A number of our faculty conduct research in the area of human-computer interaction (HCI). Our department investigates HCI from a broad variety of perspectives. As a result, HCI research within the Department addresses a diverse collection of interrelated research questions centered on the design, implementation, and evaluation of highly-usable interactive systems. We also employ a variety of methodologies in our research including both quantitative and qualitative approaches, lab and field based data collection, and usability engineering approaches including user-centered design, participatory design, and other related techniques.
The three core areas are:
- Accessible Computing — broadly defined to include issues associated with disabilities, age, culture, as well as context-aware computing, among others.
- Human-Information Interaction — studies information behavior and the design of user interaction methods to support that behavior.
- Social Computing — studies social behavior as it relates to computational systems and evaluating the various environments therein.
Faculty who are interested in HCI:
- Foad Hamidi, Ph.D., York University, Assistant Professor, foadhamidi@umbc.edu
- Andrea Kleinsmith, Ph.D., University College London, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, Human-Centered Computing, andreak@umbc.edu
- Anita Komlodi, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Associate Professor, komlodi@umbc.edu
- Ravi Kuber, Ph.D., Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, Associate Professor, rkuber@umbc.edu
- Helena Mentis, Ph.D., Penn State University, Professor, mentis@umbc.edu
- Tera Reynolds, Ph.D., University of California, Assistant Professor, reynoter@umbc.edu