Oussama Metatla
ousmet.bsky.social
Oussama Metatla
@ousmet.bsky.social
Associate Professor of HCI.
Co-director, Bristol Interaction Group: http://biglab.co.uk
Lead, Diverse-ability Interaction Lab: http://dive.ousmet.com

Cross-sensory Interaction, Diverse-ability, Co-design, Accessibility.
ERC CoG: inclusiveXplay
@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!
June 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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
May 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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.
May 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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
April 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Check out the Bristol Interaction Group @bristolhci.bsky.social contributions to the #CHI2025 technical program across the various submission categories:

programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/sea...

And come say hello if you see us around.
April 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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!
April 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM