Human-Computer Interaction Lab

Human-Computer Interaction Lab

Head: Dr. Himangshu Sarma

Email: himangshu.sarma@iiits.in

Objective

The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Lab at IIIT Sri City is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of immersive technologies to enhance user experience across various domains. Our primary objectives include:

• Designing Immersive Experiences: Innovate and develop cutting-edge Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies to create immersive, intuitive, and engaging user experiences.
• Enhancing User Interaction: Explore and implement advanced Game Design principles that promote interactive and adaptive learning, entertainment, and therapeutic applications.
• Natural Language Processing (NLP) Integration: Leverage Natural Language Processing to improve human-computer communication, making interactions more natural, accessible, and efficient.
• Educational Innovation: Conduct research on the application of HCI in education, developing tools and platforms that support interactive learning and enhance educational outcomes.
• Healthcare and Disability Support: Research in the use of immersive technologies for healthcare solutions, particularly in areas such as rehabilitation, mental health, and disability support, to improve quality of life.
• Knowledge Dissemination: Share research findings through publications, workshops, and conferences, contributing to the global HCI community and influencing future technology development.

Through these objectives, the HCI Lab at IIIT Sri City aims to be a leader in the research and development of immersive technologies, making significant contributions to both academic knowledge and practical applications.

Faculty

Sponsored Projects

Publications

• Shiva Rama Krishna, Vedantam Sai Suvanth, Shardul Kurdukar and Himangshu Sarma, "A Case study on VR Teaching:
  Projectile Motion and Gravity" 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2024), wGreater
  Seattle Area, USA.
• Himangshu Sarma, Mahaboob Saik, Surya Teja, and Satyam Kumar Singh. "Teaching 3D-Geometry Through Virtual Reality." In
  IEEE BigData 2023, Sorrento, Italy.
• Kshatriya, Balaram Singh, Shiv Ram Dubey, Himangshu Sarma, Kunal Chaudhary, Meva Ram Gurjar, Rahul Rai, and Sunny
  Manchanda. "Semantic Map Injected GAN Training for Image-to-Image Translation." In Proceedings of the Satellite
  Workshops of ICVGIP 2021, pp. 235-249. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022.
• Movva, Prahitha, Hemanth Pasupuleti, and Himangshu Sarma. "A Self Learning Yoga Monitoring System Based on Pose
  Estimation." In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 81-91. Springer, Cham, 2022.
• Vishawash Kumar, Sahil Gulati, Bhargab Deka, Himangshu Sarma, Teaching and Learning Crystal structures through Virtual
  Reality based systems, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Volume 50, 2021, 101362, ISSN 1474-0346
• Sarma, Himangshu, Robert Porzel, Jan D. Smeddinck, Rainer Malaka, and Arun Baran Samaddar. "A text to animation system
  for physical exercises." The Computer Journal 61, no. 11 (2018): 1589-1604.
• Himangshu Sarma, Navanath Saharia, and Utpal Sharma “Development and analysis of speech recognition systems for
  Assamese using HTK”, ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing (TALLIP), 2017
• Himangshu Sarma, Arun B Samaddar, Robert Porzel, Jan D Smeddinck, Rainer Malaka “Updating Bayesian networks using
  crowds” Neural Network World (NNW), 27.5 (2017): 529-540.
• Sarma, Himangshu, Navanath Saharia, Utpal Sharma, Smriti Kumar Sinha, and Mancha Jyoti Malakar. "Development and
  transcription of Assamese speech corpus." National seminar cum Conference on Recent threads and Techniques in Computer
  Sciences, Kokrajhar, Assam, India, 2013.
• Sarma, Himangshu, Navanath Saharia, and Utpal Sharma. "Development of Assamese Speech Corpus and Automatic
  Transcription Using HTK." Advances in Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems. Springer International
  Publishing, 2014. 119-132.
• Nath, Sanghamitra, Himangshu Sarma, and Utpal Sharma. "A Preliminary Study on the VOT Patterns of the Assamese
  Language and Its Nalbaria Variety." Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing. Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
  2014. 542-552.
• Nath, Sanghamitra, Himangshu Sarma, and Utpal Sharma. "Assamese Dialect Translation System- A Preliminary Proposal."
  International Conference On Natural Language Processing And Cognitive Computing (ICONACC)-2014.
• Himangshu Sarma, Robert Porzel, Jan Smeddinck, Rainer Malaka. “Towards Generating Virtual Movement from Textual Instructions A Case Study in Quality Assessment.” International Conference on Human Computation & Crowdsourcing, HCOMP 2015
• Himangshu Sarma “Virtual Movement from Textual Instructions.” International Conference on Human Computation &
  Crowdsourcing, HCOMP 2015
• Himangshu Sarma, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka. “A Step Towards Automated Simulation in Industry” 5th International
  Conference on Dynamics in Logistics, Bremen, Germany, LDIC 2016
• Himangshu Sarma, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka, Arun Baran Samaddar. “A Step Towards Textual Instructions to Virtual
  Actions.” 7th IEEE International Advance Computing Conference, IACC 2017
• Himangshu Sarma “Virtual Movement from Textual Instructions.” International Conference on Human Computation &
  Crowdsourcing, INTERACT 2017
• Himangshu Sarma, Navanath Saharia “A speech-based driver assisting module for Intelligent Transport System”, 3rd
  International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), India, 2018

Other Prominent Details

List of Equipment

Motion-sensing input device capable of capturing body movements and gestures

Gesture control device detecting hand and finger movements with high precision

Virtual Reality head-mounted display providing immersive 3D environments

Powerful computing systems equipped with advanced processing capabilities