Welcome to The Centre for Human-Centred Computing
Computing technologies impact on almost every aspect of human life. Human-centered computing (HCC) puts people at the centre of the design, development and deployment of these technologies. We focus on understanding people’s interests, needs and their lived experience. We consider not just how a new technology affects individuals but also how it affects their communities and the environment they live in.
We do this by combining theories and methods from anthropology, computer science, cognitive science, psychology and design. We follow the principles of responsible innovation and ensure the people who will use a technology are central to the processes of creating and testing it. We aim to build systems that recognise diversity, promote inclusion and ensure equitable outcomes.
Events
 Thu 3 Jul 202510:30 - 16:30 | Evaluating AI for legal reasoning and support Centre for Human-Centred Computing |
News
09-04-2025
Centre for Multimodal AI
26-03-2025
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
Recent Publications
- Understanding the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Between Catastrophe and Utopia
Lappin S
16-06-2025 - Understanding the effects of human-written paraphrases in LLM-generated text detection
Lau HT and Zubiaga A
Natural Language Processing Journal, Elsevier vol. 11
01-06-2025 - Resilience of science after austerity
Sun Y, Ma A, von Graevenitz G and Latora V
Pnas Nexus, Oxford University Press (OUP)
07-05-2025
Recent Grants
- Improving motor learning via haptic human-human and human-robot interaction
Ekaterina Ivanova
£12,000 Royal Society
24-03-2025 - 23-03-2027 - Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease-MultiPle Long tErm conditions and Assistive Technology
Ratna Sohanpal, Stephanie Taylor, Jamie Ross, Nina Fudge, Charlotte Edwards Roscamp, Veronica Toffolutti, Pat Healey, Zion Tse and Mohammad Hassannezhad
£92,754 NIHR National Institute for Health Research
03-02-2025 - 02-05-2026 - Predicting the Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Ecological Networks
Athen Ma, Vito Latora and Pavel Kratina
£389,809 NERC Natural Environment Research Council
01-06-2024 - 31-05-2027