Media Technology and Interaction Design

We are an inter-disciplinary research group consisting of the two previous research groups Media technology and graphical production, and, Human Computer Interaction.

The group has it´s roots in computer- and behavioral science, graphic technique and media technology, and has today faculty that represents e.g. anthropology and psychology, computer science and media technology, interaction design, film- and literature science , and media- and communication science.

We are about 90 persons in the group today and around 50% of us are PhD-students. We conduct education, research and the third mission within our topics. Our area can briefly be described as innovative design, adjustment and improvements of existing systems and processes to facilitate computer and media use and media production. We work with techniques and methods in order to support human communication over distances in time and space. Would you like to collaborate with us? Contact Ann Lantz.

MID News

A machine that paints your feelings!

Are you excited or upset? The Metaphone is a machine that can capture your feelings and turn them into an artwork. Using bio-data and integrating it with technology, Vygandas Simbelis creates are that communicates people's feelings and opens up new frontiers in research on Human-Computer Interaction.

Så här kan det se ut när Metaphone målat av en människas känsloregister
A person's feelings according to the Methaphone. Photo: Gail Johnsson Tabtim.

In an exhibition at the Digital Art Center in Kista, MID PhD student, Vygandas Simbelis introduced us to the Metaphone - a machine that paints pictures that reflect our emotions.

Vygandas plans to take the Metaphone to Europe in the Spring starting with the CHI conference Interactivity exhibition in Paris (27 April - 2 May). The Metaphone will also be part of several exhibitions on the way to Paris including the European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany, Den Frie Art Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, and at the NP3 art space in Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Jan Gulliksen receives STIMDI's 2012 Grand Prize

Jan Gulliksen, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Dean of the School of Computer Science and Communication, has been awarded the 2012 Grand Prize by STIMDI.

Jan Gulliksen receives STIMDIäs 2012 Grand Prize

The Careshare project impresses when CID/PEL students present their course projects

Possibilities for people to check how their older relatives are doing, a way to speed up recruitments for both employers and job seekers, an app to store recipies with related family traditions. That was some of the contributions from students taking the KID/PEL course.

Networking without borders gave convincing projects on a cross-disciplinary project course

MID students present their visions of the future of media

Edible newspaper pages, interactive advertisments and holographic images. These were just a few of the visionary projects presented by Media technology students for a course on The Future of Media - Future of Magazines and Magazines of the Future.

Read more on Campi (Swedish only) or check out the final projects here.

På KTH består Kia Hööks arbetslag av både IT-experter och beteendevetare

Foto: Viktor Gårdsäter

Hon blev IT-frälst långt före internets intåg och har en twittrande blomkruka hemma. Som tonårig feminist bestämde sig Kia Höök för att satsa på ett kunskapsområde som gav henne makt. – Jag insåg att jag måste kunna någonting som kommer att påverka samhället, säger hon, i dag professor på KTH.

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