021 Summer Party
We wished the graduating students all the best while welcomed the new set of students.
Baten featured by ResearchGate as inspiring research story!
Raiyan Abdul Baten, a network science and human-computer interaction (HCI) researcher, is exploring these questions by meeting humans where they are: on social media.
Inclusive computing roubtable
As part of our ongoing inclusive computing initiative, we are organizing a roundtable with UR alum currently working at Google.
Sangwu gets inducted in Phi Beta Kappa honor society
Congratulations to Sangwu Lee, a junior student in CS, for being among the 18 junior students to be inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
Neurogical care available anytime, anywhere
The University of Rochester features our ongoing work on enabling telemedicine for individuals with Parkinson’s disease.
Zhang and Tenesaca win CRA outstanding researcher award
Boyu Zhang (finalist) and Ashely Tenesaca (honorable mention) are recognized by the CRA outstanding undergraduate researcher award.
Can social networks help us be more creative?
Participants overwhelmingly chose to follow people who had the most creative ideas, but that creativity suffers when too many people follow the same sources of inspiration