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

Data and statistics

Description: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), initiated in the early 1960s, is a pivotal program designed to gauge the health and nutritional status of adults and children across the United States. Spearheaded by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which is a subsidiary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NHANES is distinguished by its amalgamation of interview data and physical examinations to curate… Read More »NHANES Data Project 

Featured Program

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Unlocking insights into America’s health through comprehensive analysis ofdata across demographics and lifestyles.(The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) Introduction The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a continuous, cross-sectional survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey, which consists of interviews, physical examinations, and laboratory tests, collects a broad range of… Read More »NHANES Data Analysis

Featured Training

Conducting Effective Usability Testing

April 25 – This training will cover the overview of conducting effective usability testing and methods for it. It will also feature the project SAVI-Evansville User Test Project and the learnings from it. For any questions and assistance, you can reach out to our amazing trainer Achuta Anekal. Details: At 12:00pm, April 21, 2023, IT 414. Open to all.