Research Topics in Human-Computer Interaction
Instructor: Juan Pablo Hourcade, 101L MacLean Hall, Office Hours: 1-2M, 11-12T, 3:30-4:30Th, or by appointment
Location: 15 Schaeffer Hall
Schedule: 9:30-10:45, TTh


May 15. Final presentations.
Harding, Papke, Nenninger, Fries, Bush, Berman, Balasundaram, Kew, Shrivastava, Droste-Rawson, Syeda, Kimbell-Wendell, Tangney, Chikbala, Pudasaini, Parker, Hornbeck, Furukawa, Polasa, Harner, Wessels

May 7. Paper discussion by Greg Wessels. Rubbing and tapping for precise and rapid selection on touch-screen displays see slides

May 7. Paper discussion by Jed Wendell. Electronic voting machines versus traditional methods: improved preference, similar performance see slides

May 5. Paper discussion by Ben Harner. Aligning temporal data by sentinel events: discovering patterns in electronic health records see slides

May 5. Paper discussion by Puneetha Polasa. The LilyPad Arduino: using computational textiles to investigate engagement, aesthetics, and diversity in computer science education see slides

April 30. Paper discussion by Ryoko Furukawa. Interactional empowerment see slides

April 30. Paper discussion by Thomas Hornbeck. Research-derived web design guidelines for older people see slides

April 28. Paper discussion by Zach Rawson. Readability of scanned books in digital libraries see slides

April 28. Paper discussion by Amanda Parker. MySong: automatic accompaniment generation for vocal melodies see slides

April 23. Paper discussion by Usha Pudasaini. Testing vs. code inspection vs. what else?: male and female end users' debugging strategies see slides

April 23. Paper discussion by Bharani Chikbala Venkatesha. What to do when search fails: finding information by association see slides

April 21. Paper discussion by Kevin Tangney. LetterWise: prefix-based disambiguation for mobile text input see slides

April 21. Paper discussion by JT Kimbell. Celebratory technology: new directions for food research in HCI see slides

April 16. Paper discussion by Guarionex Salivia. Improving eye cursor's stability for eye pointing tasks see slides

April 16. Paper discussion by Bushra Syeda. Collaborative interaction with volumetric displays see slides

April 14. Paper discussion by Suzanne Droste. Design, adoption, and assessment of a socio-technical environment supporting independence for persons with cognitive disabilities see slides

April 14. Paper discussion by Varsha Shrivastava. Integrating statistics and visualization: case studies of gaining clarity during exploratory data analysis see slides

April 9. Paper discussion by Kyle Kew. Heuristic evaluation for games: usability principles for video game design see slides

April 9. Paper discussion by Pradeep Balasundaram. PieCursor: merging pointing and command selection for rapid in-place tool switching see slides

April 7. Paper discussion by Ben Berman. WallCology: designing interaction affordances for learner engagement in authentic science inquiry see slides

April 7. Paper discussion by Chris Bush. Mischief: supporting remote teaching in developing regions see slides

April 2. Paper discussion by Jason Fries. Demonstrating the feasibility of using forearm electromyography for muscle-computer interfaces see slides

April 2. Paper discussion by Ryan Nenninger. Video browsing by direct manipulation see slides

March 31. Paper discussion by Todd Papke. Multimodal collaborative handwriting training for visually-impaired people see slides

March 31. Paper discussion by Josh Harding. Early OLPC experiences in a rural Uruguayan school. Available on ICON see slides

March 24, 26: Reading research papers. Slides available on ICON
Due: Read: Ch. 13 Assigned: Due dates:

March 12: Interpreting results. Slides available on ICON
Due: prop Read: Ch. 12 Assigned: Due dates: prop, 3/12

March 10: Are you ready to start your experiment?. Slides available on ICON
Due: Read: Ch. 11 Assigned: Due dates: prop, 3/12

March 5, 10: Non-experimental research. Slides available on ICON
Due: Read: Ch. 10 Assigned: Due dates: prop, 3/12

March 5: Single-variable, multiple-variable and converging series experiments. Slides available on ICON
Due: Read: Ch. 9 Assigned: Due dates: prop, 3/12

March 3: Between and within subjects studies. Slides available on ICON
Due: Read: Ch. 8 Assigned: Due dates: prop, 3/12

March 3: Selecting independent and dependent variables. Slides available on ICON
Due: Read: Ch. 7 Assigned: Due dates: prop, 3/12

February 26: How to be fair with science. Slides available on ICON
Due: Read: Ch. 5 Assigned: Due dates: prop, 3/12

February 24, 26: Treating participants fairly. Slides available on ICON
Due: hso cert, 2/24 Read: Ch. 4 Assigned: prop, 3/12 Due dates: hso cert, 2/24

February 19, 24: How to do experiments. Slides available on ICON
Due: n/a Read: Ch. 2 Assigned: n/a Due dates: hso cert, 2/24

February 17: Making orderly observations. Slides available on ICON
Due: form groups Read: Ch. 1 Assigned: hso cert, 2/24 Due dates: form groups, 2/17

February 12, 17: Mobile computing and HCI. Slides available on ICON
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: form groups, 2/17

February 3, 5, 10, 12: Age-specific user interfaces. Slides available on ICON
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: form groups, 2/17

January 29, February 3: Gaming and HCI. Slides available on ICON
Due: n/a Read: n/a Assigned: n/a Due dates: form groups, 2/17

January 27, 29: Information visualization. Slides available on ICON
Due: n/a Read: see ICON Assigned: n/a Due dates: form groups, 2/17

January 20, 22: Input devices. Slides available on ICON
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January 20: Introduction to class. see slides print slides
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