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 IUI, 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 IUI campus, external organizations and the community at large.

COMET News

The Fall 2025 COMET Lab is Here!

Welcome back for the Fall 2025 Semester!  There are about 40 returning students this semester and an additional 10 have requested to be added to the lab. The department tells me to expect about 60 students this time, which is fewer than last year’s cohort, but still a good number! I’ve done some reorganization to the working groups and divided them up into 6 project areas: There will be several… Read More »The Fall 2025 COMET Lab is Here!

COMET Events

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Fall 2025 Organizational Meeting

The organizational meeting for the Fall 2025 COMET Lab is Tuesday, August 26 @ 11:00 am. This is a Zoom meeting for representatives from the working groups. Check your email for the link. The first COMET Lab General Meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 2 @ 11:00am. The meeting will be in Room IT 414 and on Zoom.

Featured Project

DEOI Search Bot

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Featured Program

Featured Training

COMET Lab Project Management with GitHub

Prepared by: Hasaranga Jayathilake & Supraja Pericherla In the COMET lab, using GitHub for tracking the project activities assigned to each member may help to give real-world hands-on exposure to each member on how computer-based projects are managed in the industry. This webpage explains how to utilize the project management functions of GitHub for lab operations on managing the project. For a detailed understanding of the features that are available… Read More »COMET Lab Project Management with GitHub