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

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This is data from Indiana Department of Health, being collected and processed for Polis Center. Objective: To automate the data download process from the Stats Explorer-Indiana Department of Health. (https://gis.in.gov/apps/isdh/meta/stats_layers.htm ) Data Characteristics: It contains data about  mortality, natality and other common health cases of Indiana à County level data of Indiana Is there an API? Yes, there is an ArcGIS feature server. Another plus is that it has a query feature, which made… Read More »IDOH Data Download

Featured Program

Data Visualization Competition

To enhance the quality and attractiveness of the output for the public and the Polis Center, the funder of these projects, as well as the data science division’s projects of the COMET lab, this competition is organized by the COMET lab.

Featured Training

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April 11 – EditorX workshop covered the overview and features of building a website through EditorX without coding experience. It had various quick tips and important information using EditorX easily to create amazing websites. For any questions and assistance, you can reach out to our amazing trainer Sai Varsha Koya. Check out the recorded session of the workshop here: EditorX workshop by Sai Varsha Koya in Comet Lab