CSE 590H - Human Computer Interaction Seminar

Winter 1998
Seminar coordinators: Alan Borning and Jonathan Grudin
Wednesdays 3:30-4:20
Loew 117

During the first half of the quarter we'll read papers on HCI and the web, including usability testing for web sites, richer node structures for the web, search and navigation issues, metaphor and how it affects web software design, and HCI issues arising from multiple browsers and platforms. In the second half we'll read papers on CSCW (compter-supported cooperative work).

Mailing List

The seminar mailing list is set up. To subscribe send a message to majordomo@cs with no subject and with subscribe cse590h in the body.

HCI Overview

Chapter 1 of "Readings in Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000" by R. Baeker, J. Grudin, W. Buxton, and S. Greenberg, gives an overview of HCI. (Also available in RTF format: Chapter 1 - rtf.)

Current Schedule and Links

Jan 7: organization

How to read HCI papers, and how to write for an HCI audience (such as the CHI program committee)

Jan 14: Doing Usability Testing on the web; Design Guidelines

Steve Wolfman and Ed Hong

Jan 21: Applying Usability Testing to Some Local Webs

Jan 28: Search and Navigation

Rachel Pottinger, Brian Michalowski, and Jeff Samarziya

Feb 4: Metaphor and the Web

Tessa Lau and Craig Kaplan

Feb 11: Research Discussion: Strudel, Constraints, CSS[2] Extensions

Alon Levy and Alan Borning

Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2

Feb 18: CSCW Overview

"CSCW: History and Focus" by Jonathan Grudin

Feb 25: CSCW: Computer Support for Face-to-Face Collaboration

Kori Inkpen and Lauren Bricker.

Papers:

There are links to both papers (HTML and Postscript) from http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~inkpen/publications.html.

March 4: Research Discussion: Compression Algorithms for Web Applications

Richard Anderson


Leftovers -- Other possibilities:

Other Web/HCI References