DU Human-Computer Interaction (DUHCI) is a research group based in the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science. The goal of DUHCI is to develop a community of researchers, students, industry affiliates, community members, and government officials interested in designing technologies to augment people and communities. DUHCI seeks to do so by fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing for interdisciplinary research and societal impact.
Courses
- COMP 3100/4100: Human-Computer Interaction
- COMP 3490/4490: Understanding AI (for non-computer science majors)
- COMP 3101: User Experience Design
- COMP 3701: Design Justice
Principal Investigator and Faculty
- Principal Investigator (PI): Benjamin Xie, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Co-PI: Alannah Oleson, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Amber J. Hu, Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor
- Faiza Tazi, Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor
Graduate Students
- Maimonah Aldubaiyan, PhD student in Computer science
- Ericka Corral Yanez, PhD student in Computer Science
- Grace "Demi" Jaiyeola, PhD student in Computer Science
- Yuliya Kim, MS student in Computer Science
- Yajing Li, PhD student in Computer Science
- Saka Suleiman, PhD student in Computer Science
- Sunny Shrestha, PhD student in Computer Science
Undergraduate Students
- Pluto Hassan, BS student in Computer Science
- Delaney Marie Lingad, BS student in Computer Science and Political Science
- Mena Saketa, BS student in Biochemistry and Psychology
Alumni
- Muskan Fatima, BS in Computer Science and Mathematics (Cum Laude), 2026. First position: PhD @ UNC Chapel Hill
- Mars Kaplan, BS in Computer Science, 2026
- Vivian Tran, MS & BS in Computer Science with Honors, 2026. First position: Software Engineer at Empower
- Cece Housh, PhD student in Computer Science
- Michael Harrison, BS student in Computer Science
Photos of the DUHCI Community
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DU HCI visit to the DU Innovation Lab. Spring 2026
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DU HCI students at graduate research day, spring 2026.
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PhD student Yajing Li demonstrating and explaining low cost sensor with community health official, Summer 2026.
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Undergraduate student Mena testing eye-tracking camera for research study, Fall 2026.