The ELiCIT Lab has its first paper on investigating design patterns for touchscreen applications targeting language and communication disorders ! In a collaboration with USC's Caruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery faculty member Dr. Yao Du, Monmouth University's Special Education faculty member, Dr. Kathryn Lubniewski, certified speech language pathologist, Lori Price, ELiCIT Lab director Dr. Nikita … Continue reading ELiCIT Lab Co-Authored Paper at IJLCD
Author: nikitasoni2
Nikita Soni is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Human-Centered Computing Program in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering at the University of Florida, advised by Dr. Lisa Anthony. Her research focuses on employing user-centered approaches to design natural user interactions for educational technologies for children and families in public spaces such as museums.
Workshop Paper at CHI2023
Citation: Soni, N. and Yao, Y. 2023. Designing Privacy Education Interfaces for Families in Informal Learning Settings: Interaction Design Goals. Paper for the “Privacy Interventions and Education (PIE): Encouraging Privacy Protective Behavioral Change Online” workshop, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’23), Hamburg, Germany, April 2023. 4 Pages. [PDF] Abstract: "Family group discussions are shown … Continue reading Workshop Paper at CHI2023
ELiCIT Lab students present at 2023 UIC Undergraduate Research Forum
Kenan presented a poster on designing translational resources for children's touchscreen application designers in order to make research guidelines more accessible to design practitioners. Three undergrads working on the GeoDataOnSphere project presented their work via a poster on our progress and design lessons learned when designing multi-touch spherical display applications for Earth Science undergraduate classrooms. … Continue reading ELiCIT Lab students present at 2023 UIC Undergraduate Research Forum
Three ELiCIT Lab Members on UIC COE Dean’s List
ELiCIT lab congratulates three undergraduate student researchers, Pranav Rathod, Yamaan Nandolia, and Kenan Alghythee, for being included on UIC's College of Engineering Dean's List for Fall 2022. Students are selected on the Dean's list because of their exceptional academic achievements, commitment to excellence, and hard work. Pranav and Kenan have been working in EliCIT lab … Continue reading Three ELiCIT Lab Members on UIC COE Dean’s List
Open House for Multi-touch Spherical Display
View Post Data visualization application running on the multi-touch spherical display developed by Pufferfish. Ltd. The ELiCIT lab hosted an inter-departmental open house event, to showcase the novel multi-touch spherical touchscreen technology, called PufferTouch! This 360-degree display enables users to interactively explore displayed content using natural touchscreen gestures, including tap, drag, zoom, and more. Currently, … Continue reading Open House for Multi-touch Spherical Display
ELiCIT Lab receives a research grant from Illinois Space Grant Consortium (ISGC)
ELiCIT lab received a $45,000 research grant from the Illinois Space Grant Consortium (NASA sponsored) via a subaward to UIC from UIUC. The award is titled: GeoDataOnSphere: Collaborative Exploration of GeoData on Multi-touch Spherical Displays for Future Teachers. The main goal of this project is to investigate how to better design multi-touch spherical display interfaces … Continue reading ELiCIT Lab receives a research grant from Illinois Space Grant Consortium (ISGC)
Engaging Learning and Creativity Interaction Technology (ELiCIT) Lab 