Human Computer Interaction
CSC 212/412, Spring of 2019
(Tues and Thurs, 12:30 pm -1:45 pm, CSB 209)
(Fri, 11:50 am -13:05 pm, CSB 209)

 

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* using reserve day to make up

Date Lecture Assignments Supplemental Materials
Course Policy, Intro to HCI
1/17/2019 Kickoff   What is HCI?
NeedFinding
1/22/2019 History of HCI, NeedFinding   As you may think, Video: Insights into NeedFinding, NeedFinding: A tool for Directing Robotics Research and Development, Survey Fundamentals
1/24/2019 NeedFinding [cont] Homework 1
Prototyping
1/29/2019 Prototyping   Prototyping tools and techniques, SketchWizard: Wizard of OZ Prototyping of Pen-based User Interfaces
1/31/2019 In class prototyping session Homework 2 Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015
Evaluation Techniques
2/5/2019  Experiments & qualitative techniques   Why most published research findings are false
2/7/2019 Quantitative Techniques Homework 3 Performing a t-test in Microsoft Excel
Sensing Techniques
2/12/2019 Lip motion, Google glass, HoloLens   How to program Google glass, How to program the HoloLens, Getting started w/ Lipmotion
2/14/2019 Final project brainstorming session/Team formation    
 
2/19/2019

MIDTERM

2/21/2019 Affective Computing (Facial expression processing) Homework 4 Automated Face Analysis for Affective Computing
User Interfaces
2/26/2019

Interaction Techniques (gestures)

  Real-Time Human Pose Recognition in Parts from Single Depth Images
2/28/2019 Ehsan is traveling    
*3/1/2019 Interaction Techniques (speech) Homework 5 Praat
 
3/5/2019 Crowd Computing    
3/7/2019

Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing

Rough draft of project proposal is due Mindless computing
3/12/2019

Spring Break

3/14/2019
3/19/2019

 Designing User Interfaces

   
3/21/2019 Designing User Interfaces (efficiency) Final draft of project proposal is due  
Special topics in HCI
3/26/2019 Designing user interfaces (safety)    
3/28/2019 Wearable computing   BioLogic, DuoSkin, Wearable Computing, Interview w/ Sherry Turkle
4/2/2019 Designing virtual agents Project website goes live  
4/4/2019 Future of work   Social dilemma of Autonomous Vehicles, Trolley Problem, Tragedy of the commons, Moral Machines, Unexpected Consequences of Self-driving Cars
4/9/2019 Mid-semester low-fidelity review of final projects
4/11/2019

No lecture (Ehsan is away in DC)

4/16/2019 Lecture by Prof. Zhen Bai on AV/VR    
Final project presentations
4/18/2019 No class; Work on your final project.    
4/23/2019 Final project presentations:
  • Caught’Ya Cheating
  • Breathalyzer
  • Parkinson's app
   
4/25/2019 Final project presentations:
  • PoliteOmeter
  • Art House
  • Party Music Management
  • MediVR
   
*4/26/2019 Final project presentations:
  • Eye Tracking
  • Mr Bartender
  • Therapy Journaling
  • UR-Eats
   
4/30/2019 Final project showcase