Calendar
Tue Jan 7
Introductions and Overview
Reading Format
No reading is assigned.
Thu Jan 9
Visions of Human-Computer Interaction
These "vision" papers challenged a dominant pattern, proposed going beyond mimicking prior technologies, or cast a vision of future technologies. This is not an exhaustive set of such papers, just a set chosen to be interesting and appropriate.
Vannevar Bush. As We May Think. The Atlantic. 1945.
Mark Weiser. The Computer for the 21st Century. Scientific American. 1991.
James D. Hollan, Scott Stornetta. Beyond Being There. CHI 1992.
Pierre Wellner. Interacting with Paper on the DigitalDesk. CACM. 1993.
Benjamin B. Bederson, James D. Hollan. Pad++: A Zooming Graphical Interface for Exploring Alternate Interface Physics. UIST 1994.
Hiroshi Ishii, Brygg Ullmer. Tangible Bits: Towards Seamless Interfaces between People, Bits and Atoms. CHI 1997.
Eric Horvitz. Principles of Mixed-Initiative User Interfaces. CHI 1999.
Ken Hinckley, Jeff Pierce, Mike Sinclair, Eric Horvitz. Sensing Techniques for Mobile Interaction. UIST 2000.
Saul Greenberg, Chester Fitchett. Phidgets: Easy Development of Physical Interfaces through Physical Widgets. UIST 2001.
Roy Want, Trevor Pering, Gunner Danneels, Muthu Kumar, Murali Sundar, John Light. The Personal Server: Changing the Way We Think about Ubiquitous Computing. UbiComp 2002.
Anthony LaMarca, Yatin Chawathe, Sunny Consolvo, Jeffrey Hightower, Ian Smith, James Scott, Timothy Sohn, James Howard, Jeff Hughes, Fred Potter, Jason Tabert, Pauline Powledge, Gaetano Borriello, Bill Schilit. Place Lab: Device Positioning Using Radio Beacons in the Wild. Pervasive 2005.
Jonathan Lester, Tanzeem Choudhury, Gaetano Borriello. A Practical Approach to Recognizing Physical Activities. Pervasive 2006.
Bret Victor. Magic Ink: Information Software and the Graphical Interface. 2006.
Michael S. Bernstein, Greg Little, Robert C. Miller, Björn Hartmann, Mark S. Ackerman, David R. Karger, David Crowell, Katrina Panovich. Soylent: A Word Processor with a Crowd Inside. UIST 2010.
Chris Harrison, Hrvoje Benko, and Andrew D. Wilson. OmniTouch: Wearable Multitouch Interaction Everywhere. UIST 2011.
Reading Format
No reading report is assigned.
Each student has two responsibilities:
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Organize into groups to briefly present one of the above vision papers.
Remember most people will not have read the paper you are presenting. It is therefore your responsibility to explain the vision. One useful way of breaking down and explaining the vision might be to discuss these points:
- What was the status quo at the time the authors wrote this?
- What was the author’s vision of future technologies?
- How has this vision played out since this publication?
Available time for each paper is extremely limited. You will not be able to fully present these papers, but aim to give your classmates insight into what they might find if they were to read the paper. Rehearse your presentation to ensure you stay within the agreed time.
Sign up for a paper, and collaborate as a group to prepare your presentation as 2 to 3 slides in the shared Slides deck for this day:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13vHGA0QND7_KURsE6gJNiPZzF26Kxk65?usp=sharing
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Individually review at least one more of the above vision papers.
Reading a second paper benefits in-class discussion, helping you see these visions and explore them appropriately. Because some of these papers are quite long, you can and should skim according to your needs.
Tue Jan 14
Contributions in Human-Computer Interaction
Read the framing paper:
Jacob O. Wobbrock, Julie A. Kientz. Research Contributions in Human-Computer Interaction. Interactions. 2016.
Reading Format
No reading report is assigned.
Each student has three responsibilities:
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Read the framing paper and come prepared for discussion.
Although class will not use the full discussion format, it will include time dedicated to small-group discussion and the surfacing of questions from those discussions.
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Select any two full papers from a recent major HCI research conference. Find papers by searching the web or by browsing and searching conference programs.
For example, CHI 2024 provides a searchable program:
Ensure papers you select are full papers (i.e., marked as part of the "Papers" track in blue or the "Journals" track in green, noting the link above is configured to filter content from other CHI 2024 tracks).
You may select any papers you want to spend more time reviewing (e.g., papers that seem interesting for any reason, papers related to a topic that might help inform your identification of a course project, papers related to a form of contribution or a method that might help inform your proposal of a course project). Given this day's focus on forms of contribution, you may want to choose two papers that emphasize different forms of contribution.
Review your selected papers with a focus on how they organize their research and present their contributions, within the forms of contribution presented by the framing paper. We do not expect you to focus on the details of these papers, but rather their organization and how their research is presented. You can and should skim according to your needs. In-class discussion will focus on the framing paper.
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Submit this Form, sharing your selected papers and their primary form of contribution:
Thu Jan 16
In-Class Time for Project Groups
Reading Format
No reading is assigned.
Mon Jan 20
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tue Jan 21
Human-Computer Interaction History
Reading Format
No reading is assigned.
Additional Optional Resources
Jonathan Grudin. A Moving Target - The Evolution of Human-Computer Interaction. Book Chapter.
Thu Jan 23
Usability Evaluation Considered Harmful
Read the framing paper:
Saul Greenberg, Bill Buxton. Usability Evaluation Considered Harmful (Some of the Time). CHI 2008.
Select one additional instance reading:
Dan R. Olsen, Jr. Evaluating User Interface Systems Research. UIST 2007.
James Fogarty. Code and Contribution in Interactive Systems Research. CHI 2017 Workshop on #HCI.Tools: Strategies and Best Practices for Designing, Evaluating, and Sharing Technical HCI Toolkits.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsSun Jan 26
Assignment Due
Tue Jan 28
Research Topic: Design Tools
Read the framing paper:
Mark W. Newman, James Lin, Jason I. Hong, James A. Landay. DENIM: An Informal Web Site Design Tool Inspired by Observations of Practice. HCI. 2003.
Select one additional instance reading:
Stefanie Mueller, Sangha Im, Serafima Gurevich, Alexander Teibrich, Lisa Pfisterer, François Guimbretière, Patrick Baudisch. WirePrint: 3D Printed Previews for Fast Prototyping. UIST 2014.
Peitong Duan, Jeremy Warner, Yang Li, Bjoern Hartmann. Generating Automatic Feedback on UI Mockups with Large Language Models. CHI 2024.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsThu Jan 30
Research Topic: Participatory Approaches to AI
Read the framing paper:
Saleema Amershi, Maya Cakmak, W. Bradley Knox, Todd Kulesza. Power to the People: The Role of Humans in Interactive Machine Learning. AI Magazine. 2014.
Select one additional instance reading:
Min Kyung Lee, Daniel Kusbit, Anson Kahng, Ji Tae Kim, Xinran Yuan, Allissa Chan, Daniel See, Ritesh Noothigattu, Siheon Lee, Alexandros Psomas, Ariel D. Procaccia. WeBuildAI: Participatory Framework for Algorithmic Governance. CSCW 2019.
Mitchell L. Gordon, Michelle S. Lam, Joon Sung Park, Kayur Patel, Jeff Hancock, Tatsunori Hashimoto, Michael S. Bernstein. Jury Learning: Integrating Dissenting Voices into Machine Learning Models. CHI 2022.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsTue Feb 4
Research Topic: Designing with Children
Read the framing paper:
Jason C. Yip, Kiley Sobel, Caroline Pitt, Kung Jin Lee, Sijin Chen, Kari Nasu, Laura R. Pina. Examining Adult-Child Interactions in Intergenerational Participatory Design. CHI 2017.
Select one additional instance reading:
Kung Jin Lee, Wendy Roldan, Tian Qi Zhu, Harkiran Kaur Saluja, Sungmin Na, Britnie Chin, Yilin Zeng, Jin Ha Lee, Jason Yip. The Show Must Go On: A Conceptual Model of Conducting Synchronous Participatory Design With Children Online. CHI 2021.
Elana B. Blinder, Marshini Chetty, Jessica Vitak, Zoe Torok, Salina Fessehazion, Jason Yip, Jerry Alan Fails, Elizabeth Bonsignore, Tamara Clegg. Evaluating the Use of Hypothetical 'Would You Rather' Scenarios to Discuss Privacy and Security Concepts with Children. CSCW 2024.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsThu Feb 6
Research Topic: CSCW and Social Computing
Read the framing paper:
Mark S. Ackerman. The Intellectual Challenge of CSCW: The Gap Between Social Requirements and Technical Feasibility. HCI. 2000.
Select one additional instance reading:
Aaron Halfaker, R. Stuart Geiger, Jonathan T. Morgan, John Riedl. The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia’s Reaction to Popularity Is Causing Its Decline. American Behavioral Scientist 2012.
Morten Warncke-Wang, Rita Ho, Marshall Miller, Isaac Johnson. Increasing Participation in Peer Production Communities with the Newcomer Homepage. CSCW 2023.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsSun Feb 9
Assignment Due
Tue Feb 11
Project Milestone Meetings
Thu Feb 13
Project Milestone Meetings
Mon Feb 17
Holiday: Presidents' Day
Tue Feb 18
Research Topic: Accessibility
Read the framing paper:
Jacob O. Wobbrock, Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Shaun K. Kane, Gregg C. Vanderheiden. Ability-Based Design. CACM. 2018.
Select one additional instance reading:
Rachel L. Franz, Sasa Junuzovic, Martez Mott. Nearmi: A Framework for Designing Point of Interest Techniques for VR Users with Limited Mobility. ASSETS 2021.
Momona Yamagami, Sasa Junuzovic, Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Eyal Ofek, Edward Cutrell, John R. Porter, Andrew D. Wilson, Martez E. Mott. Two-In-One: A Design Space for Mapping Unimanual Input into Bimanual Interactions in VR for Users with Limited Movement. TACCESS. 2022.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsThu Feb 20
Research Topic: Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Read the framing paper:
Lilly Irani, Janet Vertesi, Paul Dourish, Kavita Philip, Rebecca E. Grinter. Postcolonial Computing: A Lens on Design and Development. CHI 2010.
Select one additional instance reading:
Eric Brewer, Michael Demmer, Melissa Ho, R. J. Honicky, Joyojeet Pal, Madelaine Plauche, Sonesh Surana. The Challenges of Technology Research for Developing Regions. IEEE Pervasive Computing. 2006.
Dhruv Agarwal, Mor Naaman, Aditya Vashistha. AI Suggestions Homogenize Writing Toward Western Styles and Diminish Cultural Nuances. To Appear, CHI 2025.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsTue Feb 25
Research Topic: Human-Agent Interaction
Read the framing paper:
Eric Horvitz. Principles of Mixed-Initiative User Interfaces. CHI 1999.
Select one additional instance reading:
Adam Fourney, Gagan Bansal, Hussein Mozannar, Cheng Tan, Eduardo Salinas, Erkang (Eric) Zhu, Friederike Niedtner, Grace Proebsting, Griffin Bassman, Jack Gerrits, Jacob Alber, Peter Chang, Ricky Loynd, Robert West, Victor Dibia, Ahmed Awadallah, Ece Kamar, Rafah Hosn, Saleema Amershi. Magentic-One: A Generalist Multi-Agent System for Solving Complex Tasks. arXiv. 2024.
Gagan Bansal, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Saleema Amershi, Eric Horvitz, Adam Fourney, Hussein Mozannar, Victor Dibia, Daniel S. Weld. Challenges in Human-Agent Communication. arXiv. 2024.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsThu Feb 27
Research Topic: Mental Health and Wellness
Read the framing paper:
Petr Slovak, Sean A. Munson. HCI Contributions in Mental Health: A Modular Framework to Guide Psychosocial Intervention Design. CHI 2024.
Select one additional instance reading:
Jessica Schroeder, Chelsey Wilkes, Kael Rowan, Arturo Toledo, Ann Paradiso, Mary Czerwinski, Gloria Mark, Marsha M. Linehan. PocketSkills: A Conversational Mobile Web App to Support Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. CHI 2018.
Esther Howe, Jina Suh, Mehrab Bin Morshed, Daniel McDuff, Kael Rowan, Javier Hernandez, Marah Ihab Abdin, Gonzalo Ramos, Tracy Tran, Mary Czerwinski. Design of Digital Workplace Stress-Reduction Intervention Systems: Effects of Intervention Type and Timing. CHI 2022.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsSun Mar 2
Assignment Due
Tue Mar 4
Project Milestone Meetings
Thu Mar 6
Project Milestone Meetings
Tue Mar 11
Research Topic: Interface Toolkits
Read the framing paper:
Brad Myers, Scott E. Hudson, Randy Pausch. Past, Present, and Future of User Interface Software Tools. TOCHI 2000.
Select one additional instance reading:
Junhan Kong, Mingyuan Zhong, James Fogarty, Jacob O. Wobbrock. The Ability-Based Design Mobile Toolkit (ABD-MT): Developer Support for Runtime Interface Adaptation Based on Users' Abilities. MobileHCI 2024.
Josh Pollock, Catherine Mei, Grace Huang, Elliot Evans, Daniel Jackson, Arvind Satyanarayan. Bluefish: Composing Diagrams with Declarative Relations. UIST 2024.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topicsThu Mar 13
Research Topic: Sustained HCI Research in the Wild
Read the framing paper:
Philip Guo. Ten Million Users and Ten Years Later: Python Tutor’s Design Guidelines for Building Scalable and Sustainable Research Software in Academia. UIST 2021.
Select one additional instance reading:
Richard Li, Philip Vutien, Sabrina Omer, Michael Yacoub, George Ioannou, Ravi Karkar, Sean A. Munson, James Fogarty. Deploying and Examining Beacon for At-Home Patient Self-Monitoring with Critical Flicker Frequency. To Appear, CHI 2025.
Esther Han Beol Jang et al. Title Anonymized. In Preparation.
Standard Reading Format
As described in Readings and Discussion Posts.
Post a reading report in the appropriate thread, by 5pm the day before class:
https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1786160/discussion_topics