This course provides an overview of advanced topics of human-computer interaction, Moreover, the course introduces students to design thinking and the basic practices of interaction design. It will cover the importance of human-computer interaction/interface design, iterative design, input/output techniques, how to design and evaluate interfaces, and research topics. The aim is to identify the important research issues and to ascertain potentially fruitful future research directions in relation to multimodal emotion analysis and to human-computer interaction.

Prerequisite: Human Computer Interaction

Learning outcomes

After successfully completing this course you should be able to:

• Explain advanced concepts of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) as they apply to the design of emerging technology.
• Analyze and apply HCI theories and methods that are drawn from the human sciences.
• Critically analyze international research projects from the field of HCI.
• Convey ideas related to the field of HCI clearly and fluently in written assignments and through seminar presentations.
• Apply your understanding of the user-centered design process to a specific problem area.

Recommended Books

• Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction by Jenny Preece (Author), Helen Sharp (Author), Yvonne Rogers, Latest Edition.
• Modern Statistical Methods for HCI, Robertson, Judy, Kaptein, Maurits Latest Edition
• Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces, Developments, and Applications
  João Rodrigues, Pedro Cardoso Jânio Monteiro and Mauro Latest Edition.
• Affective Computing (MIT Press) by Rosalind W. Picard
• Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, Latest Edition
• Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory D. Abowd, and Russell Beale, Human-Computer Interaction Latest Edition.

Evaluation (Exam, assignments etc.)

The sessional marks are focused on assignments based activities. The Primary assignment is to write a research paper and submitting it to a journal or conference.

• Final Term Exam: 50 Marks
• Mid Term Exam: 30 Marks
• Sessional: 20 Marks

Course Contents

• Accessibility and Assistive Technologies,
• Affective Interaction,
• Future Interfaces,
• Human Factors for Digital Health,
• Persuasive Games,
• Physical Computing and Prototyping,
• Sociotechnical Systems,
• interaction Design,
• Mobile and ubiquitous,
• Evaluation techniques,
• Programming of Interactive systems (user interfaces),
• User-Centered Design Methods,
• Situated interaction,
• User modeling,
• Multimodal interaction,
• Intelligent systems,
• Affective computing,
• Cognitive interaction,
• Software Architectures for User Interfaces

Class Timing

MSIT 1st (Friday: 10:00 - 01:00 PM)