informatics

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 […]

“Magia Transformo: The Dance of Transformation,” a game created by a team led by Josh Tanenbaum, UCI assistant professor of informatics, debuted in early October at the prestigious IndieCade festival in Los Angeles. Selected from more than 1,000 entries to be one of just over 100 titles to be demonstrated at the event, the mixed-reality […]

Informatics new hires plan to take beneficial gaming to the next level

Marios Papaefthymiou also seeks to strengthen school’s central role on campus

Alfred Kobsa, UCI professor of informatics, is part of an international team that recently received $882,000 from the National Science Foundation and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. The award will fund research to improve users’ privacy decisions within the “Internet of Things,” which is the network connectivity among household items that enable them to collect […]

Traditional keyboard sounds can be decoded, UCI and Italian researchers find

Taking and sharing smartphone photos boosts positive feelings

UCI is first to conduct formal study of virtual inclusion for homebound students