About the HCI/d group

Our ethical imperative is to make sure that the design research we do contributes as much
to art, science, and democracy as it does to someone's bottom line.
— Peter Lunenfeld —

Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d) is the branch of informatics that studies and supports the design, development, and implementation of humanly usable and socially acceptable information technologies. The goal of the field is to shape new media and tools that will support human use, augment human learning, enhance communication and lead to more acceptable technological developments at the individual and the social levels.

The Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d) group, is an interdisciplinary community of students and faculty at the School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington. We are dedicated to research and education in the fields of HCI and interaction design in its broadest meaning. Although the core of the group is the HCI/d faculty, we are in close collaboration with all our students in our research efforts. This brings our research to our courses and our students to our projects.The HCI/d program draws faculty from across campus and around the world to provide the appropriate blend of multi-disciplinary expertise required to study this new discipline.

HCI/d is within the School of Informatics, one of the fastest growing new IT Schools in US. The School is built on the notion that there is great need and opportunity for professionals trained in state-of-the-art information technology and science with an emphasis on creative human applications. There is an urgent need in our society for graduates with education and experience in informatics, particularly with interdisciplinary skills. Find out more about the School here.