COMP4901G Hot Topics in HCI (Fall 2016)
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 include multimodal interaction design, usability evaluation, computer-supported cooperative work, assistive technologies, social computing, crowd computing, ubiquitous/mobile computing, virtual/augmented reality and gaming, agents and robots, and HCI applications in various domains such as education, health, urban sustainability, scientific discoveries, etc.
Syllabus
| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Presenter |
Talk |
| 1 |
Sep 5 Mon |
Introduction to COMP4901G and to HCI |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 1 |
Sep 7 Wed |
Human-Centric Design |
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| 2 |
Sep 12 Mon |
Understanding Humans |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 2 |
Sep 14 Wed |
Questionnaire and Test Design |
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| 3 |
Sep 19 Mon |
Multimodal Interaction Techniques |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 3 |
Sep 21 Wed |
Creativity Challenges |
Tong TONG, _____, _____ |
Interaction |
| 4 |
Sep 26 Mon |
Design Methods |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 4 |
Sep 28 Wed |
Needfinding Practice |
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| 5 |
Oct 3 Mon |
Ubiquitous Computing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 5 |
Oct 5 Wed |
Conceptual Design Practice |
Nermen GHONIEM, Moritz STUECKLER, _____ |
UbiComp |
| 6 |
Oct 12 Wed |
Midterm Exam |
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| 7 |
Oct 17 Mon |
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 7 |
Oct 19 Wed |
Prototyping Methods |
Kyle DOERRLER, Andrew LAU, Kai Man SUN |
CSCW |
| 8 |
Oct 24 Mon |
Assistive Technology |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 8 |
Oct 26 Wed |
Prototyping Practice |
Ivan LAW, Ananya MISHRA, Ecaterina DAMIAN |
Assistive |
| 9 |
Oct 31 Mon |
Social Computing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 9 |
Nov 2 Wed |
Experiment Design and Analysis |
Jacob HORTON, Jaydeep MISTRY, Mallika TRIVEDI |
Social |
| 10 |
Nov 7 Mon |
Crowd Computing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 10 |
Nov 9 Wed |
User Study Design Practice |
Thomas EDLICH, Shivang GUPTA, Suet Chung TANG |
Crowd |
| 11 |
Nov 14 Mon |
Human-Robot Interaction |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 11 |
Nov 16 Wed |
Data Analysis Practice |
Tuana CELIK, Daniel WRAY, Anastasia CHINSKY |
Robot |
| 12 |
Nov 21 Mon |
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Games |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 12 |
Nov 23 Wed |
From Lab to Market/Paper |
Vishal BOLLU, Isabella FLACK, Jamie TAM |
VAR/Game |
| 13 |
Nov 28 Mon |
Final Project - Needfinding Presentation |
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| 13 |
Nov 30 Wed |
Final Project - Video Show Case |
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Note
- Course materials and announcements are posted on Slack.
- Course outcomes, grading schemes, assessment rubrics and references are in Course Description.
- Please see the references at the end of each lecture note for readings (optional).
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