Events 

Interface Lab will participate in an upcoming October event hosted by the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society focused on data centers and their social, environmental, and cultural impacts. As part of this event, the lab will convene a graduate student panel showcasing work from our photovoice and poetic inquiry project, which explores how data centers are experienced and interpreted in everyday life.The panel will feature visual and poetic narratives that foreground lived experience, place, and meaning-making around digital infrastructure. Additional details about the event schedule, panelists, and format will be shared closer to the date.

Interface Lab Manager, Ruth Yeboah, will be presenting a poster at the Miami XR Conference showcasing our research on VR- and AI–supported public speaking for non-native English speakers and anticipated findings. The poster examines how immersive VR environments and AI-driven feedback shape communication confidence, anxiety, and learning in public speaking contexts.

As an invited speaker for the University at Buffalo Brown Bag Colloquium Series, Dr. Divya S. will share an overview of the Interface Lab and discuss ongoing research projects exploring human–machine communication. The talk will highlight the lab’s work across AI, immersive technologies, health communication, and ethical design, with a focus on what happens when humans and machines connect. More details about the talk and schedule will be shared closer to the event.