Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction

Seminar, SS 2008

Georg Essl, Michael Rohs

Description:

In this seminar we will read and discuss current papers from top conferences in the area of human-computer interaction, such as CHI, UIST, MobileHCI, and selected journal articles. Here is a short description of each paper:

A presentation template is provided here. The goal of the discussion is to identify the contribution of the paper, its significance to HCI, open issues, and ideas for future work. Students don't need to produce a writeup, but a short summary of the discussion.

The seminar is suitable for students with basic knowledge in human-computer interaction. Students will learn how to analyze conference and journal articles in order to understand the core idea and the contribution to the field, as well as identify open questions and opportunities for future work.

Discussed Papers:

References:

1. Saul Greenberg and Bill Buxton: Usability Evaluation Considered Harmful (Some of the Time), CHI 2008. Slides, Technical Report.
2. Roderick Murray-Smith, John Williamson, and Torben Quaade: Stane: Synthesized Surfaces for Tactile Input, CHI 2008.
3. Robert J. K. Jacob, Audrey Girouard, Leanne M. Hirshfield, Michael S. Horn, Orit Shaer, Erin Treacy Solovey, and Jamie Zigelbaum: Reality-Based Interaction: A Framework for Post-WIMP Interfaces, CHI 2008.
4. Koji Yatani, Kurt Partridge, and Mark W. Newman: Escape: A Target Selection Technique Using Visually-cued Gestures, CHI 2008.
5. Gerard Oleksik, David Frohlich, Lorna M. Brown, and Abigail Sellen: Sonic Interventions: Understanding and Extending the Domestic Soundscape, CHI 2008.
6. Eve Hoggan, Stephen A. Brewster, and Jody Johnston: Investigating the Effectiveness of Tactile Feedback for Mobile Touchscreens, CHI 2008.
7. Tomer Moscovich and John F. Hughes: Indirect Mappings of Multi-touch Input Using One and Two Hands, CHI 2008.
8. Alex Olwal, Steven Feiner, and Susanna Heyman: Rubbing and Tapping for Precise and Rapid Selection on Touch-Screen Displays, CHI 2008.
9. Katri Salminen, Veikko Surakka, Jani Lylykangas, Jukka Raisamo, Rami Saarinen, Roope Raisamo, Jussi Rantala, Grigori Evreinov: Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Haptic Stimulation, CHI 2008.
10. Gèry Casiez and Daniel Vogel: The Effect of Spring Stiffness and Control Gain with an Elastic Rate Control Pointing Device, CHI 2008.
11. Parisa Eslambolchilar and Roderick Murray-Smith: Tilt-Based Automatic Zooming and Scaling in Mobile Devices – a state-space implementation, Mobile HCI 2004.
12. Jacob O. Wobbrock, Andrew D. Wilson, and Yang Li: Gestures without Libraries, Toolkits or Training: A $1 Recognizer for User Interface Prototypes, UIST 2007, project page.
13. Jacob O. Wobbrock, Duen Horng Chau and Brad A. Myers: An Alternative to Push, Press, and Tap-tap-tap: Gesturing on an Isometric Joystick for Mobile Phone Text Entry, CHI 2007.
14. Jonathan Mooser, Suya You, Ulrich Neumann: Large Document, Small Screen: A Camera Driven Scroll and Zoom Control for Mobile Devices, Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, 2008.
15. Andrew D. Wilson and Raman Sarin: BlueTable: Connecting Wireless Mobile Devices on Interactive Surfaces Using Vision-Based Handshaking, Graphics Interface 2007.
16. David Merrill, Hayes Raffle, Roberto Aimi: The Sound of Touch: Physical Manipulation of Digital Sound, CHI 2008.

HCI Links:

• ACM Special Interest Group in Human-Computer Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
• Fachbereich Mensch-Computer-Interaktion der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)
• Usability Professionals' Association (UPA)
• ACM SIGCHI Curricula for Human-Computer Interaction
• HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Resources
• The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability