The overarching aim of this summer school course is to improve participants’ understanding of significant research methods commonly or increasingly used in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Together with a shift of emphasis from usability engineering to user experience (UX) design where users’ values, feelings and needs are Read more…
The Cyprus University of Technology and Talinn University jointly offer a new online MSc course in Interaction Design. The two departments bring together an impressive experience and knowledge in Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction and Online Learning. The course aims to provide an online learning platform for students internationally, who Read more…
Digital Synergy for empowering women: the official launch of WomenPower Platform With the aim of promoting social change and enhancing the participation of women in society, the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology has launched WomenPower, the winning project in the category “Women and Dialogue” of the Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab has secured the prestigious Human Computer Interaction Conference, INTERACT. The field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has been extremely successful for the last thirty years, especially when it comes to changing computing to the benefit of end users. Advanced mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive computing have dramatically changed the way we Read more…
In a packed auditorium the Cyprus University of Technology welcomed last week Rajiv Arjan, User Experience Researcher of Google UK, as the keynote speaker at the annual event for World Usability Day organized by Cyprus Interaction Lab. The audience included a total of over 300 participants, including several undergraduate and Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology organizes the annual World Usability Day seminar, with the support of the Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus, the Cyprus Computer Society, the Cyprus SIGCHI and the contribution of Google UK. Keynote Presentation: “User Read more…
This study examines how the use of tabletop technology might be able to promote peaceful attitudes and mitigate conflict in a school environment. The participants were twenty (20) K‐12students (grades 3‐6) at a public elementary school in the eastern Mediterranean.The school is characterized by large numbers of foreign students (i.e., Read more…
The ‘creative workshop’ series was successfully launched on Wednesday, September the 24th, co-organized by the Cyprus Interaction lab and the Sustainable Energy Lab of the Cyprus University of Technology. Professor Panayiotis Zaphiris, dean of the School of Fine and Applied Arts, initiated the “creative workshops” stating that it consists of Read more…
Cyprus Interaction Lab (Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts) and the Sustainable Energy Laboratory (Department of Environmental Science and Technology) of the Cyprus University of Technology, invite you to a series of ‘creativity workshops’ The “creativity workshops” series consist of open meetings for dialogue on issues related to creativity and Read more…
Organized by Prof. Panayiotis Zaphiris (Dean of School of Fine and Applied Arts and Director of the Cyprus Interaction Lab, of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts), Prof. David Lamas (Institute of Informatics, Tallinn University, Estonia) and Dr. Effie Lai-Chong Law (University of Leicester, UK) the summer school on Read more…
Three members of the Cyprus Interaction Lab of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts have been awarded the ‘Best Social Impact Award’ at the Cyprus Digital Championship 2014 competition. The team consists of Fernando Loizides, Iosif Kartapanis and Francesca Sella. The team are developing a mobile application called Mi.L.A (Minority Read more…
Womenpower (WE-ME)is the winning concept of Mahallae (funded by UNDP) under the “Women and Dialogue” challenge. The project is funded with $30,000 for a period of ten months (June 2014-May 2015). Aim of the project: the project intends to link women mentors and mentees together through an online community platform Read more…
The 1st International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies was completed with great success. The conference was part of 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2014), which was held at the Convention Center of Creta Maris hotel, Hersonissos, Heraklion, Crete, from June 22nd to 27th, 2014. The HCI Read more…
On May 28, 2014, a total of 21, 4-graders from the Lanitio Primary School in Limassol visited the Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology. During their visit at CIL, students had the opportunity to discover the learning possibilities Read more…
On March 27, 2014, a total of 15 undergraduate students from the School of Sciences (program of Computing) of UClan Cyprus visited the Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) of the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology. At CIL, students interacted with three multi-touch, interactive tabletops Read more…
Research methods in HCI Degree course | July 25 – July 31, 2014 The overarching aim of this summer school course is to improve participants’ understanding of significant research methods commonly or increasingly used in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Visit the course webpage >
The Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) of the Cyprus University of Technology is happy to discuss your project idea and act as the Hosting Lab for proposals you might plan to submit to the HORIZON 2020 funding program. The Research Hosting program allows researchers and practitioners in the area of Human Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab is a supporter of two conferences on mobile computing: iPads in Higher Education (ihe 2014) is the world’s 1st international research conference about iPad use in Higher Education (HE). You are invited to join scholars, learning technologists and practitioners from across the globe to share insights Read more…
The Visiting Fellowship program allows researchers and practitioners in the area of Human Computer Interaction and Instructional Technology to be hosted at the CIL Lab and access its facilities and equipment for the purpose of completing a research project. CIL Visiting Fellowships are unpaid fellowships. Visit the Fellowships section for Read more…
The Cyprus Interaction Lab (CIL) offers 3-5 internships for 2014 (Spring, Summer, or Fall) in the areas of Human Computer Interaction and Instructional Technology. The CIL internship program allows undergraduate and graduate students as well as recent graduates to work on projects in the fields of Human Computer Interaction and Read more…