Director, Temple HCI Lab
Dr. Stephen MacNeil is the director of the Temple Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Lab, one of the largest undergraduate research labs at Temple University. The lab brings together students from computer science, psychology, education, and design to study how people learn, collaborate, and make decisions with technology.
Over 50 active students currently call the Temple HCI Lab their workplace, with more than 100 students having participated as members or alumni. Learn more about the HCI Lab.
Director, OwlHacks Hackathon
Since 2021, Dr. MacNeil has been the Faculty Director of the OwlHacks Hackathon at Temple University. He has since hosted multiple hackathons and smaller events with more than 1,000 students from the Philadelphia region participating.
OwlHacks Hackathon
Dr. Stephen MacNeil has been the faculty director of OwlHacks since 2021. While offered once before the pandemic, it did not survive the shift to online. The Temple HCI Lab revived the event and has grown it from a small initial success into one of the largest hackathons in the Philadelphia region.
Check out more of our OwlHacks Photos or follow our event on the OwlHacks Instagram.
Research Leadership
Dr. MacNeil has been fortunate to participate in multiple Dagstuhl Seminars, ITiCSE Working Groups, and has led workshops and birds-of-a-feather sessions at SIGCSE. Through these experiences, he has exchanged ideas with other leaders and helped shape the future of the field.
