about hapii
The human-centered, adaptive, and personalized information interaction lab at Cal Poly Pomona aims to make users happy, by researching novel computing solutions that understand and support each individual person. Our expertise ranges across several areas, including:
Human-Computer/AI Interaction
Web & Information Science
Data Visualization
hapii projects
Multilingual Information Access
More than half of the world's population is proficient in at least two languages. In this project, we aim to analyze language preferences and behaviors of individual users accessing information, and to develop novel personalized multilingual search, recommender, and educational systems.
Adaptive Information Visualization
Information Visualization is one of the most powerful tools to overcome information overload. In this project, we aim to analyze how different people interact and synthesize information using different visualizations, and to develop more usable and personalized visualizations that are tailored to each individual user.
Misinformation
One of the most pressing issues in the Information Age is the creation and spread of misinformation. In this project, we aim to analyze the effect of different types of misinformation on different users, and develop systems that can detect and correct misinformation through personalized support.
hapii members
Dr. Ben Steichen is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP). He received his PhD from Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland, an M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from TCD, and a First Class Honours B.Sc. degree in Computing Sciences from the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK.
hapii equipment
The hapii lab uses state-of-the-art usability and user experience research equipment, including eye trackers and other physiological sensors. This enables us to perform detailed experiments and analyses of natural user behaviors and experiences.
contact hapii
If you want to learn more about the hapii lab, or if you are interested in working with us, please reach out!
- Dep. of Computer Science, Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, California, 91768
- bsteichen [at] cpp.edu
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