This course is a broad graduate-level introduction to HCI research. The course begins with seminal work on interactive systems, and moves through current and future research areas in interaction techniques and the design, prototyping, and evaluation of user interfaces. Topics include computer-supported cooperative work; audio, speech, and multimodal interfaces; user interface toolkits; design methods; evaluation methods; ubiquitous and context-aware computing; tangible interfaces; haptic interaction; and mobile interfaces.

Students will be graded primarily on a semester-long project (there are no exams). I encourage students to work in pairs or groups, and to choose projects that are related to their research. Projects are due December 7th. Presentations will be during class; the final paper should be four pages long in the CHI format.

Students in this course are encouraged to attend CS547, the HCI seminar, on Fridays from 12:30 - 2:00.