Human-Computer Interaction Research Group

Kia ora and Welcome to the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Research Group at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The HCI Research group carries out research on AR/VR, natural user interfaces, information visualization, games, user experience techniques, mobile education systems, usable security, and human aspects of software engineering. The People consists of academics and students from a variety of disciplines including HCI, Games, Media Design, and Software Engineering. The research group has a specifically designed HCI Lab with state of the art equipment. Summary of VUW HCI Research (PDF).

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Upcoming Meetings

The HCI Research Group meeting (all 400-level, Masters, and PhD students are welcome to attend) happens every two weeks 1400 on Wednesdays (sometimes Thursday) in CO140:

  • Next Meeting:
    • 2pm on Thursday 12 December 2024

Research Interests

We are currently engaged in projects in various areas, see summary of VUW HCI Research (PDF), notably:

Prospective Students

We are always looking for excellent PhD, Masters, and Honours students. We have funding available via our university and some other university funded research grants which are typically for summer research students.

Apply for a Postgraduate PhD/Master Scholarship ( Next deadlines in 2024: 1 March, 1 July, 1 November ), contact one of the HCI staff members depending on your research interests.

Summer Scholarships. We offer summer scholarships for VUW students only, some of which are related to HCI, Visualization, AR/VR, and Games. Applications for 2024/2025 will open in September 2024.

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