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 - VIXI @ CHI 2024 - PhD Student Recap

In our latest blog post, three VIXI PhD students share their reflections on CHI'24.

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Yichun Zhao awarded an NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral

PhD student Yichun Zhao was awarded an NSERC CGS-D Scholarship for his research on enhanced information accessibility for people who are blind or low-vision.

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New blog post - VIXI at CHI 2024

The VIXI Lab has several papers accepted in CHI’24 this year! We have a new blog post up with the details.

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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.