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Human and Computer Interaction
On HCI research, we focus on Human Factors, the design process,UI critics, Psychological Aspects, immersive environments, aesthetics and cognition, psychophysical, classic design and concepts, and each testing and validation, etc.

Topics of projects
Topic 1 - Human Factors Face to Face

Topic 2 - Interface vs. Functionality

Topic 3 - Analysis of Webpage

Topic 4 - Affordance and Mapping

Extra Discussion
Off-topic:

During the discussion about interfaces I remembered a German comedian dealing with this issue in one of his songs. If you understand some German you can read the lyrics here (sorry, I haven't found the English lyrics yet).

History of the first Mac.

I saw a very interesting documentation about industrial design. One example was the first Mac, because it has a very special one. The screen and the "computer" should imitate a "human face" or "an astronaut in the space suit", according to an interview with Hartmut Esslinger, the designer. He intended to give the uncommon thing a familiar appearance, so that users don't hesitate to use it.

Interesting Reading http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~jacob/papers/uist07.poster.pdf

Co-editors' pages
Justin Haight; Lynden Jones; Emil Pohlig; Kenneth Williams

Ramesh Pinnamaneni; Caitlin Ownby; David Tanner; ByongWu Chong

Steve Blatnick; Justin Faust; Shawn Hall; Krunal Shah

Zhuo Yang; Florian Flatow; Kannan U V; Steve

Brad Loos; Jeremy Long; Ryan Taylor; Zach Gildersleeve

Nic Campbell; Brian Young; Sam Baird; Jason Scott

Chang liu; Erik Niklason; Jihoon Yoo; Spencer Burgoyne

Daxton Self; Kurt Stauffer; Thomas Elmer; Hanieh Mirzaee

Vanessa Ruiz; Tim Manwill; Jason Briggs; Rich Riesenfeld

Chris Lish; Sunny Trinh; Grant Watts; Josh Mckee; Chris Lish

Brandon Christensen; Brandon Lake; Mike Bond

Brady Larson;

Other resources
Class homepage

Class syllabus

Wiki definition of HCI

daily science

HCI Sites

Locomotion Interface at U Utah

CMU HCI Institute

Design of Everyday Things. Donald A. Norman Basic Books (Perseus), 2002.

Designing the User Interface : Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 4th Ed. Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant Addison-Wesley, 2004.

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Term: Fall 2007 at University of Utah

Instructor: Rich Riesenfeld

TA: Mina Jeong

Class Times:

Section 1: MWF 9:40 – 10:30 AM in WEB 1248

Section 2: MWF 10:45 – 11:35 AM in WEB 1248