Current Topics in HCI, WS 0405

News:

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Schedule:

• Oct 14: IntroductionReading: The Humane Interface, Chapter 2 (pp 17-32)
• Oct 21: Attention, ModesReading: The Humane Interface, Chapter 3
  Assignment 1: Modes
• Oct 28: Keystroke-Level ModellingReading: The Humane Interface, Chapter 4
  Assignment 2: GOMS analysis
• Nov 4: UnificationReading: The Humane Interface, Chapter 5
  Assignment 3: LEAPs and Bounds
• Nov 11: NavigationReading: The Humane Interface, Chapter 6
  Assignment 4: ++Search

• Nov 18: State machinesReading: Wanted by the Police: A Good Interface (New York Times, 11.11.2004)Assignment 5: ZUIs
• Nov 25: StatechartsAssignment 6: Statecharts
• Dec 2: MatricesReading: Harold Thimbleby, "User Interface Design With Matrix Algebra" (ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 11, No. 2, June 2004, Pages 181–236).
• Dec 9: Midterm Exam (solutions)
  Assignment 7: Matrices (solutions)

• Dec 16: Fluke, Zooming
  Carpendale et al: Achieving Higher Magnification in Context
  Assignment 8: Fisheye views
• Jan 13: Physical interfaces
  Hudson: LED devices
  Lee et al: Haptic pen
• Jan 20: Document interaction
  Dragicevic: Fold & Drop, Fold & Drop demo
  Ishak, Feiner: Transparency
• Jan 27: Projection
  Lee et al: Automatic projector calibration with embedded light sensors
• Feb 3: Final Exam