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The fascination with Human-Computer Interaction began not in a lab but when I saw my grandmother struggling with a telehealth app during an emergency. The interface design made it difficult to save her life with existing technology. At that moment of panic, I could not read the GPS because of insufficient contrast, unclear icons and complicated navigation. My experience showed that no matter how advanced technology is, it amount to nothing if it did not factor in human emotion, brain capacity and diversity.

During my undergraduate degree, I wanted to familiarise myself with this equation software limitations and the psychological reality of the user. Throughout my studies and independent projects, I became fascinated with friction points that arose between user intent and algorithmic execution. While my teammate and I were working on a mobile application for local transit, I observed that writing efficient code was not enough. Analyzing user interviews, mapping user journeys, and redesigning the information architecture was what made the tool viable. I understood that technology should be messy and should help the human around it become messy as well.

I want to study for a graduate degree in human-computer interaction to bridge the gap between “what” computers can do and “how” we may design them to act in an agency (manner). I am eager to discover ways to design the new paradigms, which include voice interfaces, multimodal AI and ambient computing, to be accessible rather than exclusive. As artificial intelligence becomes a part of daily life and become a necessity, the interaction design must be thoughtful, ethical design and inclusive.

Your program offers the best interdisciplinary setting for me to further this inquiry. Through rigorous user research methodologies coupled with advanced technical prototyping, I hope to explore how adaptive interfaces can empower disadvantaged groups, including the elderly and digitally illiterate individuals. In the end, I don’t just want to build functioning systems; I want to create experiences that are intuitive and equitable. I want users to not feel as if they are battling technology, but rather utilising it effortlessly.

I first became interested in Human-Computer Interaction when my grandmother had a medical emergency and had to use a telehealth application to call for help. Despite the technology being there to save her life, the interface ended up alienating her in a moment of high panic. The contrast was too low, the icons were unclear, and the navigation was confusing. It was a life or death situation and the technology, which was certainly advanced enough, was not able to assist her. It was clear to me that the most advanced technology in the world is completely useless if it does not also take into account the human experience.

Through a variety of coursework, as well as independent projects, I have become familiar with both the software and the human aspects of interactive systems. While completing a mobile application for local transportation, I witnessed the balance of efficiently written code and completing user interviews and making user journey maps as well as redesigning the information architecture in order to make the most viable and effective tool for the user. Technology needs to adapt to the complexity of the human experience and not vice versa.

My desire to complete a graduate degree in Human-Computer Interaction comes from a place of wanting to tap into technology’s power and in turn fill a void in utilizing human emotions in order to create more meaningful interactions with technology. Many new interfaces are emerging such as voice interfaces, multimodal human-computer interaction and AI in ambient environments, many of which are inaccessible to the average user. In a near future where AI will dominate much of the interactions we have with technology on a daily basis, interaction design that is thoughtful, ethical and above all inclusive of human diversity is imperative.

The HCII program will provide the perfect balance of user-centered research methods and advanced technical development to explore how adaptive interfaces can support underserved users such as the elderly and those who are digitally literate but not proficient. My hope is to design systems that are so intuitive that users will not even realize that they are using technology, and in doing so, empower them to reach their full potential.