Human-Computer
Interaction Lab

Welcome to Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Students and professors working in the lab are committed to exploring new and innovative research areas in human-computer interaction.

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Faculty Members
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Students
50
Research Projects
471
Publications

Research Areas

We are currently carrying out research in a number of different fields including:

Computer Science Education Creativity Support Human-AI Interaction Human-Computer Interaction Human-Robot Interaction Older Adults & Technology Online Communities Robots and Gender Social Robotics Software Learnability Technologies for Kids Virtual Worlds

Latest News

July 16, 2026

New Website Olé!

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June 29, 2026

HCI Lab Alumnus Khalad Hasan to join San Francisco State University

June 22, 2017 Our lab alumnus Khalad Hasan will be joining the Department of Computer Science at San Francisco State University as Assistant Professor. UManitoba…

June 29, 2026

IUI 2012 Best Paper Award

March 02, 2012 Jim Young’s paper, “Style by Demonstration: Teaching Interactive Movement Style to Robots”, has received the best paper award at the ACM International…

June 29, 2026

Best Paper at Graphics Interface 2017

May 13, 2017 Congratulations to Patrick Dubois on his Best Paper award at Graphics Interface 2017!

June 29, 2026

Robot Painter

April 28, 2016 Picassnake, a robot painter prepared for RobotArt competition, has been featured in IEEE spectrum RobotArt team link IEEE Spectrum article

Usability Testing Services

The University of Manitoba HCI Laboratory is able to provide usability testing services. If you are currently considering putting your software through some usability testing, please contact us for more information.

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