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Jason Hong (Temporary) Director of Undergrad HCI Program

Overview of the Undergraduate Major in Human-Computer Interaction or What Is My Daughter/Son Doing for a Second Major and Why?. Jason Hong (Temporary) Director of Undergrad HCI Program. Our lives are increasingly surrounded by and integrated with computation and communication. Healthcare.

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Jason Hong (Temporary) Director of Undergrad HCI Program

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  1. Overview of the Undergraduate Major in Human-Computer InteractionorWhat Is My Daughter/Son Doing for a Second Major and Why? Jason Hong (Temporary) Director of Undergrad HCI Program

  2. Our lives are increasingly surrounded by and integrated with computation and communication

  3. Healthcare

  4. Finance

  5. Commerce

  6. Transportation

  7. Information

  8. Communication

  9. Collaboration

  10. Play

  11. Housework

  12. Interactions can be Successful

  13. Interactions can also Fail

  14. What is the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII)? Our Department’s Mission • Understand and create technology that harmonizes with and improves human capabilities, goals, and social environments through interdisciplinary research and education in design, computer science, and behavioral and social sciences

  15. Helping Families Assistive Technologies Cognitive Tutors Human-Robot Interaction

  16. In-Car Displays Protecting People From Online Scams Programming as Storytelling Leveraging Social Networks to Fight Global Warming

  17. HCI Institute formed 1995 HCI Undergraduate Major formed 1998 1st Inter-University Major 2nd Major Only - 25 Students / Graduating Year Average GPA ~ 3.5/4.0 About 70 HCI Majors, 20 different majors, 6 colleges (until tomorrow!) College of Fine Arts Humanities & Soc. Sciences School of Computer Science Mellon College of Science Carnegie Institute of Technology Tepper School of Business Human-Computer Interaction Major

  18. Our Educational Philosophy at HCII Take excellent students with depth in one discipline relevant to HCI and give them the educational opportunity to “walk in the shoes” of the other disciplines relevant to HCI. Make graduates leaders in industries where these technologies and applications are made and used

  19. User-Centered DesignThe User is Not Like Me Human FactorsCognitive PsychologyMotivationGroup behavior ColorLayoutGraphic Design Interaction Design Interviews Surveys Experiments Think alouds Heuristic evaluation Focus groups Cognitive walk-throughs Statistical analysis Flash, Director, Visual Basic, HTML, Databases, Java, C++, GUI toolkits, UI architectures

  20. Curriculum Statistics Intro to Design Cognitive Psychology Intro to Programming Visual Interface Design Research Methods Methods Interface Programming 2 Electives Capstone Project Course

  21. Capstone Project Course Goals • Apply HCI skills on a large project • Work in interdisciplinary teams (3-4 people) • Work with clients • Learn to write reports • Learn to give presentations

  22. 2008 Capstone Projects • Digital Oral History Archives • Outpatient Mobile Information • PeopleFinder - Designing for Privacy • TheraPlay - Gaming Technology in Health Care

  23. Careers In HCI • Undergraduates get good jobs & job offers

  24. This Year’s BHCI Graduates Devin Blais * Lee Byron Christine Chang Jason Choi Stephanie Chu David Farkas Allison Gallant * Sam Hashemi * Jing Jin * Bonnie Lee Hannah Lee Jared Luxenberg Anna Ly Gregory Peng Justin Rheinfrank * Nitasha Singh Scott Smith Jeffrey Thoene Emily Tong Matthew Williamson Sungjoon Won * Zhen Zeng * * students in accelerated Master’s program

  25. Congratulations!

  26. Recent Job Opportunities(Since Feb 1, 2007)(from Usability Professionals' Association) • Siemens Medical – User interaction designer • Marriott International – Senior user researcher • Digitas – Interaction designer • PayPal – User experience researcher • The KOHL Group – User interaction designer • Tec-Ed – User Experience Project Manager & Researcher • Insight Enterprises – Customer experience manager • College Center for Library Automation – Usability analyst • Google – User researcher • Lands End – User interface designer • Amazon – User interface designer • Electronic Arts – Interface designer • Travelocity – Information architect • Microsoft – Human factors/Interaction designer • Whirlpool – Voice user interface designer • GE Healthcare – User interface/graphic designer • Verizon – User experience manager

  27. Accenture Adobe Aduna Agitar Software Allstate Insurance Amazon.Com Apple Autodesk Boeing Brulant Carnegie Mellon Citadel Investment Citrix Systems Colorado State University Cook Vascular Corel Doubleclick The Wall Street Journal Online Duda Paine Architects Electronic Arts Endeca Technologies Friendfeed Frog Design General Dynamics Google Guidewire Software Hewlett-Packard Hillcrest Labs Hindustan Times, New Delhi Honeywell Labs Humancentric IBM Intel Johnson Controls Keane Federal Systems, Inc. Linden Lab Linkedin Logical Design Solutions Microsoft Motorola NASA Companies Where B/MHCI Alumni Work • Oracle Corp • Pitney Bowes • Pixar • Qualcomm • Ricoh Americas • Sapient • Scholastic • Soar Technology • SRI International • T-Mobile • Tellme Networks • The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust • The University Of Pittsburgh • University Of Michigan • UPMC • Verizon • Wellspring Worldwide, A Company I Co-Founded Before Hcii • Yahoo! • Yahoo! • Zeta Associates • Zühlke Engineering Plus ~15% have started their own companies

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