informatics

Research to focus on interactive media in politically tumultuous, post-pandemic time

Informatics innovator creates useful technologies with and for people with disabilities

UCI informatics professor uses open-source app she helped design to create simulated learning environment

June Ahn, associate professor of education, has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct a study identifying factors that motivate youth toward occupational careers. Ahn and his team will be working with K-12 after-school program educators and participants to gain an understanding of the key experiences that shape […]

Informatics professor has interdisciplinary background, is committed to inclusive excellence

UCI Esports donates original arena PCs to informatics department, research labs and student clubs

A new episode of The UCI Podcast featuring interviews with two UCI faculty members is now available. The first segment is a conversation on the history of video games through the lens of LGBTQ theory with Bonnie “Bo” Ruberg, assistant professor of informatics. Ruberg’s new book, Video Games Have Always Been Queer, is on shelves […]

Mark Baldwin’s hands-on research is helping visually impaired rowers enjoy their sport in new and exciting ways

Philanthropic support lets researcher translate ‘wacky ideas’ into real-world results

Informatics professor Gloria Mark has been awarded a National Science Foundation Cyber-Human Systems grant to study methods of identifying and addressing workplace stress. The $1.2 million grant runs through July 2020 and will be shared with co-investigators Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna of Texas A&M University and Ioannis Pavlidis of the University of Houston. Mark’s portion of the funding is $420,000. The […]