COMP4461 HCI (Fall 2019)
Course Description
This course is a broad UG-level introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with an emphasis on techniques, models, theories, and applications for designing, prototyping, and evaluating current and future interactive systems for human use. HCI is an interesting and important area of study, providing the human perspective to computing. Besides technology and innovation, it also touches on issues like ethics and social responsibilities related to technologies in the real world. Selected topics may include multimodal interaction design, ubiquitous/mobile computing, virtual/augmented reality, agents and robots, and HCI applications in various domains such as education, health, urban sustainability, scientific discoveries, etc.
- Course structure: 3hr/week lectures + 4 in-class lab sessions/semester; Time, location, TA to be determined.
- Course materials and announcements are posted on Slack. Course-related communication and assignment submission are conducted through this channel as well.
- Course evaluation: 3 projects + midterm + participation; outcomes, grading schemes, assessment rubrics and references are in Course Description.
- Prerequisites for course projects: web programming (e.g., html, css), object-oriented programming (e.g., C++, java), python.
- Textbook info is below the syllabus. Other recommended readings see the reference list at the end of each lecture notes.
- Submission deadline is 11:59pm of the day. Late day request needs to be sent to the TA (email or Slack message) by 5pm of the day.
Syllabus (Tue Thu 12:00~1:20pm @ Rm1410 (Lift 25~26))
| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Presenter |
Note |
| 1 |
Tue Sep 3 |
Introduction to COMP4461 and to HCI |
Xiaojuan Ma |
P1.0 Topic announcement |
| 1 |
Thu Sep 5 |
Fundamental: Human-Centric Design |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 2 |
Tue Sep 10 |
Fundamental: Understanding Humans |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 2 |
Thu Sep 12 |
Design: Empathize |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 3 |
Tue Sep 17 |
Design: Ideate |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 3 |
Thu Sep 19 |
Design: Prototyping |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 4 |
Tue Sep 24 |
Project: P1 Design Pitching |
Class |
P1.1 P1 prototype submission; P1.2 Peer evaluation; P1.3 P1 personal diary submission |
| 4 |
Thu Sep 26 |
Topic: Multimodal Interaction |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 5 |
Thu Oct 3 |
Topic: Virtual / Augmented Reality |
Xiaojuan Ma |
P2.0 Topic release |
| 6 |
Tue Oct 8 |
Project: P2 Development |
TA |
|
| 6 |
Thu Oct 10 |
Topic: Ubiquitous Computing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 7 |
Tue Oct 15 |
Mid-term Examination |
Class |
Final Video Paper Topic Announcement |
| 7 |
Thu Oct 17 |
Topic: Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) |
Xiaojuan Ma |
P3.0 Topic announcement |
| 8 |
Tue Oct 22 |
Project: P2 Demonstration |
Class |
P2.1 P2 prototype submission; P2.2 Peer evaluation |
| 8 |
Thu Oct 24 |
Project: P3 Brainstorming and Development |
TA |
P2.3 P2 personal diary submission |
| 9 |
Tue Oct 29 |
Topic: CSCW and Social Computing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 9 |
Thu Oct 31 |
Evaluation: Preparation and Questionnaire |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 10 |
Tue Nov 5 |
Evaluation: Heuristic Testing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 10 |
Thu Nov 7 |
Evaluation: Usability Testing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 11 |
Tue Nov 12 |
Project: P3 Demonstration |
Class |
P3.2 P3 Peer Evaluation |
| 11 |
Thu Nov 14 |
Evaluation: Result Analysis Video Lecture |
Xiaojuan Ma |
P3.3 P3 Personal Diary Submission |
| 12 |
Tue Nov 19 |
Topic: Computing for Good Video Lecture |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 12 |
Thu Nov 21 |
HCI: From Lab to the Real World Video Lecture |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 13 |
Tue Nov 26 |
Final Video Paper Showcase I |
Class |
Video Paper Submission |
| 13 |
Thu Nov 28 |
Final Video Paper Showcase II |
Class |
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Textbook
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OPTIONAL:
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