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Dec 09 The handout for Project Part 3 is available in section Homework below. Deadline for deliverables is Saturday December 14 at 5:00 pm. Demos will take place December 12 and 13.
Dec 09 The handout for the course paper (CS 620 only) is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Wednesday December 19 at 5:00 pm.

Textbook

[Schneiderman et al 2009] Ben Schneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, Maxine Cohen, and Steven Jacobs, Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 5th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2009. ISBN 978-0-321-53735-5.

Teaching team

Instructor: Dr. Sergiu Dascalu
Teaching Assistant: TBA

Lectures

Lecture 01 (Aug 27): Course syllabus [ppt] and [pdf]
Lecture 02 (Aug 29): Students' introduction
Lecture 03 (Sep 03): HCI videos and examples of poor designs from baddesigns.com
Lecture 04 (Sep 05): Chapter 1: Usability of Interactive Systems
Lecture 05 (Sep 10): Chapter 2: Guidelines, Principles and Theories
Lecture 06 (Sep 12): Chapter 2 [continued] and draw for presentation order
Lecture 07 (Sep 17): Richard Kelley on Human-Robotic Interaction (HRI)
Lecture 08 (Sep 19): Chapter 3: Managing Design Processes
Lecture 09 (Sep 24): Chapter 4 - presentation by students (round 1): Pat, Colin, Aaron, Daniel
Lecture 10 (Sep 26): Chapter 5 - presentation by students (round 1): Lisette, Rohit, Alex, Angela (pptx)
Lecture 11 (Oct 01): Chapter 6 - presentation by students (round 1): Paul, Matt R, Cody, Ryan (pdf)
Lecture 12 (Oct 03): Chapter 8 - presentation by students (round 1): Bill, Matt V, Eric, Cameron
Lecture 13 (Oct 08): Project and test preparation
Lecture 14 (Oct 10): Chapter 9 - presentation by students (round 1): Melanie, Bandith, Jamel, Ashton
Lecture 15 (Oct 15): Selection of HCI videos
Lecture 16 (Oct 17): Midterm exam 1
Lecture 17 (Oct 22): Chapter 11 - presentation by students (round 1): Denver, Brendan, Christine
Lecture 18 (Oct 24): Chapter 12 - presentation by students (round 1): Moinul, Andrey, Royal
Lecture 19 (Oct 29): Eric Fritzinger on the Demeter Framework and the Nevada Climate Change Portal
Lecture 20 (Oct 31): Project preparation (1), CHI videos, and draw for presentation order
Lecture 21 (Nov 05): Chapter 14: Information visualization
Lecture 22 (Nov 07): Chapter 14 (continued) and Project preparation (2)
Lecture 23 (Nov 12): HCI nuggets - presentations by students (round 2): 1. Ryan 2. Daniel 3. Colin 4. Denver (moved to Dec 5) 5. Cody 6. Lisette
Lecture 24 (Nov 14): HCI nuggets - presentations by students (round 2): 7. Matt V 8. Angela 9. Alex (moved to Dec 5) 10. Paul 11. Matt R 12. Christine
Lecture 25 (Nov 19): HCI nuggets - presentations by students (round 2): 13. Eric 14. Bandith 15. Ashton 16. Aaron 17. Pat 18. Jamel (moved to Dec 5)
Lecture 26 (Nov 21): Midterm exam 2
Lecture 27 (Nov 26): HCI nuggets - presentations by students (round 2): 19. Cam 20. Brendan 21. Melanie 22. Andrey 23. Royal
Lecture 28 (Dec 03): Extra book reading - presentations by CS 620 students: 1. Bill 2. Rohit
Lecture 29 (Dec 05): Extra book reading - presentations by CS 620 students: 3. Rifat; Nugget presentations (rescheduled): N4. Denver, N9. Alex, and N18. Jamel
Lecture 30 (Dec 10): Project demos on 12/12 and 12/13, as follows

THU Dec 12
  • 01:00 pm T02
  • 01:45 pm T01
  • 02:30 pm T09
  • 03:15 pm T05

    FRI Dec 13
  • 09:00 am T04
  • 09:45 am T06
  • 10:30 am T07
  • 03:45 pm T03
  • 04:30 pm T08

    Homework

    Paper: [pdf]. Due Wednesday December 18 at 8:00 pm (CS 620 only).
    Project part 3: [pdf]. Due: demos on December 12 and 13, deliverables on Saturday December 14 at 5:00 pm.
    Project part 2: [pdf]. Deadline is Saturday November 16 at 8:00 pm.
    Project part 1: [pdf]. Deadline is Monday October 28 at 8:00 pm.
    Assignment 3: [pdf]. Deadline is Tuesday October 22 at 8:00 pm.
    Assignment 2: [pdf]. Deadline is Wednesday October 2 at 8:00 pm.
    Assignment 1: [pdf]. Deadline is Thursday September 12 at 8:00 pm.

    Tests

    Midterm exam 2: Thursday November 21, at 2:30 pm. The study required is available here [pdf]. A sample test from the past is available [here].

    Midterm exam 1: Thursday October 17, at 2:30 pm. The study required is available here [pdf]. Sample tests from the past: [Test 1_CS420_2012] and [Test 1_CS620_2012.pdf].

    Project Teams

    Team 01
  • Students: Bill, Rohit, Rifat
  • Project:

    Team 02:
  • Students: Christine, Matt V, Eric
  • Project:

    Team 03:
  • Students: Cam, Matt R, Daniel
  • Project:

    Team 04:
  • Students: Jamel, Denver, Ashton
  • Project:

    Team 05:
  • Students: Bandith, Colin, Pat
  • Project:

    Team 06:
  • Students: Angela, Melanie, Alex
  • Project:

    Team 07:
  • Students: Royal, Ryan, Paul
  • Project:

    Team 08:
  • Students: Lisette, Andrey, Aaron
  • Project:

    Team 09:
  • Students: Cody, Brendan
  • Project:

    Proposed Topics

    Selected videos

  • 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]