USInet was founded in 2004 by the graduating class of the User System Interaction (USI) programme at TU/e. Completing the USI ... programme awards a professional doctorate degree and aims to train international candidates with a multidisciplinary background to improve the interaction between people and systems and to make technology truly accessible and beneficial for all people. The programme aims to create professionals that are at the forefront of the enabling technologies for the digital society equipped to function at the interfaces between people and technology. After graduating from USI, professionals are scattered all over the world and updating each other about research and leading technologies became more and more difficult. For that reason USInet was created; in order to maintain an up-to-date network of USI professionals. Immediately successful, the organization counts over 200 members today. USInet members support the goals as follows: • Support the exchange of information between alumni’s and current USI students to keep a balance between academia and industry. • Keep the members updated about former USI students, in the USI programme as well as in the rest of HCI world • Provide an outlet for posting and finding interesting vacancies in the academia and industry • Organize social and professional activities to enrich the discipline as a whole. read more