Human-Computer Interaction
Semester 1 2011/2012
Lecturer:
Hiroshi Shimodaira
To contact: h(dot)shimodaira(at)ed(dot)ac(dot)uk
Office: IF 3.04
Phone: 651 3279
- This course runs in Semester 1. Lectures will be held as follows
| Day and Time | Room |
| Monday 11:10-12:00 | AT LT3 |
| Thursday 11:10-12:00 | AT LT2 |
TA:
Michal Dziemianko
To contact: M(dot)Dziemianko(at)sms(dot)ed(dot)ac(dot)uk
News
- A revision session will be held on Wednesday,
25th April at 12:00-13:00 in George Square, 01 Neuroscience Room G.8.
FAQ notes
- Guest lecture on Human-Robot Dialogue on
Thursday, 10th November at the usual time and place (11:10 in AT LT2).
- Q&A sessions on Wednesday, 16th and 23rd
of November will be held at 17:00 rather than 15:00.
- Slides of Prof David Karger (MIT)'s talk are available below
(local access only).
Links for the applications he mentioned at the talk are available
in the "Useful link section" section below (click "Relevant web
pages and papers").
- Coursework FAQ is available in the coursework
section below. Please take a look at FAQ before you contact the TA.
- There is a Q&A session between 15:00 and 15:50
on every Wednesday in AT-4.12,
for which you can come around to meet the TA.
Those students who cannot attend the sessions may contact the TA to
arrange an appointment.
- Lecture rooms have moved to AT LT3 (Mondays) and
AT LT2 (Thursdays).
NB: different rooms between Monday and Thursday.
- If you cannot find a partner for the coursework, please contact
the course lecturer and TA immediately by email with providing the information:
your UUN(university username); the level of course your are taking
(i.e. level 10 or 11); and your programming skills (e.g. programming
languages that you know).
- If you have any special circumstances/requirements that the
course lecturer should know, please email the lecturer.
Lectures
| Week 1. | Mon 19 Sep | Principles |
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| | Thu 22 Sep |
Human capabilities: Input Output Systems |
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| Week 2. | Mon 26 Sep |
Human capabilities: Memory and Learning |
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| | Thu 29 Sep |
Human capabilities: Cognitive Processing |
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| Week 3. | Mon 03 Oct |
Task Analysis |
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| | Thu 06 Oct |
Formal methods I: GOMS |
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| Week 4. | Mon 10 Oct |
Formal methods II: STNs |
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[Exercise in the HCI book] |
| | Thu 13 Oct |
Evaluating Design I: Collecting data |
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| Week 5. | Mon 17 Oct |
Evaluating Design II: Analysing data |
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| | Thu 20 Oct |
Evaluation III: Statistical test |
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| Week 6. | Mon 24 Oct |
Special Talk by
Prof David Karger (MIT) |
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| | Thu 27 Oct |
Special Issues I: Rich Interaction |
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| Week 7. | Mon 31 Oct |
Special Issues II: Agency |
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| | Thu 03 Nov |
Special Issues III: Web pages |
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| Week 8. | Mon 07 Nov |
Special Issues IV: Ubiquitous computing |
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| | Thu 10 Nov |
Guest lecture: Human-Robot Dialogue |
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| Week 9. | Mon 14 Nov |
Revision |
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| | Thu 17 Nov |
Revision |
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Coursework
- For Level 10 (UG4/VS):
Deadlines: 23:59, Friday, 21st October (part 1), 16:00, Friday, 18th November
(part 2).
- For Level 11 (MScs):
Deadlines: 23:59, Friday, 21st October (part 1), 16:00, Friday, 2nd December
(part 2).
For both levels, the coursework is worth 30% of the final mark, whereas
the exam is worth 70%. The two assignments for Level 10 have equal
weights (50% and 50%), whereas those for Level 11 have 40% for part 1
and 60% for part 2.
Marking feedback will be given in three weeks after each deadline.
- Q&A sessions will be available on every Wednesdays between 15:00 and
15:50 in AT-4.12. (NB: Q&A sessions on 26th October, 16th
November, and 23rd November will be held at 17:00 rather than 15:00)
Those who cannot make Wednesday's sessions may
contact the TA individually to arrange an appointment.
- Coursework FAQ (Please see this
FAQ before you contact the TA)
Useful links
Exams
- HCI exam for Semester-1 only VUG students will be held
on Monday 19 December 2011, betweeen 14:30-16:30, in
Richard Verney Health Centre.
(NB: please double check the information with the university's
Examination Timetables)
- HCI exam for other students will be held in 2012.
