Interactive Systems
6
Networking and Services
Advanced studies
Requirements: Programming course. Synopsis: Interactive systems pervade our life in mobile, desktop and embedded applications. The course will give an overview of interaction paradigms: from desktop, to mobile, and to ubiquitous computing. Interaction techniques will be introduced for multi-modal, adaptive, social, and affective computing. Established development approaches and tools will be presented including user modeling, interaction design, and interaction prototyping platforms. The course will give opportunity to students to develop a state-of-the-art interactive system on one of the topics of the course. Course book: J. A. Jacko, A. Sears:The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications (Human Factors and Ergonomics), 2nd ed., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008.
| Year | Semester | Date | Period | Language | In charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | autumn | 05.09-05.12. | 1-2 | English | Eve Hoggan |
Lectures
| Time | Room | Lecturer | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 14-16 | D122 | Eve Hoggan | 05.09.2011-13.10.2011 |
| Thu 14-16 | B222 | Eve Hoggan | 05.09.2011-13.10.2011 |
Exercise groups
| Time | Room | Instructor | Date | Observe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 16-18 | D122 | Eve Hoggan | 12.09.2011—14.10.2011 |
General
Lecture Topics
Introduction
User Centered Design
User Interface Design
Input Technologies and Techniques
Sensors and Recognition
Mobile Interaction
Multimodal Interaction
Prototyping
CSCW
Data Mining
Games and Entertainment Interfaces
Usability Testing
All lecture slides will be available through Moodle - https://moodle.helsinki.fi/course/view.php?id=4887
Completing the course
Project report and oral examination - 5th December 2011
Students should try to attend the majority of lectures and all of the exercise sessions related to their group project work.
All lectures will take place in the first period of the term i.e. until October 14, but the course will continue through the second period of the term too. Students should use the second period of the course to complete their group project work.
Literature and material
Course Texts
The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook 2nd edition - ed. Sears and Jacko.
Interaction Design - Preece, Sharp and Rogers