CSC 589 - Human-Computer Interaction
Department of Mathematical Sciences, UNCG
Spring 2000

Instructor: Dr. Nancy Green
Email: nlgreen@uncg.edu
Phone:  (336) 334-5836
Office Hours:  by appointment
Office: 322 Bryan
Course web page:  http://www.uncg.edu/~nlgreen/csc589/index.html

Course Description


  • Time: Thurs 9-11 am
  • Room: TBA
  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
  • Brief Description: The field of HCI is the study of the design, evaluation, and implementation of computer systems  that interact with people. This is an experimental version of an introductory course in HCI. The format will be seminar-style with discussion of assigned readings.

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    Administrivia

    Grading:

  • Class participation: 50%
  • Project: 50%

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    Class participation includes regular attendance, participation in discussion of the reading assignments, and regular reports on your project's status. The project consists of one of the following (subject to my approval):

  • term paper on a topic in HCI
  • usability analysis of a human-computer interface
  • programming project with a substantial user interface (see me for ideas)
  • work under my direction on my current HCI research project (see me for details)
  • something else (subject to my approval)


    • Calendar

    Week Plan Reading assignment Note
    Jan 10 Discuss course, presentation on my HCI research
    Jan 17 (no class Monday) Discuss reading Preece ch. 1-2
    Jan 24 Discuss reading  Preece ch. 3-5
    Jan 31 Discuss reading Preece ch. 6-8
    Feb 7 Discuss reading Preece ch. 13-15
    Feb 14 Discuss reading Preece ch. 20-21
    Feb 21 Discuss reading Preece ch. 24, 25, 27
    Feb 28 (Spring Break)
    Mar 6 Discuss reading  Preece ch. 29-31
    Mar 13 Discuss reading Preece ch. 32-34
    Mar 20 Discuss reading J. Allen, Natural Language Understanding, ch. 1
    Mar 27 Discuss reading Cassell, J. handout (REA),
    Daniel et al. handout (CINESPEAK)
    Apr 3 Discuss reading Byrne et al. 15-minute presentations
    Apr 10 Discuss reading Horvitz et al.
    Apr 17 Discuss reading Rich and Sidner (COLLAGEN)
    Apr 24 Project Presentations
    May 1
    Finals

     


     
     

    Course Resources

    Required text: Preece, J. et al. Human-Computer Interaction. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-62769-8

    Readings on UNCG Library Reserve for CSC589:

  • To be added...

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    Other Recommended Books:

  • Developing User Interfaces, Hix, D. and Hartson, H. R., Wiley, 1993.
  • Interactive System Design, William Newman and Michael Lamming, Addison-Wesley, 1995.
  • Designing the User Interface, 3rd ed., Ben Shneiderman, Addison-Wesley, 1998.

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    Journals (in UNCG library)

  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (available on-line only)
  • Transactions on Computer Human Interaction (ACM TOCHI)

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    On-line Materials:

  • Ameritech Graphical User Interface Standards and Design Guidelines
  • HCI Bibliography
  • HCI Index
  • Information Visualization and Exploration:
  • Interactions
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • MIT Media Lab
  • OpenAmulet
  • Shneiderman's HCI Web Site
  • TOCHI (ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction)
  • Yale University Web Style Guide


    • HCI Organizations and Conferences

    ACM SIGCHI

  • TRICHI (Triangle CHI SIG)

    • Intelligent User Interfaces 2000 (with links to papers)
    Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University


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