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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Postgraduate Research in HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada The Department of Psychology at Carleton University is inviting applications for postgraduate study from highly qualified and motivated candidates. We are the only Psychology Department in Canada with five full-time faculty involved in HCI and a Chair in User-Centred Design that is fully funded by the Hi-Tech industry. Our graduates are in very high demand, so we are expanding the training program dramatically to meet the increasing need for HCI skills. Our research program is very active and covers a broad range of topics including User Interface Design and Evaluation, Design Processes, Distributed/Collaborative Decision Making, CSCW, Cognitive and Social Modeling, User Experience/Affective Computing, Technology in Education, and Technological Policy Development. We have Competitive funding for postgraduate scholarships from NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) and other sources. These are open to local and foreign applicants. To maximize chances for financial support, prospective applicants who wish to be considered for commencement in September 2001 are encouraged to forward their application to Professor Gitte Lindgaard ([log in to unmask] ) by February 1. Applications arriving after that date will be reviewed in June 2001. For commencement in January 2002, applications should be lodged by November 1, 2001. The Computer-User Research and Evaluation (CURE) The CURE program has offered undergraduate and graduate training in HCI for over two decades. It was the first HCI program based in a Psychology department in Canada, and one of the first, if not the first, in North America. The CURE program was designed to have close contact with local firms and the federal government. Locally, graduates from the CURE program are now working for Nortel, Corel, Cognos, Newbridge, Mitel, Alcatel, Itemus Solutions, the federal government, and others. Further afield, our graduates are working for Charles Schwab, AT&T, ISM BC, SAS Institute, Microsoft, and others. For more information read our web pages at http://www.carleton.ca/cure/. For specific information on postgraduate studies see http://www.carleton.ca/cure/grad.shtml For more information email [log in to unmask] or mail/telephone Dr. Gitte Lindgaard Professor & Chair, User-Centred Design Department of Psychology Carleton University Ottawa Ontario K1S 5B6 Canada email: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~