Principles of User Interface Software

CS 4470/6456 Fall 2002

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General Information

• Goals:
  • Historical understanding of the architectural and algorithmic principles behind the development of the 2-dimensional graphical user interface
  • Experience in modern GUI toolkits and development environments
  • Exposure to a variety of advanced topics for developing interactive systems "off the desktop"
  • Deeper research insight and hands-on experience into at least one "off the desktop" topic
    
• Meeting Time: MWF 9:05-9:55 am
• Meeting Place: CCB 101

Textbooks

Exams

Instructor

Dr. Gregory D. Abowd

• Office: 373 Centennial Research Building (CRB)
• Phone: 404-894-7512 (unreliable)
• Email:abowd@cc.gatech.edu (usually a 24-hour guaranteed response time)
• Office Hours: 10-11am Mondays in CCB commons, 1-2pm Wednesdays CRB 373, or by appointment

Teaching Assistant

Khai Truong

• Office: 387 Centennial Research Building (CRB)
• Phone: 404-385-0257
• Email:khai@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: 1-2pm Tuesdays, Thursdays CRB 387 (tell front desk you're in the CRB to meet with Dr. Abowd...if that doesn't work, have them to call for me at 404-385-0257)

Syllabus

The instructor will make every effort to have prepared lectures available in advance a day or two before the actual lecture. These prepared lectures will be in PowerPoint format.

Week	Date	Topic	Readings	Prepared lectures	Homework	Supplemental Material
1	8/19	Introduction	Previous classes Class policies	slides		Olsen, Chs. 1-2 Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman
	8/21	UI videos		slides		Historical background
Foundations of the 2-D Graphical User Interface
	8/23	Output technologies	Olsen, Ch. 3	slides	HW 1 TA presentation	How displays work
2	8/26	Windowing systems	Olsen, Ch. 4.1	slides		DFAB, Chs. 10.1-10.2
	8/28	Output with Swing		slides		Java Swing Graphics tutorial Swing's containment hierarchy TestFrame.java JogDial.java
	8/30	Input technologies	Design Space for Input	slides	HW 1 due HW 2	How input technologies work TestFrame.java JogDial.java MoveThread.java
3	9/2	Labor Day		NO CLASS
	9/4	Input Handling	Olsen Ch. 4	slides
	9/6	Input with Swing		slides		Event handling in Swing Using Threads in GUIs TestFrame.java JogDial.java ScrollEvent.java ScrollListener.java
4	9/9	Interaction Techniques		slides	HW 2 due HW 3
	9/11	FSM Models of Interaction		slides
	9/13	Interaction Models	Surface Interaction post-WIMP interaction	slides		DOET pp. 45-53 DFAB Ch 3.2 A lecture on the above
5	9/16	Interaction architectures		slides
	9/18	MVC	Olsen, Ch. 5	slides	HW 3 due FSM model solution	How design patterns work
	9/20	MVC in Swing	MVC meets Swing	slides		Example0.java Example1.java Example2.java Example3.java Example4.java TemperatureModel.java
6	9/23	Constraints	Borning's Thinglab system	slides
	9/25	Constraints with subArctic	Lightweight constraints	slides	HW 4	subArctic Home Page labeled_object.java labeled_strut.java labeled_spring.java spring_example.java
	9/27	Review UI toolkits	Interviews system
7	9/30	Exam
	10/2	Videos!
	10/4	UI toolkits	Myers UI overview	slides
8	10/7	UI environments		slides	HW 4 due	FSM example
	10/9	Tooltips, lenses and side views	Magic Lens Side Views	Lens slides Side Views slides
Advanced topics
	10/11	Overview of Project Advanced UI Topics		slides	Project Overview
9	10/14	Mid-semester break		NO CLASS
	10/16	Web technologies (HP)		slides		More info on CoolTown Contact Patrick Goddi
	10/18	Web technologies (HP)		slides
10	10/21	Pen-based input	SATIN	slides	Project Part 0 topic selection
	10/23	Audio and Video data		audio slides
	10/25	Automated capture	INCA	slides
11	10/28	Sensors and actuators (David Nguyen)	Phidgets
	10/30				Reading list due
	11/1	Intelligent Rooms	Stanford iRoom	slides
12	11/4	Zoomable UIs	PAD++	slides
	11/6	No class
	11/8	2-handed input		slides	Part 1 due literature review Part 2 proposal
13	11/11	Handheld	Pebbles (CMU)	slides
	11/13	Handhelds and context	Hinckley et al UIST 2000	slides
	11/15	Toolkits for general context programming	The Context Toolkit	slides
14	11/18	Panels and projects discussion		slides
	11/20	Design Patterns for UI construction (Michael Terry)	Design Patterns	slides
	11/22	Model-based UIs (Joe Tullio)	Mastermind Multi-platform development	slides
15	11/25	Auditory displays	Mercator		Part 2 due
	11/27	Large displays	Stanford Large Displays Figure	slides
	11/29	THANKSGIVING
16	12/2	Panel 1: Future of UI Software	Myers et al. ToCHI
	12/4	Panel 2: Intelligence in the UI	IUI Conference
	12/6	Panel 3: Programming Physical Environments	Kindberg and Fox
Finals week	Exam scheduled for 12/13, 2:50-5:40