Updates from HCI – Welcome to Fall 2023

The HCI Graduate Program has four items to share for Fall 2023: 1) ChatGPT, the Bee Gees, and HCI; 2) New HCI policies regarding Ph.D. students; 3) Enrollment Keeps Rising (Keep telling your friends!); 4) CycloneSupport and TAO (for your well-being)
Cybersickness More Likely to Affect Women, Iowa State Research to Help Understand Why

Iowa State researchers in psychology and engineering found women experience cybersickness with virtual reality headsets more often than men. Their ongoing work, supported by a new $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, explores why this difference exists and options to help individuals adapt.
Online HCI Master’s Student, Isabel Almaguer, Awarded ACM-W Scholarship

Isabel Almaguer, an online HCI master’s student, has been awarded an ACM-W scholarship for attendance at The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
HCI PhD Student, Imtiajul Alam, Received Award at the EdMedia + Innovate Learning Conference

Imtiajul Alam, an HCI Ph.D. student, received the Outstanding Student Paper award at the EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2022 Conference.