HCI Research Seminar: Introduction to academic research and publishing in HCI - Einzelansicht

This seminar offers a hands-on introduction to HCI research through either developing your own project or contributing to ongoing research in the lab: this semester for a project Urban Togetherness Photobooth. You will be guided through the full process: shaping an idea, designing and running a study, analyzing results, and writing an academic paper.

The course is structured through 3 key block (Finding RQ + Study planning; Analysing data; Writing the paper) and 3 progress meetings combined with independent work, continuous feedback from lab members, and access to lab space and mentoring. The siminar runs from April to September.

Block dates - Fridays: 24.04.2026, 22.05.2026, 12.06.2026 (4- 5 hours each)

Time: TBA

Feedback meetings will be discussed and organised based on the team speed of work. Optimally, feedback meetings will take place on the same dates as the workshops + one more towards the end of June.

All three block dates will take place during semester teaching time, however, the report can be submitted at any point until the 31.9.2026 (unless you are going for the Student Research Competition https://muc2026.mensch-und-computer.de/submission/ at MUC26, deadline 01.07.2026).

Students from HCI Masters and CS4DM: have successfully completed at least one of the following courses from the HCI chair: “HCI Theory & Research Methods”, “Ubiquitous Computing”, or “HCI Introduction”. If you have passed the course in WiSe25/26 and do not yet have the grade - please, email prof. Hornecker.

If you want to take part in this class, please send a motivational email + relevant information to eva.hornecker@uni-weimar.de  and margarita.osipova@uni-weimar.de  before 10.04.2026 23:59.

Participation in workshops, completion of a Moodle module on academic work, conducting your own study and writing an academic paper (either for a conference as a student research paper or only submitting to us). Work is graded based on student-level academic standards.

This seminar is ideal if you want to prepare for a thesis, learn about HCI research, or gain practical research experience in a supportive environment with flexible deadlines arrangement.

M.Sc. Human-Computer Interaction

M.Sc. Computer Science for Digital Media