COMET Lab

COnvergent Media and Exploratory Technologies

COMET Lab is an applied research laboratory in the Department of Human-Centered Computing, Luddy School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI, where faculty and students work together to deliver web, mobile and interactive media solutions for a range of projects. These include projects submitted by units from the IUPUI campus, external organizations and the community at large.

COMET News

100+! COMET Lab has over 100 members for Fall 2024

The COMET Lab now has over 100 members for the Fall 2024 Semester. Welcome, everyone! That’s a milestone and a challenge. Organizing the work of so many people will require a focus on management and teamwork. But, thanks to the foundational work of so many students — current and alumni — we are prepared. Welcome to Fall 2024!

COMET Events

Featured Project

Description of the project Social vulnerability refers to the potential negative effects on communities caused by external stresses on human health. Such stresses include natural or human-caused disasters, or disease outbreaks. Reducing social vulnerability can decrease both human suffering and economic loss. SVI ranks the tracts on 16 social factors, including unemployment, racial and ethnic minority status, and disability, and further groups them into four related themes. Thus, each tract… Read More »Social Vulnerabilities Indices

Featured Program

Origami

The COMET Lab is developing Training Programs to develop skills we need, augment academic courses, and provide experiential learning. Learn more…

Featured Training

Standardize Project Repositories and Presentation

Prepared by: Hasaranga Jayathilake, Supraja Pericherla & Prakashini Reddy Create a Repository as the template for the lab project. * If your project already has a polis-comet-lab repository, you do not need to follow this instruction part. 1. Go to https://github.iu.edu/polis-comet-lab/template 2. Click the “Use this template” green-coloured button. 3. Then select “Create a new repository” from the drop-down menu that comes from the Use this template. 4. Give the… Read More »Standardize Project Repositories and Presentation