Welcome to the Victoria Interactive eXperiences with Information (VIXI) website.

We are a collaborative research group in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Victoria, co-lead by Charles Perin, Sowmya Somanath, Miguel Nacenta and Regan Mandryk. We work in the core areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Information Visualization. We use methodologies from, and contribute to a wide range of disciplines, including Design, User eXperience, Human Factors, Perception, Education, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Art, Computer Science, Philosophy and Sociology.

New blog post - CHIWORK'25 - Paving the Way for AI that Supports Flourishing at Work

VIXI members conducted a workshop during the CHIWORK’25 conference on the topic of AI and ways it can support flourishing at work. We discuss the highlights in our latest blog post.

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New blog post - First Sabbatical - Early Career Researcher Edition

In our latest blog post, VIXI co-leader Sowmya Somanath discusses some lessons learned during her first 6-month sabbatical, and shares advice for early career researchers.

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New blog post - VIXI @ DIS 2024

In our latest blog post, a VIXI PhD student shares her experiences attending DIS'24.

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Acknowledgement

We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.