COMP4461 HCI (Fall 2020)
Course Description
This course is a broad UG-level introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with an emphasis on techniques, models, theories, and applications for designing, prototyping, and evaluating current and future interactive systems for human use. HCI is an interesting and important area of study, providing the human perspective to computing. Besides technology and innovation, it also touches on issues like ethics and social responsibilities related to technologies in the real world. Selected topics may include multimodal interaction design, ubiquitous/mobile computing, virtual/augmented reality, agents and robots, and HCI applications in various domains such as education, health, urban sustainability, scientific discoveries, etc.
- Course structure: 3hr lectures + 50min lab sessions per week (4 tutorials + 8 office hours); Time, location, TA to be determined.
- Course materials and announcements are posted on Slack. Course-related communication and assignment submission are conducted through this channel as well.
- Course evaluation: 3 projects + 2 midterm exercise + participation; outcomes, grading schemes, assessment rubrics and references are in Course Description.
- Prerequisites for course projects: web programming (e.g., html, css), object-oriented programming (e.g., C++, java), python.
- Textbook info is below the syllabus. Other recommended readings see the reference list at the end of each lecture notes.
- Submission deadline is 11:59pm of the day. Late day request needs to be sent to the TA (email or Slack message) by 5pm of the day.
Syllabus (Lecture: Tue Thu 4:30~5:50pm; Lab: Thu 9:00~9:50am)
| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Presenter |
Note |
| 1 |
Tue Sep 8 |
Introduction to COMP4461 and to HCI |
Xiaojuan Ma |
P1.0 Topic announcement |
| 1 |
Thu Sep 10 |
Fundamental: Human-Centric Design |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 2 |
Tue Sep 15 |
Fundamental: Understanding Humans I |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 2 |
Thu Sep 17 |
Fundamental: Understanding Humans II |
Xiaojuan Ma |
9:00am VR Meeting Room Tryout (by TA) |
| 3 |
Tue Sep 22 |
Design: Empathize |
Xiaojuan Ma |
Submission of "The Good, the bad, the ugly/secret" photo contest on noon Sep 21 |
| 3 |
Thu Sep 24 |
Design: Ideate |
Xiaojuan Ma |
9:00am VR Meeting Room Tryout (by TA) |
| 4 |
Tue Sep 29 |
Design: Prototyping |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 5 |
Tue Oct 6 |
Topic: Multimodal Interaction |
Xiaojuan Ma |
P2.0 Topic release |
| 5 |
Thu Oct 8 |
Project: P1 Design Pitching |
Class |
P1.1 P1 prototype submission; P1.2 Peer evaluation; P1.3 P1 personal diary submission |
| 6 |
Tue Oct 13 |
Topic: Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) |
Xiaojuan Ma |
P3.0 Topic announcement; Final Video Paper Topic Announcement |
| 6 |
Thu Oct 15 |
Mid-term Exercise I |
Class |
9:00am Chatbot Programming Lab (by TA) |
| 7 |
Tue Oct 20 |
Topic: Ubiquitous Computing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 7 |
Thu Oct 22 |
Topic: Virtual / Augmented Reality |
Xiaojuan Ma |
9:00am Chatbot Programming Lab (by TA) |
| 8 |
Tue Oct 27 |
Evaluation: Preparation and Questionnaire |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 8 |
Thu Oct 29 |
Topic: CSCW and Social Computing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 9 |
Tue Nov 3 |
Project: P2 Demonstration |
Class |
P2.1 P2 prototype submission; P2.2 Peer evaluation; P2.3 P2 personal diary submission |
| 9 |
Thu Nov 5 |
Evaluation: Heuristic Testing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 10 |
Tue Nov 10 |
Evaluation: Usability Testing |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 10 |
Thu Nov 12 |
Mid-term Exercise II |
Class |
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| 11 |
Tue Nov 17 |
Evaluation: Result Analysis |
Xiaojuan Ma |
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| 11 |
Thu Nov 19 |
Project: P3 Presentation |
Class |
P3.2 P3 Peer Evaluation; P3.3 P3 Personal Diary Submission |
| 12 |
Tue Nov 24 |
Topic: Computing for Good |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 12 |
Thu Nov 26 |
HCI: From Lab to the Real World |
Xiaojuan Ma |
|
| 13 |
Tue Dec 1 |
Final Video Paper Showcase I |
Class |
Video Paper Submission |
| 13 |
Thu Dec 3 |
Final Video Paper Showcase II |
Class |
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Textbook
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