What is available in the HCI Lab?
The HCI Lab in High Holborn is open to all CCI students and provides five workstations with high-performance Dell Alienware R16 computers:
- CPU: Intel i9-14900KF
- RAM: 64GB
- SSD: 4TB
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB VRAM)
- Display: LG 27" 4K HDR400
Each of these computers has a Tobii Eye Tracker fitted with Tobii Pro Lab software for usability & HCI research.
There is also an audio workstation desk with:
- Focusrite Scarlett audio interface
- Genelec 8020 speakers
- Arturia MIDI Keyboard
- ROLI Airwave gesture controller
- Bela programmable audio development platform
Booking
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If you come to a machine in use, please speak to a technician, as it may be used for a long-running task like AI training.
You can book these computers on ORB. Please try to start overnight and weekend tasks after 19:00 so the computers can be used during the day for shorter sessions.