Indiana University Bloomington

School of Informatics and Computing

“Our ethical imperative is to make sure that the design research we do contributes as much to art, science, and democracy as it does to someone’s bottom line.”
Peter Lunenfeld

Master’s Degree

About the HCI/d group

Human Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d) is the branch of informatics that studies and supports the design, development, and implementation of humanly usable and socially acceptable information technologies. The goal of the field is to shape new media and tools that will support human use, augment human learning, enhance communication and lead to more acceptable technological developments at the individual and the social levels.

The Human Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d) group, is an interdisciplinary community of students and faculty at the School of Informatics on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. We are dedicated to research and education in the fields of HCI and interaction design in its broadest meaning. Although the core of the group is the HCI/d faculty, we collaborate with all of our students in our research efforts. This brings research to our courses and students to our projects. The HCI/d program draws faculty from across campus and around the world to provide the appropriate blend of multi-disciplinary expertise required to study this new discipline.

HCI/d is within the School of Informatics, one of the fastest growing new IT Schools in US. The School is built on the notion that there is great need and opportunity for professionals trained in state-of-the-art information technology and science with an emphasis on creative human applications.