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2016 UNH IRES student research – part 1

In its third and final year, the UNH International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program has selected eight students to conduct research in the HCI Lab at the University of Stuttgart, under the supervision of my colleague Albrecht Schmidt. The UNH IRES program is funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of International and Integrative Activities, and we are grateful for their[…]

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Saarbrücken lab tours

Recently, the UNH IRES group visited Saarbrücken, Germany to tour two HCI labs at Universität des Saarlandes. We were all quite amazed by research effort at both labs. The Innovative Retail Lab at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence  (DFKI) is conducting multiple studies on innovative shopping solutions and more! The simulated intelligent supermarket (pictured) provides shoppers with virtual assistance[…]

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2015 UNH IRES: HCI student summer research experience in Germany

The UNH HCI Lab is happy to announce the 2015 UNH International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program. Within the program we plan to fund 3 undergraduate and 3 graduate students to conduct research at the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Lab of Professor Albrecht Schmidt at the University of Stuttgart. Professor Schmidt and his lab are among the world leaders in the field of[…]

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First Lab Visit in UNH IRES Program: Hasso Plattner Institute

On June 30th, 2014 we met with Dominik Schmidt at Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI). HPI was Founded in 1998 and is the first, and still the only entirely privately funded university college in Germany.   Dominik is currently doing research in human-computer interaction. More specifically, in his research, he scales natural user interfaces to span entire rooms and creates novel interaction[…]

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Week 1: Introduction to Eye Tracking and Physiological Sensor Technology

During our first week at the University of Stuttgart we received a plethora of technology that was mainly new to all of us. It was a very exciting week. I felt like a kid in a toy store being able to pay with everything. The technology we played with were: EPOC Headset from Emotiv FaceLAB[…]

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