...TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction Essential features of a research plan Veikko Surakka Research Group for Emotions, Sociality, and Computing Tampere Unit for ComputerHuman Interaction, TAUCHI School of Information Sciences University of Tampere TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction Essential features of a research plan Contents • What is a research plan? – General overview • Functions • About preparation process • Structure – Central components of the plan • Language – Expertism versus clarity – Some hints • Summary 1 TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction What is a research plan? • It is really a plan, and an explication of your research There can be different levels of plans – General level • Our focus today • – Very detailed • E.g. in experimental research there are tens of details of how to carry out each individual study Actually these are implementation plans, but NOTE that you must have them! • TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction What is a research plan? It has several functions: • Forms the basis of your research project and the subsequent work leading up to the preparation of – your thesis or – your manuscript for a scientific publication • It should clearly communicate your research ideas to other people – Evaluators • Note that they may not be experts in your specific area of research TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction What is a research plan? • The central aim is...
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...TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction Essential features of a research plan Veikko Surakka Research Group for Emotions, Sociality, and Computing Tampere Unit for ComputerHuman Interaction, TAUCHI School of Information Sciences University of TampereTAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction Essential features of a research plan Contents • What is a research plan? – General overview • Functions • About preparation process • Structure – Central components of the plan • Language – Expertism versus clarity – Some hints • Summary 1TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction What is a research plan? • It is really a plan, and an explication of your research • There can be different levels of plans – General level • Our focus today – Very detailed • E.g. in experimental research there are tens of details of how to carry out each individual study • Actually these are implementation plans, but NOTE that you must have them!TAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction What is a research plan? It has several functions: • Forms the basis of your research project and the subsequent work leading up to the preparation of – your thesis or – your manuscript for a scientific publication • It should clearly communicate your research ideas to other people – Evaluators • Note that they may not be experts in your specific area of researchTAUCHI – Tampere Unit for Computer-Human Interaction What is a research plan...
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...Human Computer Interaction HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION PREPARED BY DHIREN PARMAR 04IT6005 M.Tech I.T. SIT IIT KGP -1- Human Computer Interaction Contents 1. Abstract……………………………………………………………………………...3 2. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….4 3. Cognition…………………………………………………………………………....9 4. User Interaction Design……………………………………………………….....12 5. Interaction Styles………………………………………………………………….15 6. Interaction Devices…………………………………………………………….....18 7. Future of Human Computer Interaction………………………………..……….19 8. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………....19 9. Reference……………………………………………………………………….....20 -2- Human Computer Interaction Abstract Human-computer interaction (HCI) is the study of how people design, implement, and use interactive computer systems and how computers affect individuals, organizations, and society. This encompasses not only ease of use but also new interaction techniques for supporting user tasks, providing better access to information, and creating more powerful forms of communication. It involves input and output devices and the interaction techniques that use them; how information is presented and requested; how the computer’s actions are controlled and monitored; all forms of help, documentation, and training; the tools used to design, build, test, and evaluate user interfaces; and the processes that developers follow when creating Interfaces. HCI in the large is an interdisciplinary area. It is emerging as a specialty concern...
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...Human Computer Interaction Contents 1:Human Computer Interaction .....................................................................................................1 2:User's Classification Based on Literacy .....................................................................................1 2.1:Functional Illiterate .....................................................................................................1 2.2:Absolute Illiterate .........................................................................................................1 3:Interfaces for Absolute Illiterate...................................................................................................2 3.1:Visual Aids..............................................................................................................2 3.2:Audible instructions. ...............................................................................................2 3.3:Easy Navigations.....................................................................................................2 3.4: Text Free User Interfaces. ......................................................................................2 3.5:Combination of Visual and Audible instruction......................................................3 4:Recent Works for Illiterate ..........................................................................................................3 4.1:SmartPhone Application for Farmers ....
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...A Mediated World: A Study on the Media Equation Theory John Nolan Pelosi University of Kentucky A Mediated World: A Study on the Media Equation Theory We’ve all done it. Whether it is aggressively screaming at the sports team you are watching on television, or frantically warning the victim of a horror movie not to open the door, everybody responds to mediated communication systems. However, the majority of mass media viewers are unaware of just how often they are actively responding. Although there has been a relatively small amount of research done linking interpersonal and mass communication researchers, are constantly aiming to bridge the gap between the sub disciplines of communication. Throughout this research I will be exploring the Media Equation Theory through the mediums of televisions and computers. I will explain what the media equation is, and describe the impact of the two communication mediums. With previous research in mind, I will be discussing how humans have become obsessed with media, and provide historical context as to why. A mass majority of this research focuses on the link between psychology and communication regarding to the positive correlation between the two. More specifically, psychological politeness reports between ‘human to human’ interactions are compared to research reports between ‘human to media’ interactions to prove that life is media, and media is life. Theoretical Background The Media Equation is a general communication...
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...|SD2005 DESIGN, CULTURE & TECHNOLOGY | Worksheet no.SD2005 | Weekly Individual Report | 28/9/2012 | POLYU HDMDT | Weekly Group Report Please fill in the form and submit to the course web site: http://courses.sd.polyu.edu.hk/ |Student and Project information | |Student name |Student ID |Role & responsibility | |Lui Yan Yan |11078781D |Define keywords, Collect and Classify data | |Poon Ka Man |11147491D |Define keywords, Collect and Classify data | |Lam Ching Mei |11039135D |Define keywords, Collect and Classify data | |Ngai Sze Ming, Ice |11352703D |Define keywords, Collect and Classify data | | | | | | ...
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...(2003) User Interface Design. MacMillan Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, Vol. 4, London: MacMillan, 453-458.Keywords: human-computer interaction, applied cognitive science, design, computer.Contents listIntroduction Cognitive Science and design The Basics of Human-Computer Interaction Cognitive Design Guidelines: from psychophysics to semiotics Beyond guidelines Cognitive theories and models in HCI Developing user-centered design methods Summary Bibliography GlossaryArticle definitionThis article covers the basic issues that the field of cognitive science raises in the design and testing of new digital technologies for human use.1. IntroductionThe design of computer interfaces that are usable and easily learned by humans is a non-trivial problem for software developers. As information technologies mediate many of the activities we now perform routinely as part of our lives, the attention paid to the process of human-computer interaction is enormous. Since much of the process of interaction is cognitive in nature, involving perception, representation, problem solving, navigation, query-formulation and language processing, the theories and methods of cognitive science are viewed as directly relevant to such concerns. The result has been the emergence of an applied cognitive science for software design that is known as the field of Human-Computer Interaction or HCI.2. Cognitive Science and designTraditional cognitive science approaches to HCI and user interface design model...
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...Task analysis and human-computer interaction: approaches, techniques, and levels of analysis Abe Crystal School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill acrystal@email.unc.edu Beth Ellington School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill elliv@email.unc.edu ABSTRACT In this paper we critically review task analysis models and techniques. These approaches to task analysis are discussed in order to develop a richer picture of human activity, while analyzing their limitations, general weaknesses, and possibilities for improvement. We consider their ability to determine the appropriate set of atomic actions in a task, their effect on workers’ motivational needs, their support of users’ cognitive and sociocultural processes, and their effectiveness in supporting interface design. We note that the major approaches have focused on very different levels of analysis, and call for greater integration of these different levels in task analysis theory. Keywords Task analysis, cognitive modeling, activity theory. INTRODUCTION Practitioners and researchers routinely advocate building user-centered systems which enable people to reach their goals, take account of natural human limitations, and generally are intuitive, efficient and pleasurable to use (Preece, Rogers and Sharp, 2002). Central to the design of such systems is a clear understanding of what users actually want to do: What...
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...From smart machines to intelligent machines B. Raducanu b a,* ` , J. Vitria a,b a Computer Vision Center, Edifici ‘‘O’’ – Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Computer Science Department, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Available online 14 September 2007 Abstract Since its birth, more than five decades ago, one of the biggest challenges of artificial intelligence remained the building of intelligent machines. Despite amazing advancements, we are still far from having machines that reach human intelligence level. The current paper tries to offer a possible explanation of this situation. For this purpose, we make a review of different learning strategies and context types that are involved in the learning process. We also present the results of a study on cognitive development applied to the problem of face recognition for social robotics. Ó 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Intelligent systems; Cognitive development; Context; Social robotics; Face recognition 1. Introduction The golden dream of artificial intelligence (AI) remains to design and build systems showing human-like intelligence. Nowadays, the machines can perform remarkable things: there are chess algorithms able to play at international masters complexity levels, applications to coordinate the deployment of troops on the battle field, computer aided tools which allow us to design from the most powerful microprocessors to the most sophisticated...
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...mouse is moved from one position to another. The mouse was first invented in 1964 by Douglas Engelbart and changed the use of computers from scientists only to consumer friendly. [Inventors.about.com, (n.d.)]. The mouse was chosen as the device as its user friendly with few physical input demonstrated by the fact it is a ubiquitous device found all over the world. 2 Ergonomics Ergonomics, the study of how efficiently an environment can facilitate work is a key part of mouse design. Since, the first pointing devices, such as the ones produced at Xerox Parc, computer device have iteratively been improved to achieve as much ergonomic efficiency as possible. Figure 1: The Evolution of Mice As you can see computer mice have followed an extensive evolution over their 44 year existence (19682012). Initial designs were extremely square and were only designed to fit a human hand in terms of size not shape. Furthermore, the status quo of computer mice today are designed to include three buttons (one doubles as a scroll wheel) and to fit the a right hand of a human. It is interesting to note how modern designs have foregone the ambidextrous nature of their predecessors as they value the shape of the mouse more than said feature. 3 Psychology of Interaction The computer mouse provides a natural environment in which the user can interact with the computer. Its simple design and smooth, free flowing movement allow the user to use the mouse in an easy and natural way, with little...
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...characters (OSCs) within the e-commerce interface. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not the OSCs representation, along with user differences, influence, how likeable, appropriate and trustworthy they are. Design/methodology/approach – A web site was created for a simulated online bookseller and 183 people from various countries participated in the experiments. OSC representations were tested under four conditions in the main experiment: facial appearance (human-like vs cartoon-like) and gender (male vs female). Findings – The results suggest that the human-like characters are more likeable, appropriate and trustworthy in general terms. However, when perceived capabilities of OSCs are measured, a mismatch can occur between expectations and capabilities of the human-like OSCs. In fact, cartoon-like OSCs, especially female, had more positive effects on the web site interface. Research limitations/implications – This study was limited to simulations of on-screen scenarios. Future work, with access to the huge database required, could investigate the effects of truly interactive OSCs. Larger national sub-samples would permit generalisations about cross-cultural differences. Practical implications – For e-tailers and web designers, this study suggests critical design variables and response-moderating variables that mediate the effects of OSCs in e-retailing. It helps to understand customers’ interaction needs in establishing and maintaining para-social relationships,...
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...The Qualitative Report Volume 14 Number 1 March 2009 42-60 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR14-1/diaz-andrade.pdf Interpretive Research Aiming at Theory Building: Adopting and Adapting the Case Study Design Antonio Díaz Andrade The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand Although the advantages of case study design are widely recognised, its original positivist underlying assumptions may mislead interpretive researchers aiming at theory building. The paper discusses the limitations of the case study design for theory building and explains how grounded theory systemic process adds to the case study design. The author reflects upon his experience in conducting research on the articulation of both traditional social networks and new virtual networks in six rural communities in Peru, using both case study design and grounded theory in a combined fashion in order to discover an emergent theory. Key Words: Case Study, Interpretive Approach, Theory Building, and Grounded Theory Introduction Researchers adopting a case study design face a number of challenges in making their argument. Yin (2003) himself warns researchers who adopt a case study design to be conscious that their findings will be challenged and prefaces his book enumerating the alleged weaknesses in the case study; a methodology that downgrades the academic disciplines and lacks sufficient precision, objectivity, and rigour. We should note that those warnings come from an author who operates from...
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...Social Interaction among students fails because of cell phones Technology to communicate INTRO: Since the last decade, cell phone use has gained an incredible amount of popularity throughout society attracting audiences of all ages. Technology has significantly improved from what it used to be cell phones especially. The behavior I choose to be is the new way that students interact with schools. Walking to school every day I noticed that students don’t talk to each other anymore. Even when they are together on a table, walking or even during class, there is no more a face to face interaction. Technology has become the new face to interact with one another. The theory on this observation is the social behavior perspective. This theory explains how people interact with the environment. Even when they are in groups dung lunch most of them are on their cell phones. Student's face to face communication is fading by the frequency of texting, not merely in the sense that they speak is becoming abbreviated but the focus associated with talking is becoming distracted and scarce. BACKGROUND: “From a survey 800 American young people between ages 12 and17 regarding their use of mobile phones . The researchers report that half of the teens were sending 50 or more messages a day , with older teenage girls sending an average of 100 messages daily”. (Chin, Jen, Fan, 2013). Clearly, text messaging on mobile phones is an important element in the lives of many American teenagers...
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...composed of the network, software, application architecture, system interfaces, user interfaces, the system appthat were built during the analysis. The outputs are the models or diagrams that describes the architecture of the system and detailed logic within the various components of the programming. Traditional Approach to Design The traditional approach to systems design is the data flow diagram which is enhanced by the addition of system boundary in which the designer sketches the system boundary to show the overall system. A structured design includes a system flowchart which show the movement of data among programs, manual processing steps, and files providing an overall view of the entire system. System flowcharts describes the interaction between layers of a multilayered system. Module pseudocode describes the internal logic of a structure chart module as illustrated below. Object Oriented Design System design is the bridge that puts business...
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...Question 1 Question : According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? Your answer : A researcher conducts a linguistic study of comments posted on a local public blog. Correct Answer : A developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between groups of toddlers and their care givers to determine which intervention methods most effectively manage aggression. Comment : The study of passenger lists is a study of individuals who are no longer living. A human subject is a living individual. Questioning individuals to acquire data about the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases is asking "about what" questions rather than "about whom" questions. Conducting a linguistic analysis of comments posted on a public blog involves neither interaction with individuals nor collecting private identified information and thus does not meet the definition of research with human subjects. The study proposed by the developmental psychologist does meet the definition of research with human subjects. It involves interactions with living individuals and is designed to contribute to a field of knowledge. Points Earned : 0 Question 2 Question : According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? Your answer : A university designs an in-house study to improve the mentoring of women students in its engineering department with the proposed outcome consisting...
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