Oussama Metatla

About - Cross-Sensory Futures: Rewiring Perception in HCI Workshop Motivation Sensory interaction has been a foundational concern in Human–Computer Interaction since its earliest days, evolving through paradigms such as multimodal interaction and, more recen...

Sensory HCI is at a crossroads. Rather than combining multiple sensory modalities, could cross-sensory interaction offer a lens to treat perception itself as design material, foregrounding the relational and transformative effects across senses?

Deadline: Feb 16
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#CHI2026

Last but not least, Sydney presented a pictorial exploring how children with ADHD and their parents can customise their own health-tracking tech
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Our second paper (Tegan’s first full paper, well done!) explores how cross-sensory metaphors (like “sharp smell”) help kids & adults connect. A metaphor-based game revealed age-based strategies, offering new ways to design tools that bridge generational gaps.
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Brooke @b-morris.bsky.social presented work that challenges 90+ years of play theory (Parten, 1932) by proposing a neuro-inclusive continuum model of social play; a bold step toward designing tech that can support for all children. Congrats on the award Brooke!
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@bristolhci.bsky.social and the Diverse-ability Interaction Lab had a good presence at #IDC2025 with two full papers and one pictorial, and with one of the paper receiving a Best Paper Honourable Mention Award!

Designing for diverse-ability interaction by Assoc. Prof. Oussama Metatla Bir araştırma üniversitesi olan Özyeğin Üniversitesi, öğrencilerine açtığı yeni ufuklar ve sunduğu olanaklarla kendi yetkinliklerini keşfetmelerini sağlıyor.

More details here:
www.ozyegin.edu.tr/en/announcem...

If you're near Istanbul tomorrow, 29th May, join us at Özyeğin University from 2:30pm. I’ll talk about how co-design and cross-sensory cognition can offer new ways to design inclusive interactions beyond traditional assistive technologies.

With thanks to Gökçe Elif Baykal for the kind invitation

Lost in Translation: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Linguistic Inaccessibility in HCI | Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.

Read our paper written in many languages including Hungarian, Japanese, Cree, German, Welsh, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Polish, Arabic, and English here

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Listening to Japanese on stage during the closing keynote of #CHI2025 by Masako Wakamiya makes this the perfect CHI to have presented our Lost in Translation paper; questioning the centrality of English in HCI thinking and communicating about our thinking.

Come see Katherine Jones talk on understanding joint attention between visually impaired and sighted children, and the impact of AI-driven headsets on this process

Communication and Support session in G402, our talk is at 9:48

#CHI2025

Check out the Bristol Interaction Group @bristolhci.bsky.social contributions to the #CHI2025 technical program across the various submission categories:

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And come say hello if you see us around.

Finally, we have an opening for a PhD in our lab, so I'll be looking for candidates interested in working in the space of cross-sensory interaction, shape-changing interfaces, and accessibility. Come find me for a chat if you or someone you know would be interested. #CHI2025

On Thursday 1st, Katherine Jone will present her paper: "Put Your Hands Up": How Joint Attention Is Initiated Between Blind Children And Their Sighted Peers

Session: Communication and support
Time: 9:48
Location: G402

Also on Tue, @gracestangroome.bsky.social and Alex Tcherdakoff are leading a SIG on Designing for Neurodiversity in Academia: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Human-Computer Interaction

Time: 2:10
Location: G217

on Tue 29th, @mamoru-watanabe.bsky.social will present a later breaking work titled: "I Feel It Like I Actually Feel It": How HCI Can Support the Experiences of Synaesthesia

Session: Multimodal Interaction
Time: 10:30 - 11:10
Location: North 1F

Spoiler alert: come to this one if you want to hear a CHI talk not just in English!

also on Monday, we will present an alt.chi paper led by Eszter Vogh and Ellen Weir titled: Lost in Translation: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Linguistic Inaccessibility in HCI.

Session: Systems, Power, and Digital Realities
Time: 3:22pm
Location: G313

On Monday 28th: our Best Paper Award lead @b-morris.bsky.social: "It Helps Us Express Our Feelings Without Having To Say Anything": Exploring Accompanying Social Play Things Designed With and For Neurodiverse Groups of Children

Session: Neurological Considerations
Time: 12:22
Location: G414+G415

Some of us are attending #CHI2025, will be presenting 3 papers, a poster, an alt.chi paper and a SIG.

Hello Bluesky! First post here to introduce the Diverse-ability Interaction Lab: part of @bristolhci.bsky.social we study inclusive tech that centres the experiences of both disabled and non-disabled people.

Come say hello if you're at #CHI2025!