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Research Area 1: Media Informatics and Advanced Human-Computer Interaction

Media Informatics studies the new software architectures, algorithms and data structures, tools, and user interfaces required and enabled by the use of multiple media, in particular time-based media such as audio and video, in computer systems and applications.
Within Media Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) may harbor one of the biggest upcoming challenges: Inventing and studying new and appropriate user interface devices, techniques, and metaphors for the deployment of new technologies in a world beyond the single-user desktop. Another current key challenge in HCI is the successful collaborative use of interactive systems. People still use email for collaboration because more advanced tools are not interoperational, multipoint- and team-centered yet, or assume very structured, static work environments. Integrated Collaborative Environments (CEs) are the solution—but they pose challenging research questions.

Bold letters indicate the professor currently in charge of this research area.

NEWS

Media Computing Group Acquires Funding For Interactive Surface Research
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Professor Kaisa Nyberg for talk at B-IT
Professor Kaisa Nyberg, Aalto University Finnland, will deliver a talk on 20 January 2012 at 12.00 noon in B-IT lecture hall. [more]

B-IT Media Informatics Students Receives Internship at NII Tokyo
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"Young Scientist Award" 2011 to Steffen Kirchhoff
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Best Poster Award to B-IT Alumna
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