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

Undergraduate Students

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

  • people smiling while standing in maker space holding assorted 3D printed items

    DU HCI visit to the DU Innovation Lab. Spring 2026

  • DU HCI students standing behind slide which says "grad research day"

    DU HCI students at graduate research day, spring 2026.

  • Yajing crouching and holding box with sensor in it while speaking to another person

    PhD student Yajing Li demonstrating and explaining low cost sensor with community health official, Summer 2026.

  • person sitting and working on laptop with code on the screen. Attached to the laptop is an eyetracking camera

    Undergraduate student Mena testing eye-tracking camera for research study, Fall 2026.