CS547 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar  (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design)

Fridays 12:50-2:05 · Gates B01 · Open to the public
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Allen Cypher · Apple
Eager: Programming Repetitive Tasks by Example
October 30, 1991

Eager is a programming-by-example system that automates repetitive tasks on the computer. It constantly monitors the user's activities, and when it detects an iterative pattern, it writes a program to complete the iteration. Eager utilizes a new interface technique, called "anticipation", to show the user how it has generalized. There will be videos demonstrating the system, and showing user reactions during a user study.



Allen Cypher is a research scientist at Apple Computer. He is interested in human-computer interaction and articificial intelligence. He was a post-doctoral student with Don Norman at UCSD, and he worked for several years at IntelliCorp, building expert systems.