INFO3315 HCI

Human-Computer InteractionIntroduction

Judy Kay (co-ordinator)Bob Kummerfeld

Josh Carolan, James Constable, Julia Mitchelmore

Preliminary essentials

OHS INDUCTION

School of Information Technologies

OHS INDUCTION

Emergency Procedures & EvacuationCheck for any sign of immediate dangerShut down equipmentFollow exit signs in orderly fashion, to assembly areas, as indicated by wardensDo not use lifts

Emergency contact numbersDial 0-000 (from internal phone) and University Security on 9351-3333.

First aid kit available in kitchen area adjacent to Lab 110 in SIT Building.

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OHS INDUCTIONGeneral HousekeepingUse of Labs• Keep work area clean and orderly• Remove trip hazards around desk area• No food and drink near machines• No smoking permitted within University buildings• Do not unplug or move equipment without permission

OHS INDUCTION• WHS Contacts for School of IT

• First aid officer in SIT Building is Will Calleja (1West) 9036 9706• Chief fire warden in SIT Building is Greg Ryan (1 East) 9351 4360• Nearest medical facility – University Health Service in Level 3, Wentworth Building

Report incidents to:Katie Yang (Undergraduate), 9351 4918Cecille Faraizi (Postgraduate), 9351 6060Shari Lee (School Manager), 9351 4158

Pragmatics

• http://www.ug.it.usyd.edu.au/~info3315• Labs start week 2– Changing labs– Go to the lab you want to attend. If the tutor says

there is room, you may swap in. – There may be an additional lab created.

The teaching team: lecturers• Judy Kay

– Computer Human Adapted Interaction Group– Research: personalisation, surface computing, technology for

education, lifelong learning, health and wellness– Room 307, School of IT Building, J12 – Phone: 9351-4502– http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~judy/– http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/people/judy.kay.php

• Bob Kummerfeld– Computer Human Adapted Interaction Group– Research: architectures for user modelling and pervasive

computing systems – Room 310, School of IT Building, J12 – Phone: 9351-4777– http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~bob/

The teaching team: tutors• Josh Carolan

– Josh is currently studying Software Engineering at USyd, he enjoys sports and plays Rugby Union for the Manly Marlins in his spare time.

• James Constable – PhD candidate working in the area of Natural Language

Processing.

• Julia Mitchelmore– Julia is a front-end developer at Razorfish Australia and

graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor in Design Computing in 2013. She has a background in web development, digital design and user experience.

Textbook• Hartson and Pyla

– Designer perspective– Extensive search…. – Big book but don’t fear….– Electronic? – Best experience so far on ipad - DL Reader, also tried Bluefire web

version • Very long and wordy

– Do not fear!– Reduces cross referencing– More useful as reference– We focus on HCI broader view (cf. Usability Engineering)

• Focus on required readings

Class web site

• http://www.ug.it.usyd.edu.au/~info3315• Short tour:• Notes:– Piazza for us to stay in contact, and to hold

resources– Weekly required readings– Weekly homework– Builds into the assignments– Groups form in Week 2 lab