Child-Computer Interaction

Juan Pablo Hourcade is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa's Department of Computer Science, and a member of the Delta Center. His main area of research is Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on the design, implementation and evaluation of technologies that support creativity, collaboration, well-being, healthy development, and information access for a variety of users, including children and older adults.

Dr. Hourcade is the author of Child-Computer Interaction, the first comprehensive book on the topic, and has held various leadership roles in his research community (e.g., Papers Co-Chair for CHI 2016 and CHI 2017; co-Chair of IDC 2013). He is in the Editorial Board of Interacting with Computers and the International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction.