Human-Computer Interaction

CS 6751 Winter 1996

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: TT 3:00-4:30 pm
• Meeting Place: 320 Cherry / 239 Rich (OIT)
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Textbooks

Exams

	date	weight	review link
Midterm	1/30	10%
Final (take-home)	3/11	15%

Instructors

Dr. Gregory D. Abowd (Instructor)

• Office: 205 College of Computing
• Phone: 894-7512
• Email: abowd@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:00-2:30 pm

Savita Chandran (Teaching Assistant)

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• Phone:
• Email: savita@cc.gatech.edu
• Office Hours: Tuesday 12-1 (CoC 155), Thursday 12-1 (CoC 201)

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	Date	Topic	Reading	Lecture	Project	Homework	Handout
1	1/4	Introduction
2	1/9	The Human and the Computer	Chapters 1-2
3	1/11	Classroom 2000 project	see handout
4	1/16	The Interaction	Chapter 3
5	1/18	GVU DLS and Demo Day
6	1/23	Paradigms of interaction Project team introductions	Chapter 4, pp. 117-130
7	1/25	Usability principles	Chapter 4 (pp. 131-146)
8	1/30	Mid-term exam
9	2/1	Design	Chapter 5
10	2/6	Evaluation	Chapter 11
11	2/8	Eval (cont'd)	handout papers
12	2/13	User Modelling	Ch. 6
13	2/15	Task analysis	Ch. 7
14	2/20	Dialogue	Ch 8
15	2/22	UI Implementation	Ch. 10
16	2/27	Help and Documentation	Ch. 12
17	2/29	CSCW	Ch. 13
18	3/5	Student presentations
19	3/7	Student presentations
	3/11	Final exam due