Human-Centered Computing

A number of our faculty conduct research in the area of human-centered computing (HCC). Our department investigates HCC from a broad variety of perspectives. As a result, HCC research within the Department addresses a diverse collection of interrelated research questions centered on the design, implementation, and evaluation of highly-usable interactive systems. Core specializations within the HCC area include: usability engineering (heuristic development/evaluation techniques), designing for accessibility (SIID), tutorial systems, search history interface design, information visualization, computer-mediated communication (esp. instant messaging), mobile HCC, speech-based applications, and online communities.

Faculty with a primary interest in Human-Centered Computing

Henry Emurian (emurian@umbc.edu) [Associate Professor]

virtual team collaboration, online tutoring systems, information technology education, and internet citizenship

Ashish Joshi (asjoshi@umbc.edu) [Assistant Research Professor]

health care informatics, designing and evaluating tele-health systems for chronic disease management, analyses of large clinical, administrative health care databases

Anita Komlodi (komlodi@umbc.edu) [Associate Professor]

Graduate Programs Director for HCC
human-centered computing, information storage and retrieval, computer supported cooperative work

Ravi Kuber (rkuber@umbc.edu) [Assistant Professor]

human-centered computing, universal access to technology, haptic and multimodal interface design and evaluation

Wayne Lutters (lutters@umbc.edu) [Associate Professor]

computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), human-centered computing (HCC), knowledge management (KM), online communities

Anthony F. Norcio (norcio@umbc.edu) [Professor]

theoretical interests: human-computer interfaces, complex systems design, health informatics, application interests: adaptive/personalized interfaces, air traffic control, internationalization of interfaces, usability, user modeling

Ant Ozok (ozok@umbc.edu) [Associate Professor]

human-centered computing, cross-cultural usability, e-commerce, mobile commerce, survey design, online communities

Andrew Sears (asears@umbc.edu) [Professor]

Department Chair
human-centered computing, universal access to technology, interface design and evaluation techniques