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User System Interface CSC 8570-001

User System Interface CSC 8570-001. Fall 2006 Instructor: Robert E. Beck. Introductions (1). Information sheet Questions Who invented the computer mouse? When? Where? What battery operated devices do you have with you tonight?

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User System Interface CSC 8570-001

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  1. User System InterfaceCSC 8570-001 Fall 2006 Instructor: Robert E. Beck

  2. Introductions (1) • Information sheet • Questions • Who invented the computer mouse? When? Where? • What battery operated devices do you have with you tonight? • What (computer-based) POS systems do you typically encounter as a customer in a standard week? • If you went west on US 30, which is Lancaster Avenue in front of Villanova, until it (US 30) ended, where would you be?

  3. Introductions (2) • Name • If working • For what company? • In what capacity? • Describe the user interface of the first computer you used.

  4. Goals • Developing design principles • Investigating models and theories • Creating evaluation processes • Experimentation • Opinion • Outlining an effective design process—interface engineering • Proposing interface designs

  5. Themes (1) • Hierarchy of design principles • Models • Theories (or theory) • Awareness • Mental models • Common interactions • Microsoft vs. others • General knowledge

  6. Themes (2) • Multidisciplinary approach • Frontiers of HCI • Definitions, use of words • Examples

  7. Strategies (Ways of Knowing) • Create concept maps for reading assignments • Combine individual maps • Slip-of-paper (SOP) questions and surveys • Summarize results • Lectures, sometimes • Discussion, always • Argumentation, when appropriate

  8. Strategies (2) • Examples • Careful text reading

  9. Hot TopicsBurning Questions Time for your thoughts • Pair up by twos • For the next few minutes, write down as many issues or problems in user-system interaction as you can.

  10. Issue Summary • How do we do this?

  11. Issues • CHI 2006 topics

  12. Hot Areas; Burning IssuesThe List • Usability testing • Universal usability • Public access • Visual interfaces • New interaction modes, e.g. gesture-based interaction • Tiny interfaces • Intelligent interfaces • POS systems • Mapping systems

  13. The Future of HCI Take a few minutes to read John Canny’s introduction to the July/August 2006 issue of HCI. • Do Canny’s views match our ideas? • What did he miss? • What did we miss?

  14. Research Topics • Email archive management • HCI in biodiversity informatics (as an example of focused HCI issues) • Exploratory search interfaces • Eliminating computer rage

  15. Sources • Conference proceedings • The Web—but be careful • The course web site • University HCI labs, e.g. • U of Maryland www.cs.umd.edu/hcil

  16. Contacts • PhiCHI – Philadelphia region chapter of SIGCHI • SIGCHI – ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction

  17. Conferences • ACE – Computer Entertainment Technology • AVI – Advanced Visual Interfaces • CHI – Computer Human Interaction • CSCW – Computer Supported Cooperative Work • DSV-IS • HCI International • HCIL Symposium (U Maryland) • HICS • Hypertext

  18. Conferences (2) • IDC • Interact • IUI – Intelligent User Interfaces • IVA • SG – Smart Graphics • SIGIR – Information Retrieval • UIST – User Interface Software Technology • User Modeling • World Wide Web

  19. Tools • Concept maps: • http://cmap.ihmc.us • EndNote • Task models: • ConcurTaskTrees Environment • Help compiler • Treemap: • http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemaps/

  20. Activities • Research project • Report • Presentation • Poster • Article presentation • Web-based project • Exercises • Experiments • Exam

  21. Responsibilities • Attendance • Reading • Team support • Dialog with classmates and instructor

  22. Handouts • John Canny, The Future of HCI, from HCI, 4(2006), July/August

  23. Next Time • Read Carroll, MTF, Chapter 2 • Identify design principles included in Chapter 2 • Find examples of interfaces that follow and that violate each principle you find.

  24. The Players • User • System • Interface • Designer

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