CS 102 Human-Computer Interaction 1 CS102: Monsoon 2015
About this course Introductory course on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Required for the CS major; counts towards CS minor No pre-requisites (programming useful, but not strictly required) Not a pre-requisite for any other required CS major course Will be o ff ered next in Monsoon 2016 2 CS102: Monsoon 2015 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Course logistics 2 meetings per week: M, W 4.15 - 5.45pm, LR 205 Instructor: Prof. Sudheendra Hangal TA: Abhilasha Kumar O ffi ce hours: Prof. Hangal: Fridays 10-11am Room 604 Abhilasha Kumar: Tuesdays 3-4pm, 6th fl oor meeting rooms (Some weeks either/or) CS102: Monsoon 2015 CS102: Monsoon 2015 3
IT systems Make sure you are registered in the SIS We will try out the Moodle LMS (please get an account) Course web page: http://cs.ashoka.edu.in/cs102/index.html Sta ff mailing list: cs102-sta ff @ashoka.edu.in 4 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Introductions Please share a bit about yourself and your idea of what this course may be about… 5 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Why study HCI? • Understand how people work (generally, and with technology) • Many impactful ideas in the CS domain are not purely technology enabled . . . 6 CS102: Monsoon 2015
What does HCI cover? • Not just user interfaces and systems… • Almost anything that depends on people • In the HCI fi eld, it’s common to see work on computers + psychology, sociology, medicine, journalism, politics, and even sex and death 7 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Course Outline L1: Intro and history L6: Input/Output-1 L2: Cognitive biases and user L7: Input/Output-2 models L8: Web interfaces L3: User-centered design-1 L9: Mobile interfaces L4: User-centered design-2 L10: Visualization-1 L5: Design studio-1 L11: Visualization-2 8 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Course Outline L12: Ubiquitous computing L17: Natural Language Processing L13: User testing and statistical analysis-1 L18: Cognitive computing L14: User testing and statistical L19: Social media analysis-2 L20: Life-logging L15: Design Studio-2 L21: Crowdsourcing and L16: Collaboration collective intelligence L22: ICT for Development-1 9 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Course Outline L23: ICT for Development-2 L24: HCI for programming L25: Design Studio-3/Hackathon (Schedule is tentative, order or topics may change) 10 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Learning Objectives • Get a perspective on HCI sub- fi eld of CS (History, evolution + where we’re going) • Learn the general principles of user-centered design Ideation, contextual inquiry, prototyping, testing, learning how to learn from users 11 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Learning Objectives • Think boldly and work in a team to take an idea from concept to implementation • Connect HCI to other disciplines and understand techniques used in them • Prepare for research: Examine some innovative ideas, see trends, create new systems 12 CS102: Monsoon 2015
The evolution of HCI 13 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Sketchpad (1962) http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/sutherland_3467412.cfm http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Ivan,Sutherland/ 14 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Ivan Sutherland 15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM1bNR4DmhU CS102: Monsoon 2015
Sketchpad 16 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-574.pdf CS102: Monsoon 2015
The “servo-control unit” (1968) 17 CS102: Monsoon 2015 http://www.dougengelbart.org/firsts/mouse.html
Alternatives Evaluated 18 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Douglas Engelbart 19 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb4ZNcMj0uw CS102: Monsoon 2015
SHRDLU (1970) Terry Winograd 20 https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7095 CS102: Monsoon 2015
SHRDLU 21 http://projects.csail.mit.edu/video/history/aifilms/26-robot.mp4 CS102: Monsoon 2015
“pick up anything green, at least three of the blocks, and either a box or a sphere which is bigger than any brick on the table” A tour de force! CS102: Monsoon 2015 22 http://hci.stanford.edu/~winograd
Dynabook (1972) 23 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Xerox Alto and Star 24 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Alan Kay 25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdL6dzWvm5M CS102: Monsoon 2015
Course Details 26 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Course rules • Attendance forms a signi fi cant part of your grade If you’re unable to attend class for a valid reason, review a substitute reading within a week • No copying or plagiarism tolerated (leads to F grade) ` • Collaboration is ok, with attribution • In class, please put mobile phones in airplane mode 27 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Grading Total of 200 points 100 points for project: 30 points for idea log 30 points for attendance 20 points for (easy, surprise) quizzes 20 points for paper reviews 28 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Course Project You will carry out a semester long project in a team of 3 people Goal: design a new computer enabled tool or service using the user-centered design process Emphasis is on process, not just the eventual outcome With permission, you MAY be able to combine this with aspects of a project in another class 29 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Idea Logs Always carry an unruled notebook and pencil with you. Keenly observe people around you and watch the things they struggle with. Sketch functionally these errors, and design fi xes for them. Its ok if you're not good at drawing. The point is to use drawing to force yourself to think and observe deeply. Print and paste things in if needed. Be as speci fi c as you can. Keep it imaginative, but grounded. Don't be afraid of small ideas! 30 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Idea Logs You can discuss with others, but only enter your own ideas in your idea log. Spent (at least) 5-10 minutes per entry. We expect at least 30 entries by end-sem. Graded on volume and novelty. We will examine the logs mid-semester. We will put up all the logs at the fi nal expo, so you can share with and learn from others. 31 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Reading assignment 1 Submit a review of about 500 words on this essay from 1946. Link on course website. Due Monday Sept. 6 before class (4.15 pm) 32 CS102: Monsoon 2015
Open access We make as much course material as possible openly available Anyone from the Ashoka community is welcome to sit in and observe the lectures Let us know if you do not want to share your paper reviews or project materials publicly (even with fi rst name or initials) 33 CS102: Monsoon 2015
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