Two UCL academics elected new Fellows of the Royal Society

In recognition for her outstanding contribution to science, UCL Professor Yvonne Rogers and Honorary Professor Roberto Maiolino have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society. They are among the 62 eminent scientists selected in recognition of their exceptional contributions to science. Fellowship of the Royal Society is composed of the most distinguished scientists, technologists and engineers from or living and working in the UK and the Commonwealth, alongside a shorter list of Foreign Members. Professor Rogers is director of UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC), housed jointly between the UCL Computer Science and UCL Psychology & Language Sciences, and is Deputy Head of UCL Computer Science. She is a pioneer of Human-Computer Interaction and one of the leaders who created the field of Ubiquitous Computing. In this field, her research is concerned with augmenting human activities with a diversity of computational technologies. She investigates, invents, and designs interactive technologies that enhance life through extending learning, everyday and work activities.