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𝗨𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: "𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸"
23 July 2025, h.3-4pm
Speaker: Carolin Stellmacher
Zoom: ucl.zoom.us/j/98581580748

In this talk, Carolin Stellmacher presents a series of projects from her PhD research on augmenting handheld technology with haptic feedback to enrich interactions in immersive environments and mobile computing. She discusses how combining hardware-based methods, such as developing custom haptic prototypes, with software-based pseudo-haptic illusions can leverage the perceptual benefits of both physical and virtual feedback. These projects demonstrate how different sensory stimulations enable users to perceive the weight of virtual objects in virtual reality. The talk concludes with her latest work on enhancing smartphone haptics, providing user-driven insights into the potential for everyday mobile devices for haptic mobile interactions.

About the speaker: Carolin Stellmacher is a PhD candidate at the University of Bremen, Germany, where she explores new designs of handheld technologies to augment interactions with haptic experiences. She holds a degree in computer science with a specialisation in human-computer interaction.

𝗨𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: 𝗢𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀

When: 24 June 2025, h. 3:00 pm–4:00 pm

Speaker: Nava Haghighi, PhD candidate in Computer Science, Stanford University

Zoom: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/91894817391.

Congratulations to Jo Pearson, UCLIC Senior Teaching & Learning Administrator, who has won the BEAMS Professional Services Awards 2025 in the "Giving our students the best support, facilities and opportunities" category.
The awards seek to recognise the positive attitude, outstanding performance and commitment that professional services staff in BEAMS (that is, Built Environment, Architecture, Engineering, and Mathematical and Physical Sciences faculties) bring to their work and celebrate how they are contributing to the UCL Strategic Plan 2022-27 and the UCL 2034 enablers.

The judging process was rigorous, with numerous exceptional nominations, making it a challenging task for the competition panel to come up with the final selection of winners, runner-ups and special mentions.

Aneesha Singh, HCI MSc Director, said: "Jo is one of the smartest and most organised people I’ve worked with and I’m always amazed at how much they care about their work. Their contribution to the MSc is massive and I wanted to highlight some of the wonderful work that Jo does behind the scenes so we get a sense of all the invisible labour that goes into making us a world-class MSc."

The official award ceremony will take place on 10 June 2025, at UCL Central House.