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May 03 The handout for the course Paper is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Friday May 13 at 5:00 pm.
May 03 The handout for project P3 is available in section Homework below. Deadline is Tuesday May 10 at 5:00 pm.

Textbook

[MacKenzie 2013] I. Scott MacKenzie, Human-Computer Interaction: An Empirical Research Perspective, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-12-405865-1.

Instructor

Dr. Sergiu Dascalu

Lectures

Lecture 01 (Jan 19): Course syllabus [pptx].
Lecture 02 (Jan 21): Students introduction: Sam, Meera, Connor, Paulo, Nimrat, Hirav, Manju, Jose, Ashok, Aswathi
Lecture 03 (Jan 26): Students introduction: Karanraj, Vinh, Sonu, Terence, Prasun, Angela, Ben, Sankeerth, Majed
Lecture 04 (Jan 28): Innovation and Usability in HCI: Milestones Passed and the Road Ahead (lecture by instructor based on a talk given at JCC-2015 in Santiago de Chile, November 2015)
Lecture 05 (Feb 02): Chapter 1 and draw for presentation order
Lecture 06 (Feb 04): On BCI research, by Angela Chan
Lecture 07 (Feb 09): Chapter 1 continued and Chapter 2 started
Lecture 08 (Feb 11): Chapter 2 continued
Lecture 09 (Feb 16): Chapter 3 started
Lecture 10 (Feb 18): Chapter 3 continued
Lecture 11 (Feb 23): On A3, project, and instructor's projects
Lecture 12 (Feb 25): Student presentations (round I): 1-Sam 2-Aswathi 3-Ben 4-Manju
Lecture 13 (Mar 01): Student presentations (round I): 5-Hirav 6-Sankeerth 7- Karanraj 8-Meera
Lecture 14 (Mar 03): Student presentations (round I): 9-Vinh 10-Prasun 11-Paulo 12-Jose
Lecture 15 (Mar 08): Student presentations (round I): 13-Terence 14-Ahmet 15-Majed 16-Sonu
Lecture 16 (Mar 10): Individual test study and homework preparation
Lecture 17 (Mar 15): Midterm 1
Lecture 18 (Mar 17): Student presentations (round I): 17-Connor 18-Angela 19-Nimrat
Lecture 19 (Mar 29): Chapter 4 started, presented by Rui Wu; and on P1
Lecture 20 (Mar 31): Chapter 4 continued, (presented by Lisa Palathingal)
Lecture 21 (Apr 05): Chapter 5 started
Lecture 22 (Apr 07): Chapter 5 continued; and on Midterm test 2
Lecture 23 (Apr 12): Chapter 8 started
Lecture 24 (Apr 14): Chapter 8 continued; and on P2
Lecture 25 (Apr 19): Chapter 6
Lecture 26 (Apr 21): Midterm 2
Lecture 27 (Apr 26): Student presentations (round II): Team 06, Team 08, Team 07
Lecture 28 (Apr 28): Student presentations (round II): Team 02, Team 01, Team 05
Lecture 29 (May 03): Student presentations (round II): Team 04, Team 03, Team 09

Homework

Paper: [pdf]. Due Friday May 13 at 5:00 pm.
Project Part #3: [pdf]. Due Tuesday May 10 at 5:00 pm.
Project Part #2: [pdf]. Due Monday April 25 at 8:00 pm.
Project Part #1: [pdf]. Due Wednesday April 6 at 8:00 pm.
Assignment #3: [pdf]. Due Monday March 7 at 8:00 pm.
Assignment #2: [pdf]. Due Monday February 22, 2016 at 8:00 pm.
Assignment #1: [pdf]. Due Wednesday February 10, 2016 at 8:00 pm.

Midterm Exams

Midterm 2: Thursday April 21. The study required is available [here]. A sample test from the past is available [here] (note that only the first 5 questions apply this year as well).
Midterm 1: Tuesday March 15. Version 2 (final) of the study required is available [here]. A sample test from the past is available [here] (note that only the first 4 questions apply this year as well).

Project groups

  • Team 01: Ahmet, Paulo, Prasun
  • Team 02: Terence, Vinh
  • Team 03: Aswathi, Sonu
  • Team 04: Karanraj, Nimrat
  • Team 05: Jose, Sankeerth
  • Team 06: Majed, Sam
  • Team 07: Manju, Meera
  • Team 08: Connor, Hirav
  • Team 09: Angela, Ben

    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]