CS 4470 Introduction to User Interface Software

Spring 2006

Quick access to class materials

• Jump to the syllabus of lecture topics, readings, and assignments.
• Class policies
• Relevant Web sites, much of which will be updated to support discussions in lectures.
• Class CoWeb, to be used by students for whatever purpose you so desire.

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"
• Meeting Time: Tuesday - Thursday 1:35-2:55 pm
• Meeting Place: Instructional Learning Center 119

Professor

Dr. Jeff Pierce

• Office: 328 Technology Square Research Building (TSRB)
• Phone: 404-385-4239
• Email: jpierce at cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: 3:30-4:30 Tuesday in TSRB or by appointment

Teaching Assistant

None

Reading Materials

Readings for each class will be provided electronically and will be posted on the course syllabus. In additional, some supplemental readings will be provided. These readings will not be required classroom reading, but may prove useful as background material for students. As a reminder, an assumed prerequiste of this class is CS 4750 Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction.

Exams

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 Project	Supplemental Material
1	1/10	Introduction	Class policies	slides		Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman
	1/12	UI historical videos		slides		Historical background
Foundations of the 2-D Graphical User Interface
2	1/17	Output: Technologies & UI	How displays work	slides		More on output
	1/19	Input Technologies & Handling	Design Space for Input			How input technologies work
3	1/24	.NET Framework and Tablet PC development		slides	HW 1 out
	1/26	Interaction Models: Formal and Informal	Surface Interaction post-WIMP interaction
4	1/31	Interaction Techniques
	2/1	Interaction Architectures
5	2/7	MVC		slides	HW 2 out	Interaction architectures
	2/9	Constraints			HW 1 due
6	2/14	UI toolkits	Myers UI overview
	2/16	UI environments
7	2/21	Model-based UIs			HW 2 due HW 3 out
	2/23	MIDTERM EXAM
8	2/28	2-handed Input	Magic Lens
Advanced topics
	3/2	Overview of Advanced UI Topics
9	3/7	"Natural" data types (pen, audio)		slides	HW 3 due HW 4 out
	3/9	Design patterns for UI construction		slides
10	3/14	Wireless sensors	Smart-Its
	3/16	Opportunistic Annexing Personal Server (Intel Research)	Personal Server		HW 4 due HW 5 out
11	3/21	Spring Break		No class
	3/23	Spring Break		No class
12	3/28	Adaptive Interfaces
	3/30	Zoomable UIs	PAD++
13	4/4	Intelligent Rooms Large Displays	Stanford iRoom
	4/6	Handheld computing	Pebbles (CMU)		HW 5 due HW 6 out
14	4/11	Context-Aware UIs	Instrumenting handhelds
	4/13	2-handed interaction off the desktop	Interaction on tabletop
15	4/18	No class - Project work day
	4/20	Paper as interface	The DigitalDesk
16	4/25	Project Presentations
	4/27	Final Exam Review	Sample Final		HW 6 due
Finals week	Final is Friday, May 5 11:30am-2:20pm