last update: April 9, 2004

JFS Seminar: Interaction Design for Advanced Systems

Instructors:

Rene Ahn, Asisstant Professor,
Kees Overbeeke, Associate Professor
Matthias Rauterberg, Full Professor,
Faculty Industrial Design, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Benefits

This seminar offers 1SP (40 hrs) for successful active participation.

After following this seminar the graduate student should be able to:

understand the different interaction styles
can describe the different dimensions of user-system interaction
can come up with new ideas and insights for advanced interaction forms

Abstract

Interaction Design is still a dynamic research field where new concepts and new ideas are continuously proposed and discussed to cope with technological innovation and with the emerging needs of both social and professional communities. Immersive and desktop virtual environments, augmented reality, and ubiquitous computing all require efficient and usable 3D interfaces. But spatial interaction is not well understood, and it presents significant new challenges that are not satisfactorily addressed by traditional 1D and 2D human-computer interaction research. This seminar tries to de-mystify the workings of fundamental 3D interaction techniques, demonstrated how these interfaces might be designed, and reviewed the latest data regarding systematic evaluation and development.

Topics

· frameworks for interaction styles

· 1D interaction

· 2D interaction

· 3D interaction

· formal methods to describe interaction

· examples

Prerequisites

Some knowledge of traditional human- computer interaction and/or user interfaces. Basic knowledge of 2D, 3D graphics and virtual environments. Interest in complex 3D applications. Both experienced researchers and newcomers are welcome.

Literature

Card, S.K.; Moran, T.P.; Newell, A. (1983) The psychology of Human-Computer Interaction. Lawrence Erlbaum, London UK.

Jenny Preece, Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers (2002) Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, ISBN 0-471-49278-7

Harrison, Michael and Harold Thimbleby (1990) Formal Methods in Human- Computer Interaction, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-37202-X.

Format

At every meeting relevant literature from the field is presented and discussed by one participant (preferably a PhD student). Focus is on its relevance for ongoing and future research at Department ID-UCE, ID-DI, and Department TM-MTI.
Active participation of participants is required.

Course schedule 2004

Date	Topic	Literature
12 January 15:30-17:00 IPO 0.11	kick-off meeting and introduction of frameworks [see more at Workshop on Real World User Interfaces 2003]	literature about frameworks: Rauterberg & Szabo (1995) Figueroa et al (2001) Calvillo-Gamez et al (2003) Antifakos et al (2003) Djajadiningrat&Overbeeke (2004)
9 February 15:30-17:00 IPO 0.11	Rene Ahn about his ideas for a Framework	[ask Rene Ahn]
8 March 15:30-17:00 IPO 0.11	Joep Frens	Ullmer & Ishii (2000) Ullmer & Ishii (2001)
5 April 15:30-17:00 HG 3.36	Wolmet Barendregt	Koleva et al (2003)
10 May 15:30-17:00 HG 3.36	Philip Ross	Michahelles et al (2003)
24 May 15:30-17:00 HG 3.36	Stephan Wensveen	Wensveen (2003)
7 June 15:30-17:00 HG 3.36	Wen Qi	[to be filled in]

Student evaluation

Students will work individually and will be graded based on the reports written and the presentation given during the seminar using a 5 point grading scale:
[A=excellent, B=very good, C=good, D=sufficient, F=failed].