Welcome to the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design
The Centre for HCI Design is London's largest HCI-related research group. We research the relationship between people and technology with the aim of creating more useful and easier to use systems.
MSc and PhD at HCID
- The Centre is offering an MSc in Human Centred Systems (HCS). This is a flexible course delivered in two modes either as a full-time or a part-time course. You can also choose to do a postgraduate certificate or a postgraduate diploma instead of an MSc - read more...
Why not attend one of our friendly and informal School of Informatics Postgraduate Open Evenings to meet the Course Directors and find out more, or apply now for the MSc in HCS and also for one of the scholarships that City University is offering.
If you are interested in doing a PhD at HCID: Read about the PhD topics our academics are interested in supervising.
Internships in industry for masters students. We offer you an unrivalled opportunity to gain six months of professional IT experience as part of your masters degree. Find out more.
Latest news
RBKC Apollo Award 2009 Runner-up Prize PhD student Makayla Lewis from the Centre for HCI Design was awarded runner-up prize in the volunteer category at the 2009 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Apollo Awards
RCUK Award Fernando Loizides has been awarded an RCUK National Science and Engineering Week award.
Membership of Editorial Board of Journal of Software Engineering and Applications Bill Karakostas has been invited and accepted to join the editorial board of the Journal of Software Engineering and Applications.
HCID commendation prize in the University's Staff Research Prize Competition Stephanie Wilson, Peter Woodward and Rebecca Randall of the GHandI Project team have won a commendation prize in the University's Staff Research Prize Competition.
Call for Papers First International Workshop on Automated Configuration and Tailoring of Applications - call for papers. Held in conjunction with the 25th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Neil Maiden to give Keynote address to ICPC 2010 Neil Maiden has been invited to give a keynote address to ICPC 2010, the 18th IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension. He will talk on creativity in software design. The conference will be held in Braga, Portugal in June 2010.
News - Neil Maiden elected Chair of IEEE Steering Committee Neil Maiden has been elected Chair of the Steering Committee for the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering, a post he will hold for 3 years. As Chair he will responsible for overall direction of the conference, managing the selection of conference venues and chairs to run the conference.
Special Issue of Behaviour and Information Technology - Call for submissions. We will welcome a broad range of papers that are practical, empirical, or theoretical in orientation, in addition to tightly argued polemics and theoretically informed review papers.