HOT Lab

Human-Computer Interaction at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

This year we have 10 new students joining us from different academic disciplines.  Welcome to: Martin Lochner, Janette Folkens, Tara Foster-Hunt, Marty Kauhanen, Minh Tran, Carley Treen, Beth Vary, Carolyn McKay, Patrick Noonan and Justyna Litwinska.

The UPA and Dr. Avi Parush are happy to announce the publication of the fourth issue of the Journal of Usability Studies (JUS). Continue Reading »

Dr. Warren Thorngate is joining a group of law professors at Ottawa U to investigate user reactions to End User License Agreements (EULAs) Continue Reading »

Dr. Robert Biddle will be speaking at several upcoming events on Agile Software Development. Continue Reading »

The HOTLab videogames group has been active: Dr. Claire Dormann presented a paper at the ACM Videogame Symposium in Boston, and several other conference presentations are coming up. Continue Reading »

Aida Hadziomerovic successfully defended her thesis in August entitled “Engagement and Learning in a Computer Role Play Game”. Continue Reading »

PhD student Sonia Chiasson presented a paper titled “A Usability Study and Critique of Two Password Managers” at the 2006 USENIX Security Symposium in Vancouver. Continue Reading »

PhD student Devjani Sen presented two posters at the 114^th American Psychological Association conference in New Orleans. Continue Reading »

The HOT Lab was pleased to welcome Dr. Pamela Briggs, who was on sabbatical from the University of Northumbria in the UK, during July-September 2006. Continue Reading »

Michelle Gauthier ,who graduated MA from the HOT Lab last year, has been awarded the Canadian Psychological Association Certificate of Excellence for her thesis research. Michelle did her research on the impact of using night vision googles on spatial cognition with her advisor Dr. Avi Parush.

Kirsten C. Somoza, who graduated MA last year, had a baby girl on August 30th. Her name is Adelaide Kietha Somoza. Congratulations to the Somoza family!