Hello, it’s Michelle again, writing this from Łódź, Poland! We are currently at the Lodz University of Technology for a week-long HCI summer school. It has been a great experience so far, and I’ve been able to meet HCI postdoc students and professors from all over Europe while exploring a country I’ve never visited before.[…]
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Fourth Week in Oldenburg
In our fourth week at Oldenburg, many exciting events occurred, including the Fourth of July and Orit and Andrew’s visit. On Independence Day, I made an American flag fruit tart that I brought to work. Later in the day, Susanne Boll (the professor in charge) invited us to her home for hot dogs, and I[…]
Germany / hci / hcilab / ires / nsf / stuttgart / travel / ubicomp
June in Stuttgart
Hallo! My name is Lauren Futami, and I’m spending June and July here in Stuttgart, Germany, working in the Human Computer Interaction Lab at Stuttgart University. I’m here with two other students – Midori Yang from Wellesley College and Calvin Liang from Tufts University. We each have our own projects and supervising graduate students to guide[…]
Germany / ires / nsf / stuttgart / travel
Hallo! Introductions, Travel, and Research
My name is Calvin Liang, and I’m a Human Factors masters student at Tufts University. I’m so excited to be doing research abroad in Germany and am super grateful to be a part of the IRES program. I’ll use this blog to discuss my experiences in Stuttgart and Europe, including my research and general adventures.[…]
Third Week In Oldenburg
In our third week in Oldenburg, we continued to make progress on our projects. I am helping my supervisor with the EyeSee360 application. EyeSee360 is an application that maps the 3D position objects around the user. This allows a user to have an idea of where out-of-view objects without having to look for them. After[…]