Syllabus

 WEEK 1
23 Aug Introduction to HCI Reseach
Introduction to HCI Research

 WEEK 2
28 Aug Foundational HCI
Readings:

Bush, Vannevar (1945). "As We May Think," Atlantic Monthly 176 (July 1945) pp. 101-108.
(Original in Context Printing 1945)

Ivan E. Sutherland. 1964. Sketch pad a man-machine graphical communication system. In Proceedings of the SHARE design automation workshop (DAC '64). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6.329-6.346. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/800265.810742

Kiesler, S., Siegel, J., & McGuire, T. W. (1984). Social psychological aspects of computer-mediated communication. American Psychologist, 39(10), 1123-1134.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.39.10.1123

30 Aug Ubiquitous Computing
Readings

Mark Weiser. 1999. The computer for the 21st Century. SIGMOBILE Mob. Comput. Commun. Rev.3, 3 (July 1999), 3-11. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/329124.329126

Yesterday's Tomorrows: Notes on Ubiquitous Computing's Dominant Vision. Bell, G. and Dourish, P. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 11(2), 2007. 133-143

 WEEK 3
04 Sep HOLIDAY

06 Sep Input Devices
Readings

Munehiko Sato, Ivan Poupyrev, and Chris Harrison. 2012. Touché: enhancing touch interaction on humans, screens, liquids, and everyday objects. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 483-492. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2207743 

Jefferson Y. Han. 2005. Low-cost multi-touch sensing through frustrated total internal reflection. In Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '05). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 115-118. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1095034.1095054 

 WEEK 4
11 Sep Sensing
Readings

Tanzeem Choudhury, Gaetano Borriello, Sunny Consolvo, Dirk Haehnel, Beverly Harrison, Bruce Hemingway, Jeffrey Hightower, Predrag "Pedja" Klasnja, Karl Koscher, Anthony LaMarca, James A. Landay, Louis LeGrand, Jonathan Lester, Ali Rahimi, Adam Rea, and Danny Wyatt. 2008. The Mobile Sensing Platform: An Embedded Activity Recognition System. IEEE Pervasive Computing 7, 2 (April 2008), 32-41. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2008.39

Jon E. Froehlich, Eric Larson, Tim Campbell, Conor Haggerty, James Fogarty, and Shwetak N. Patel. 2009. HydroSense: infrastructure-mediated single-point sensing of whole-home water activity. In Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Ubiquitous computing (UbiComp '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 235-244. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1620545.1620581

13 Sep Mobile Computing
Readings

Patrick Baudisch and Gerry Chu. 2009. Back-of-device interaction allows creating very small touch devices. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1923-1932. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518995

Paul M. Aoki, Rebecca E. Grinter, Amy Hurst, Margaret H. Szymanski, James D. Thornton, and Allison Woodruff. 2002. Sotto voce: exploring the interplay of conversation and mobile audio spaces. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '02). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 431-438. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/503376.503454 

 WEEK 5
18 Sep Wearables
Readings

Thad Starner, Steve Mann, Bradley Rhodes, Jeffrey Levine, Jennifer Healey, Dana Kirsch, Rosalind W. Picard, and Alex Pentland. 1997. Augmented reality through wearable computing. Presence: Teleoper. Virtual Environ. 6, 4 (August 1997), 386-398. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/pres.1997.6.4.386  

Ivan Poupyrev, Nan-Wei Gong, Shiho Fukuhara, Mustafa Emre Karagozler, Carsten Schwesig, and Karen E. Robinson. 2016. Project Jacquard: Interactive Digital Textiles at Scale. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4216-4227. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858176 

20 Sep Persusaive Computing
Readings

Cialdini, RB, "Descriptive social norms as underappreciated sources of social control", Psychometrika vol. 72, no. 2, 2007, pp. 263-268.

B. J. Fogg. 2002. Persuasive technology: using computers to change what we think and do. Ubiquity 2002, December, pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/764008.763957

Sunny Consolvo, David W. McDonald, Tammy Toscos, Mike Y. Chen, Jon Froehlich, Beverly Harrison, Predrag Klasnja, Anthony LaMarca, Louis LeGrand, Ryan Libby, Ian Smith, and James A. Landay. 2008. Activity sensing in the wild: a field trial of ubifit garden. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '08). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1797-1806. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1357054.1357335

 WEEK 6
25 Sep Project Worksession
Project Worksession

27 Sep Tangibles
Readings

Hiroshi Ishii and Brygg Ullmer. 1997. Tangible bits: towards seamless interfaces between people, bits and atoms. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI '97). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 234-241. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/258549.258715

Lining Yao, Jifei Ou, Chin-Yi Cheng, Helene Steiner, Wen Wang, Guanyun Wang, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2015. bioLogic: Natto Cells as Nanoactuators for Shape Changing Interfaces. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702611 

Research Link: https://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/biologic/ 

 WEEK 7
02 Oct Surfaces
Readings

Paul Dietz and Darren Leigh. 2001. DiamondTouch: a multi-user touch technology. In Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '01). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 219-226. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/502348.502389  

Pierre Wellner. 1993. Interacting with paper on the DigitalDesk. Commun. ACM 36, 7 (July 1993), 87-96. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/159544.159630 

Scott S. Snibbe and Hayes S. Raffle. 2009. Social immersive media: pursuing best practices for multi-user interactive camera/projector exhibits. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1447-1456. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518920

04 Oct Design Tools
Readings

James A. Landay. 1996. SILK: sketching interfaces like krazy. In Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '96), Michael J. Tauber (Ed.). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 398-399. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/257089.257396  

Design Principles for Tools to Support Creative Thinking In Proceedings of the NSF Workshop on Creativity Support Tools (2005), pp. 25-36 by Mitchel Resnick, Brad Myers, Kumiyo Nakakoji, et al. 

 WEEK 8
09 Oct Creativity, Games, and Play
Readings

Steve Benford, Chris Greenhalgh, Gabriella Giannachi, Brendan Walker, Joe Marshall, and Tom Rodden. 2012. Uncomfortable interactions. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2005-2014. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208347 

Florian Mueller, Stefan Agamanolis, and Rosalind Picard. 2003. Exertion interfaces: sports over a distance for social bonding and fun. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '03). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 561-568. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/642611.642709

11 Oct Design Research
Readings

William Gaver. 2012. What should we expect from research through design? In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 937-946. DOI: has http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2207676.2208538  

John Zimmerman, Jodi Forlizzi, and Shelley Evenson. 2007. Research through design as a method for interaction design research in HCI In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '07). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 493-502. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240704 

 WEEK 9
16 Oct Crowdsourcing
Readings

Michael S. Bernstein, Greg Little, Robert C. Miller, Björn Hartmann, Mark S. Ackerman, David R. Karger, David Crowell, and Katrina Panovich. 2010. Soylent: a word processor with a crowd inside. In Proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology(UIST '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 313-322. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1866029.1866078 

Luis von Ahn and Laura Dabbish. 2008. Designing games with a purpose. Commun. ACM 51, 8 (August 2008), 58-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1378704.1378719 

18 Oct Social Computing
Readings

Moira Burke and Robert E. Kraut. 2014. Growing closer on facebook: changes in tie strength through social network site use. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4187-4196. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557094 

Eric Paulos and Elizabeth Goodman. 2004. The familiar stranger: anxiety, comfort, and play in public places. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems(CHI '04). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 223-230. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/985692.985721  

 WEEK 10
23 Oct Urban Computing
Readings

Eric Paulos and Tom Jenkins. 2005. Urban probes: encountering our emerging urban atmospheres. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '05). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 341-350. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1054972.1055020 

Dourish, P., Anderson, K., & Nafus, D. (2007). Cultural mobilities: Diversity and agency in urban computing. Human-Computer Interaction–INTERACT 2007, 100-113.

25 Oct Citizen Science
Readings

Paul M. Aoki, R. J. Honicky, Alan Mainwaring, Chris Myers, Eric Paulos, Sushmita Subramanian, and Allison Woodruff. 2009. A vehicle for research: using street sweepers to explore the landscape of environmental community action. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 375-384. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518762 

Andrew Garbett, Rob Comber, Edward Jenkins, and Patrick Olivier. 2016. App Movement: A Platform for Community Commissioning of Mobile Applications. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 26-37. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858094 

 WEEK 11
30 Oct Haptics
Readings

Evan Strasnick, Jackie Yang, Kesler Tanner, Alex Olwal, and Sean Follmer. 2017. shiftIO: Reconfigurable Tactile Elements for Dynamic Affordances and Mobile Interaction. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5075-5086. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025988 

Mahdi Azmandian, Mark Hancock, Hrvoje Benko, Eyal Ofek, and Andrew D. Wilson. 2016. Haptic Retargeting: Dynamic Repurposing of Passive Haptics for Enhanced Virtual Reality Experiences. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1968-1979. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858226 

01 Nov Telepresence
Readings

Eric Paulos and John Canny. 1998. PRoP: personal roving presence. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '98), Clare-Marie Karat, Arnold Lund, Joëlle Coutaz, and John Karat (Eds.). ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., New York, NY, USA, 296-303. 

Jim Hollan and Scott Stornetta. 1992. Beyond being there. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '92), Penny Bauersfeld, John Bennett, and Gene Lynch (Eds.). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 119-125. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/142750.142769

Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer, Alex Olwal, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2014. Physical telepresence: shape capture and display for embodied, computer-mediated remote collaboration. In Proceedings of the 27th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 461-470. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2642918.2647377 

 WEEK 12
06 Nov Human Robot Interaction
Readings

Vasant Srinivasan and Leila Takayama. 2016. Help Me Please: Robot Politeness Strategies for Soliciting Help From Humans. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4945-4955. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858217 

Carman Neustaedter, Gina Venolia, Jason Procyk, and Daniel Hawkins. 2016. To Beam or Not to Beam: A Study of Remote Telepresence Attendance at an Academic Conference. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 418-431. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2818048.2819922

Peter H. Kahn, Nathan G. Freier, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Jolina H. Ruckert, Rachel L. Severson, and Shaun K. Kane. 2008. Design patterns for sociality in human-robot interaction. In Proceedings of the 3rd ACM/IEEE international conference on Human robot interaction (HRI '08). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 97-104. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1349822.1349836  

08 Nov Assistive Technologies
Readings

Kristen Shinohara and Jacob O. Wobbrock. 2011. In the shadow of misperception: assistive technology use and social interactions. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 705-714. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979044

Jacob O. Wobbrock, Shaun K. Kane, Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Susumu Harada, and Jon Froehlich. 2011. Ability-Based Design: Concept, Principles and Examples. ACM Trans. Access. Comput. 3, 3, Article 9 (April 2011), 27 pages. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1952383.1952384  

 WEEK 13
13 Nov Project Progress Presentations
Project Progress Presentations

15 Nov Health and Age
Readings

Anthony Hornof, Haley Whitman, Marah Sutherland, Samuel Gerendasy, and Joanna McGrenere. 2017. Designing for the "Universe of One": Personalized Interactive Media Systems for People with the Severe Cognitive Impairment Associated with Rett Syndrome. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2137-2148. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025904 

Amy Bruckman and Alisa Bandlow. 2002. Human-computer interaction for kids. In The human-computer interaction handbook, Julie A. Jacko and Andrew Sears (Eds.). L. Erlbaum Associates Inc., Hillsdale, NJ, USA 428-440.

 WEEK 14
20 Nov Augmented and Virtual Reality
Readings

Jacques Cohen (Ed.). 1993. Special issue on computer augmented environments: back to the real world. Commun. ACM 36, 7 (July 1993) 

Steven Feiner, Blair Macintyre, and Dorée Seligmann. 1993. Knowledge-based augmented reality. Commun. ACM 36, 7 (July 1993), 53-62. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/159544.159587 

22 Nov HOLIDAY
No Class

 WEEK 15
27 Nov Developing Regions
Readings

Neil Patel, Deepti Chittamuru, Anupam Jain, Paresh Dave, and Tapan S. Parikh. 2010. Avaaj Otalo: a field study of an interactive voice forum for small farmers in rural India. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 733-742. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753434 

Nicola Dell and Neha Kumar. 2016. The Ins and Outs of HCI for Development. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2220-2232. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858081 

29 Nov Practice Talks
Practice Talks

 FINAL CRITIQUE
Friday 1 Dec FINAL CRITIQUE
Final Presentations in 220 Jacobs
3pm-5pm in 220 Jacobs
RRR Week: Wednesday 6 Dec PUBLIC SHOWCASE
Public Posters, Demos, and Showcase in Jacobs
2-3:30pm in Jacobs
Fri 06 May FINAL PAPER
Final materials and research paper due on 10 Dec (11:59pm)