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May 06 The handout for the course paper is available in section Homework below. The deadline for the paper is Friday May 16 at 10:00 pm.
May 06 The handout for project part 4 (Prototype) is available in section Homework below. Demos will take place May 12 and 13 (see Demos schedule under Lecture 29), deadline for deliverables is Tuesday May 13 at 9:00 pm.
Apr 10 Project part 3 (Design) is available in Section Homework below. Deadline is Friday April 18, at 8:00 pm.
Apr 10 The study required for Midterm test 2 is available in Section Midterm Exams below. This test will take place on Thursday April 24.
Mar 25 Project part 2 (Requirements Analysis) is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Thursday April 3, at 8:00 pm.
Feb 20 Assignment 3 is available in section Homework below. Deadline (extended) is Wednesday March 5, at 5:00 pm.
Feb 20 The study required for Midterm test 1 is available in section Midterm Exams below. This test will take place on Tuesday March 11.
Feb 06 Assignment 2 is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Friday February 14, at 5:00 pm.
Jan 30 Assignment 1 is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Friday February 7, at 5:00 pm.

Textbooks (both required)

[MacKenzie 2013] I. Scott MacKenzie, Human-Computer Interaction: An Empirical Research Perspective, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-12-405865-1.
[Hartson & Pyla 2012] Rex Hartson and Pardha S. Pyla, The UX Book: Process and Guidelines for Ensuring a Quality User Experience, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-12-385241-0.

Instructor

Dr. Sergiu Dascalu

Lectures

Lecture 01 (Jan 21): Course syllabi [pptx] and [pdf].
Lecture 02 (Jan 23): Students introduction: 1. Bill 2. Huayu 3. Alex F. 4. Rifat 5. Bob 6. Alex Re. 7 Khoa
Lecture 03 (Jan 28): Students introduction: 8. Vamsi 9. Lisa 10. Rui 11. Alex Ru. 12. Tim 13. Ahmet 14. Rohit
Lecture 04 (Jan 30): Chapter 1: Historical Context
Lecture 05 (Feb 04): Chapter 2: Human Factors
Lecture 06 (Feb 06): Chapter 2: Human Factors (continued)
Lecture 07 (Feb 11): Chapter 3: Interaction Elements
Lecture 08 (Feb 13): Presentation by Alex Redei on a software system for automated cell lysis
Lecture 09 (Feb 18): Presentations round 1: Chapter 1 [HP 2012]: Alex Re, Bill, Rui
Lecture 10 (Feb 20): Presentations round 1: Chapter 2 [HP 2012]: Bob, Lisa
Lecture 11 (Feb 25): Presentations round 1: Chapter 3 [HP 2012]: Khoa, Huayu, Alex F
Lecture 12 (Feb 27): Midterm and project preparation
Lecture 13 (Mar 04): Presentations round 1: Chapter 6 [HP 2012]: Rohit, Alex Ru, Vamsi
Lecture 14 (Mar 06): Individual project preparation
Lecture 15 (Mar 11): Midterm test 1 [pdf].
Lecture 16 (Mar 13): Presentations round 1: Chapter 7 [HP 2012]: Ahmet, Rifat, Tim
Lecture 17 (Mar 25): Chapter 8 [HP 2012] Conceptual Design
Lecture 18 (Mar 27): Project part 2 preparation: [Requirements], [Use cases], and [Sample project].
Lecture 19 (Apr 01): Chapter 9 [HP 2012] Design Production
Lecture 20 (Apr 03): Colloquium on Autonomous Cars for City Traffic by Dr. Raul Rojas, in Knowledge Center 107 [pdf].
Lecture 21 (Apr 08): Chapter 4 Scientific Foundations.
Lecture 22 (Apr 10): Project preparation [Design - activity diagrams] and Chapter 4 (continued).
Lecture 23 (Apr 15): Chapter 5 Designing Experiments
Lecture 24 (Apr 17): Chapter 8 Writing a Paper
Lecture 25 (Apr 22): Presentations round 2 (HCI nuggets): 1. Alex F 2. Huayu 3. Bill 4. Rifat
Lecture 26 (Apr 24): Midterm test 2
Lecture 27 (Apr 29): Presentations round 2 (HCI nuggets): 6. Alex Ru 7. Rohit 8. Lisa 9. Tim
Lecture 28 (May 01): Individual project preparation
Lecture 29 (May 06): Presentations round 2 (HCI nuggets): 10. Ahmet 11. Alex Re 12. Khoa 13. Rui
Demos : Timeframes NOT AVAILABLE are Monday May 12 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, and Tuesday May 13 10:00 - 11:30 am and 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Schedule:

MON May 12:
  • 12:30 pm Team 01
  • 03:00 pm Team 03
  • 04:00 pm Team 04

    TUE May 13:
  • 04:00 pm Team 05
  • 04:30 pm Team 07

    Homework

    Paper: [pdf]. Deadline is Friday May 16 at 10:00 pm.
    Project #4 (Demo): [pdf]. Demos will take place May 12 and 13, deliverables are due Tuesday May 13 at 9:00 pm.
    Project #3 (Design): [pdf]. Deadline is Friday April 18 at 8:00 pm.
    Project #2 (Requirements): [pdf]. Deadline is Thursday April 3 at 8:00 pm.
    Project #1 (Concept): [pdf]. Deadline (extended) is Monday March 17 at 8:00 pm.
    Assignment #3: [pdf]. Deadline (extended) is Wednesday March 5 at 5:00 pm.
    Assignment #2: [pdf]. Deadline (extended) is Tuesday February 18 at 5:00 pm.
    Assignment #1: [pdf]. Due Friday February 7 at 5:00 pm.

    Midterm Exams

    Midterm 2: Thursday April 24. The study required is available [here].
    Midterm 1: Tuesday March 11. The updated study required is available [here].

    Project groups

  • Team 01: Alex F.
  • Team 02: Vamsi
  • Team 03: Bill
  • Team 04: Alex Re, Rui, Lisa
  • Team 05: Rohit, Rifat, Huayu
  • Team 06: Alex Ru, Ahmet
  • Team 07: Khoa, Tim

    Selected video clips

  • Hans Rosling on Debunking Third-World Myths ...
  • Honda ASIMO Conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Sketch Furniture by Front
  • MIT Sketching
  • High-Speed Robot Hand
  • Human Interaction Connection
  • Effective Information Visualization
  • Climate Change Information Visualization
  • Wordle Tutorial
  • Project LifeLike - Computer Interfaces that Learn
  • Carnegie Melon's Alice
  • New Integrated Flight Control System
  • CAVE 1993
  • Cloud Computing
  • Operating Systems for Cloud Computing
  • Cloud Computing Apps
  • Mobile Fitness Coaching from Experts
  • BMW Augmented Reality
  • Grady Booch's Why Engineering?
  • Grady Booch's Smarter Products for a Smarter Planet
  • Human-Computer Interaction [3:10]
  • Incredible 3D Computer Interface [10:11]
  • Helios Bars (Bikes) [4:12]
  • SUPPLE: Automatically Generating User Interfaces [3:43]
  • A Day Made of Glass (Corning 2012) [9:32]
  • Microsoft Concept of How 2019 Will Look Like [4:46]
  • MS Research's Bill Buxton on Natural User Interfaces [8:18]
  • QUT Research: Food and Human-Computer Interaction [3:06]
  • Apple Macintosh's Super Bowl Commercial 1984 [1:00]
  • Steve Job's 10 Most Important Keynote Announcements [10:56]
  • Play Station 4 VS User Interface [3:18]
  • Ford Sync in 2013 Ford Escape [3:30]
  • AIREAL: Interactive Tactile Experiences in Free Air [4:03]
  • LEAP Motion Controller [7:08]
  • PEBBLE Smart Watch [7:21]
  • Touchable Holograms [1:51]