Human-Computer Interaction

CS 6751 Fall 1998

General Information

• Description: (General Catalog) Human-computer interface is considered in terms of user-system compatibility. Concepts in human factors and interface design are covered in relation to capabilities of both humans and computers. Also listed as PSY 6751.
• Goals:
  • To expose you to the significance of the usability of a computer system from the user's perspective.
  • To gain awareness of human capabilities and how that impacts interaction.
  • To gain expertise in applying various HCI evaluation and modeling techniques to improve the design process.
• Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:05-4:25 pm
• Meeting Place: CoC 102

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Instructor

Dr. Gregory D. Abowd

• Office: 380 Centennial Research Building (CRB)
• Phone: 404-894-7512 (CRB)
• Email: abowd@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: Wednesdays 1-2pm 380 CRB (or by appointment)

Teaching Assistant

Q. Alex Zhao

• Office: 226B College of Computing (CCB)
• Phone: 404-894-9390
• Email: azhao@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: Mondays and Fridays 1-2 pm (or by appointment)

Syllabus

Week	Date	Topic	Reading	Prepared lectures	Project	Homework	Handout
0	9/24	Introduction	Previous classes	PowerPoint'97 Postscript		What do you think?	Class policies
1	9/29	Project	Project Overview	PowerPoint'97 Postscript
	10/1	Norman Philosophy	DOET	PowerPoint'97 Postscript	Some ideas	Finding novel input-output devices; Results
2	10/6	Humans and Computers	DFAB, Chs. 1-2	PowerPoint'97 Postscript	Teams established
	10/8	Project intros Interaction	DFAB, Ch. 3	PowerPoint'97 Postscript	project groups
3	10/13	Paradigms and Principles	DFAB, Ch. 4	PowerPoint'97 Postscript	Part 1 critiques		past lecture; Historical bios (more females!)
	10/15	Design Evaluation	DFAB, Ch. 5	PowerPoint'97 Postscript			Web-based questionnaires
4	10/20	Summative evaluation User Studies Think aloud	DFAB, Ch. 11	PowerPoint'97 Postscript			Eval method "how-to"
	10/22	Think aloud and Heuristic evaluation		PowerPoint'97 Postscript	Part 1 due
5	10/27	Cognitive walkthrough		PowerPoint'97 Postscript	Part 2 critiques
	10/29	User modelling	DFAB, Ch. 6	PowerPoint'97 Postscript			more on GOMS
6	11/3	Midterm	Review material
	11/5	videos of the future		PowerPoint'97 Postscript
7	11/10	Task Analysis	DFAB, Ch. 7	PowerPoint'97 Postscript	Part 2 due; Evaluation teams; Part 3 critiques
	11/12	Prototype presentations; UI software	DFAB, Ch. 10	PowerPoint'97 Postscript
8	11/17	CSCW	DFAB, Ch. 13	PowerPoint'97 Postscript	Final Presentation guidelines		More on CSCW
	11/19	Out of the box	DFAB, Ch. 15-16	PowerPoint'97 Postscript
9	11/24	Final Presentations: TeamOne, FLO, BuzzBus, VIDA
	11/26	THANKSGIVING	EAT!
10	12/1	Final Presentations: eMuse, ChildMonitor2K, SmartCar2K, EZPark
	12/3	Final Presentations: Rosie, SubDerma, Stink'n Notes
11	12/9	Final exam due noon CRB 380