Research Opportunities in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) for Undergraduates and Graduate Students! 🐥
HCI research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Includes UI, UX, HCI, STS, and other branches of HCI or socially-engaged computational sciences.
Use this repo to share relevant research opportunities throughout the year, but especially for Summer 2024. The list is currently maintained by Claudio Castillo @ Pomona College, but feel free to make PRs and help maintain this repo!
This repository comes out of the fact that currently, no centralized dashboard to find research opportunities in HCI/STS and other interdisciplinary computational sciences exists. This repo hopes to fill the gap sites like http://www.andrewkuz.net/hci-opportunities-summer-2021.html once served for the field. Hopefully, this also becomes a collaborative community empowering those with knowledge of research opportunities (professors, PIs, grad students, RAs) to share these opportunities. Researchers and students benefit when these opportunities are accessible for all!
- how to contribute to this list
- find a list of all dedicated HCI programs or labs in the US here
- find a list of all dedicated STS programs in the US here
HCI Projects: Use intelligent systems that leverage behavioral, contextual and physiological signals to build emotionally responsible systems. An interdisciplinary research group working on different areas including HCI, Machine Learning, and Psychology, bringing emotional intelligence to technology.
Position Title: Research Intern
Application Deadline: Unlisted, posted Oct 30, 2023
Term: Summer 2024, 12 weeks
Eligibility: PhD student with 2 years of relevant research experience
Location: Redmond, WA / Cambridge, MA
Work Type: hybrid
HCI Projects: Enable BCI for the general population, using non-intrusive methods, fewer number of electrodes and custom-designed signal picking devices.
Position Title: Research Intern
Application Deadline: Unlisted, posted Oct 26, 2023
Term: Summer 2024, 12 weeks
Eligibility: PhD student with 1 year experience with brain-computer interfaces and biological signals like EEG
Location: Redmond, WA
Work Type: hybrid
Additional/relevant notes or links: Information in HCI projects description may be different, the link to the projects page in the position application is currently broken.
HCI Projects: Immersive 3D Visualization, Virtual Reality for Social Applications
Position Title: REU Undergraduate Research Assistant
Application Deadline: January 31, 2024 @ 11:59 PM EST
Term: Summer 2024, 8 weeks (June 3 - July 26)
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students of all Disciplines, US Citizenship required.
Location: New York City, NY
Work Type: in-person
HCI Projects: Robust Intelligent non-invasive Deep brain-computer interface (BCI) Systems
Position Title: REU Undergraduate Research Assistant
Application Deadline: February 15, 2024 @ 11:59 PM
Term: Summer 2024, 10 weeks (May 20 - July 25)
Eligibility: Undergraduate Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Location: Marietta, GA
Work Type: in-person OR remote OR hybrid
Additional/relevant notes or links: first two weeks will be virtual, remote options and flexible scheduling available
HCI Projects: Work in multidisciplinary research teams to aid scientists from the San Diego Zoo, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and UC San Diego in tackling problems in fields such as ecology, physical oceanography, and archeology.
Position Title: E4E REU Undergraduate Research Assistant
Application Deadline: February 15, 2024 @ 11:59 PM
Term: Summer 2024, 10 weeks (June 24 - August 30)
Eligibility: US Citizen and permanent resident
Location: La Jolla, CA
Work Type: in-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: part of a year-long program for UCSD students, REU program during the summer. Non-REU funding opportunities available.
HCI Projects: Serve children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and understand posture control using Machine Learning, Analytics, and Augmented and Virtual Reality techniques.
Position Title: REU Undergraduate Research Assistant
Application Deadline: February 15, 2024 @ 11:59 PM
Term: Summer 2024, 8 weeks (June 3 - July 26)
Eligibility: US Citizen, 3.0 GPA minimum, undergraduate sophomore or junior
Location: San Marcos, TX
Work Type: in-person
HCI Projects: all projects lead by HCI faculty mentors, or considered witin HCI field
Position Title: REU Undergraduate Research Assistant
Application Deadline: March 15, 2024 @ 11:59 PM
Term: Summer 2024, 10 weeks (May 28 - Aug 3)
Eligibility: US citizen or permanent resident
Location: Ames, IA
Work Type: in-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: no projects page available, robust program schedule diagram included on main information page.
HCI Projects: Use cyberinfrastructure to conduct cutting-edge research in engineering, science, and computational medicine. Research projects emphasize advanced computing as a tool to power discoveries that will impact social change for future generations. Visualization is one of three key research training areas for participants.
Position Title: REU Undegraduate Researcher
Application Deadline: April 1, 2024 @ 11:59 PM
Term: Summer 2024, 9 weeks (June 3 - August 2)
Eligibility: US citizen and permanent resident attending US college or university
Location: Austin, TX
Work Type: in-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: funding one participant who does not meet US citizen/permanent resident requirement.
HCI Projects: Computing Education, Games as educational tools, ML for Education and Healthcare
Position Title: REU Research Assistant
Application Deadline: January 16, 2024 @ 11:59 PM EST
Term: Summer 2024, 6 weeks (May 20 - July 26)
Eligibility: US citizen or permanent resident
Location: Raleigh, NC
Work Type: in-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: Application opens soon!
HCI Projects: not listed, but should be named by applicant as a research interest
Position Title: Research Intern
Application Deadline: Early Action - December 15, 2023. Regular - February 14, 2024.
Term: Summer 2024
Eligibility: pursuing degree at a US institution
Location: Varies
Work Type: in-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: rising sophomores especially encouraged to apply. open to internationals, but program can only accept a limited few. you may look at past participant's project sites under the projects page -- these do not necessarily represent active projects.
HCI Projects: AI/ML applications for handwriting, 3D tools, design, and more!
Position Title: REU Research Assistant
Application Deadline: February 2, 2024 @ 11:59 PM EST
Term: Summer 2024, 9 weeks (June 3 - August 2)
Eligibility: BA, community college, and transfer students eligible. Requires strong background in mathematics, including linear algebra, calculus, and probability.
Location: Providence, RI
Work Type: In-person
- application link 1 application link 2 both links required
- main page
- projects page
Additional/relevant notes or links: stipend of $6,480 distributed in 3 payments.
HCI Projects: Accessible Technology research for deaf and hard of hearing communities.
Position Title: REU Research Assistant
Application Deadline: March 1, 2024 @ 11:59 ET
Term: Summer 2024, 10 weeks (May 13 – July 19)
Eligibility: Broad discipline requirements, including CS.
Location: Washington, DC
Work Type: In-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: encourage those fluent or interested in learning American Sign Language to apply.
HCI Projects: mediated online interactions during virtual meetings, materials education software development
Position Title: REU Research Assistant
Application Deadline: March 1, 2024 @ 11:59 PM CDT
Term: Summer 2024, 8 weeks (June 3 - July 26)
Eligibility: STEM degrees eligible
Location: Houston, TX
Work Type: In-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: Each participant will receive a $4,000 stipend and $1,400 for food. Additionally, non-local resident students will receive $1,200 for room expenses.
HCI Projects: Human, Plant, Computer Interaction
Position Title: REU research assistant
Application Deadline: February 6, 2024 @ 11:59 PM EST
Term: Summer 2024, 10 weeks (June - August)
Eligibility: us citizens, 2.75 or greater GPA.
Location: Ithaca, NY
Work Type: in-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: exact dates not listed. looking for interest in plant sciences, bioinformatics, or digital biology fields. encourage minority students and those attending small colleges to apply.
HCI Projects: Projects run through Institute for Creative Technologies at USC, a multidisciplinary research institute. Projects include AI interaction, VR, and more.
Position Title: REU research assistant
Application Deadline: January 31, 2024 @ 11:59 PM
Term: Summer 2024, 10 weeks (May 28 - August 2)
Eligibility: us citizen and pursuing undergraduate degree
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Work Type: In-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: welcome applications from students in computer science, as well as many other fields, such as psychology, art/animation, interactive media, linguistics, and communications.
HCI Projects: Implementing microelectronic and sensor systems which interact with and interpret the environment around us. Multi-disciplinary focus emphasizes improving the lives of humans, animals, and the environment.
Position Title: REU Research Assistant
Application Deadline: February 15, 2024 @ 11:59 PM EST
Term: Summer 2024, 10 weeks (May 28 – Jul 31)
Eligibility: Explicitly open to all undergraduate years, US citizens or permanent residents, any STEM major.
Location: Knoxville, TN
Work Type: In-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: n/a
HCI Projects: Over 28 projects within HCII
Position Title: REU Research Assistant
Application Deadline: January 26, 2024 @ 11:59 PM
Term: Summer 2024, 10-weeks (May 28 - August 2)
Eligibility: US citizens for most, but not all, projects
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Work Type: In-person
Additional/relevant notes or links: n/a