What’s better than a brilliant HCI conference? One with amazing social events!
At #MUC2025, don’t miss:
Aug 31: Weltecho – concert + exhibition
Sep 1: Orangerie – posters + food trucks
Sep 2: Kraftverkehr – dinner + DJ set by Prof. Bertolt Meyer 
https://muc2025.mensch-und-computer.de/en/programme/evening-events/
Best description of our lab:
"feels like a fast-fowarding in time, a super high tech wood-shop mixed with an Apple store".
Beautiful piece by the
@npr Points North podcast (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/993547741/points-north)
on
@xjasminelu 's work on a living smartwatch that you need to care for! #science #hci
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TNcwnV2r02CE5nn7lIYaE?si=Q0M9dyR3Qe-kPfs1H8YXEg&nd=1&dlsi=38497ea6041348df
Bill Buxton: "Human Input to Computer Systems: Theories, Techniques and Technology"
https://www.billbuxton.com/inputManuscript.html
What have papers about #cognitiveBias been focusing on since 2010?
Plenty of work on #behaviorChange or #visualization.
But human-computer interaction (#HCI) appeared in 2019 ...and became the plurality?
Want to work with one of the best thinkers out there, with endless creativity and super supportive environment in futuristic Taipei? 
My former PhD student, (now Prof.) Shan-Yuan Teng just started the Dexterous Interaction Lab @ NTU https://lab.tengshanyuan.info/ #hci #VR #AR #haptics #phd #AcademicChatter 
Meta Unveils Wristband for Gesture Control, Translating Muscle-Movements into Commands
We’re hiring! PhD and postdoc positions in Futures of Language
Jobs! If you are interested in fundamental research at the intersection of language, interaction and technology, have a look at the PhD and postdoc positions we are advertising. We look forward to growing the Futures of Language team.
https://ideophone.org/were-hiring-phd-and-postdoc-positions-in-futures-of-language/
Elated to share that the VOXI (Voice Experience Inventory) is now published #openaccess and ready for action in #hci #hri #hai #haii and beyond!
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2025.103576
The VOXI is a community-driven, validated instrument for measuring user impressions of computer voice. You can already check it out in the CUI '25 paper "Hearing Ambiguity" by Marti De Cet, me, Mohammad Obaid, and Ilaria Torre.
@marioguzman It’s not about nationality; it's about prioritizing (aesthetic) form over functionality.
Let’s not forget that Alan Dye’s background is in branding and package design. That’s exactly the skills profile you want for, well, luxury consumer(!) goods — such as expensive watches.
For productivity-oriented #UX, though, you want #HCI-greats such as Alan Kay and Larry Tesler, both of which happened to work at Apple in the past.
P.S.: Part of the problem is to conflate UX and UI. 
First was a great talk by Geoff Kaufman on creating persuasive games and immersive experiences at Stanford University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5yfsZlMp4 (2/4) #HCI #games
First was a thought-provoking talk by @dom on the importance for HCI researchers to build more interoperable, focused systems at Stanford University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DIIkX19ihs (2/5) #HCI
First was a great talk by Misha Sra on rethinking UIs for and with LLMs at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyepEy5U8E (2/6) #HCI
Next was a wide-ranging talk by Albrecht Schmidt on designing experiences beyond traditional interfaces at the MIT Media Lab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QBG209fKAA (5/6) #HCI
whether you are pondering applying for one of the above positions or just looking for some good reads, I think you will enjoy these summer reads https://markdingemanse.net/futures/news/summer-reads/
Feeling the heat from rising #virtualization costs and vendor lock-in? Dive into this #oSC25 talk on #Harvester, an #opensource #HCI solution by #SUSE. Learn how it replaces pricey platforms with scalable, resilient infrastructure powered by #Longhorn! https://youtu.be/OOLTpwQWspI?si=2InT3vvAccWHwN6B
A quick follow-up. #MobileHCI2025 is in-person only this year. With our odd conference publication model in #HCI this creates two issues for authors.
First, instead of the reduced fee that was available before, online folks now have to pay the full fee (750$ instead of 200$ in 2023) including costs for coffee and lunch. In return, the option to present your work remotely was removed. I think this is not appropriate anymore. Probably too late to change now, but hopefully in the future.
First was an intriguing talk by @eglassman on using human cognition theories to design helpful AI-augmented interfaces at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyK2pwukNwg (2/5) #HCI #AI
out now: New publications on the digital future in the Middle East and North African Region by Sarah Rüller and Konstantin Aal. Both books examine aspects and questions related to the digital future in the Middle East and North Africa.
#MediaofCooperation #Digital Media #DigitalFuture #Maghreb #MENA #HighAtlasMountain #HCI
Allen Newell and Ron Kaplan trying to copy things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUwXN01ARYg
