The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD) has established a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Human-Centered Computing. The CoE will focus on teaching relevant courses on Human-Centered Computing and will also facilitate research collaborations, capacity building, and exchange of researchers and experts between the European Union (EU) and India.

The CoE is established as part of the EU Erasmus+ Design and Innovation Capacity Building (DESINNO) project that brings together IIITD, World University Of Design (WUD), and Regional Institute of Management and Technology (RIMT) from India; and University of Aegean, Greece, Brunel University, UK, and Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and CREATHIDEV from Europe which are anchoring the activities under this project from India and the EU respectively.

Human-Centered Computing combines design principles with computing to help develop systems that support human capabilities and cater to human needs; for example, in a recent work, the researchers developed a mobile-based learning platform for community health workers. The platform is designed so that it becomes easy to use by community health workers who have low technology exposure.
CoE aims to develop design and technology solutions to enhance human capabilities in different domains of interest.

The CoE will also support entrepreneurs and researchers by bringing them together on one platform with expert mentors available from all fields. The CoE provides state-of-the-art fabrication facilities with the latest computing and design equipment to support entrepreneurial and research activities.