Human Computer Interaction
Purpose
This assignment requires you to research and critically evaluate a topic in the field of Human-Computer Interaction.
Topic
Interactive designers aim to create interfaces that are faster to learn, more efficient to use and provide more satisfactory user experiences. New technology offers continuous advancement in these areas. Arguably this progression is most effectively achieved when it is directed by a clear understanding of goals, users, and the research methods that come to us through the study of Human-Computer Interaction.
Produce a short essay and a presentation for the class to describe, question, debate and evaluate an area of new technology in Human-Computer Interaction – design and methods. Reflect on the varied ways that humans interact with computers in an area of your choice. Consider the progression and potential of interfaces that are designed for users in this area.
Some topics of interest are listed below.
• ambient interaction
• multitouch interfaces
• natural language and vision-based interface
• Augmented Cognition
• multi-modal interfaces
• Non-Verbal Interfaces
• task analysis
• User Profiling and Individual Differences between Users
• user state detection (emotional, cognitive, motivational)
• Affective User-centered analysis, design and evaluation
• Affective Interfaces/ Systems/ Application/ Interaction
• Object/Target Detection/Tracking/ Recognition/Classification
• Threat/Event recognition
• Wearable computing
• Combining visible & non-visible signals
• Multimodal Facial Recognition
• Information Retrieval/ Extraction/filtering
• Text mining and summarization
• User Modeling & Personalization
• Cognitive models for web design
• Information fusion from disparate sensors
• HCI in Mobile, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing Contexts
• Digital Human Modeling
• Ecological Interfaces
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• Real-Time motion synthesis
• Motion Capture Techniques
• Facial animation
• Rendering
• visualization methods and techniques
Notes
1. Decide on an essay topic
2. Find recent journal articles or conference papers on the topic
3. You may discuss these with your tutor and the class (as necessary).
4. Look at related references
5. Write an essay title choose wisely – look at conference and journal articles to get ideas
6. Discuss the current research in the topic area.
7. Define and describe all concepts used. (ie don’t say something without evidence such as a citation to validate the claim)
8. Compare and contrast different research in the topic area where appropriate.
9. Identify the possible impacts of the current research findings.
10. Use APA citation and referencing.
11. Present your findings to the class using powerpoint slides ( 7-10 slides)
12. The essay should be between 1300-1500 words in length (no compromises).
Use academic resources. These can be found through academic bibliographic databases such as ProQuest, ACM, your textbooks, and other reviewed academic sources. DO NOT USE INTERNET DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NOT REVIEWED
What you must submit?
1. Essay must be submitted in the Turnitin submission link for Assignment 1
2. Powerpoint slides must be submitted in a presentation link for Assignment 1.
Note: Please consider the marking criteria in the next page to get a feel of what the marker would expect in your submission. This includes document formatting guidelines, cross-referencing using APA format and presentation. For more information on Human-Computer Interaction check on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%E2%80%93computer_interaction
