The use of portable devices is now ubiquitous in our society. Our daily lives are shaped by ever-evolving interactive devices and applications from touch-based smartwatches and tablets to large digital screens.

Although smart devices like laptops, tablets, and smartphones are mobile, users are usually either stationary or risk their physical safety by using such devices while moving. The health consequences of today’s mobile devices are well documented. These include, among other things, how a predominantly sedentary lifestyle affects health and well-being.

This lecture will present innovative thinking, design, and engineering in the field of mobile human-computer interaction (HCI). At the end, there will be time for questions from the audience.

• Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
• Location: Realfagbygget, Auditorium 2 (basement), Allegaten 41
• Time: The lecture starts at 16:30 Light refreshments will be served outside the auditorium from 16:00

The meeting is open to everyone and will be in Norwegian.

About the Speaker

Morten Fjeld is a professor in human-computer interaction (HCI) at the University of Bergen and Chalmers University of Technology. He researches interactive systems with a focus on tangible and mobile interaction. Fjeld holds a double master’s degree in applied mathematics from NTNU and ENSIMAG Grenoble, as well as a PhD from ETH Zurich, where he also received the ETH medal in 2002. He has been a visiting professor in Singapore, Japan, and Switzerland, and has extensive industry experience in fluid mechanics, simulators, and user interfaces.