COMS W6998-12 Mobile Human-Computer Interaction
Course Information | Grading | Schedule
Course Information
Instructor Information
Kevin A. Li
email: kevinli@research.att.com
Office Hours: by appointment
Course Information:
Time: Wednesday 12:10PM-2:00PM
Location: 644 MUDD
Course Description:
This seminar will provide an introduction to contemporary research in
the area of Human-Computer Interaction with a focus on mobile devices.
Particular topics to be covered include: gestural interaction, surface
computing, activity recognition, location-based computing, mobile
search, text-entry, haptics and tactile feedback, novel interaction
techniques, sustainability, health and elder-care, wearable computing,
security and privacy, and accessibility.
Students will read a number of research papers on seminal topics as well as more contemporary work in the area. The course will primarily consist of discussion of reading assignments. Guests from academia and industrial research labs will be invited to facilitate discussion as appropriate. This course will focus more on class discussions and demos rather than lectures.
Students should have taken a basic course in human-computer interaction.
Textbook:
None. Any assigned reading material will be provided on this website.
Grading
Students will be evaluated based on their mini project, class participation and presentation.
Class Presentation:
Students will be expected to make one presentation of the assigned
readings during the course. Given the size of the class, this will be
done in groups of 1-2. After the presentation, the presenter(s) will be
expected to lead the class discussion. The presenter should have a few
discussion questions prepared. Slides are encouraged but not required.
Paper Summaries:
During sessions when they do not present, students will be expected to
write a summary of the assigned readings for that week. The actual
writeups should be done individually although students are encouraged
to discuss the papers. These are due by noon day of class and
should be emailed to the instructor. Please remember to include "Mobile HCI" in the subject. These summaries should be
1/2page for each paper (single-spaced) and include:
Participation:
Since this class is structured as a reading seminar, students are
expected to actively participate in the discussion.
Mini project:
The purpose of the project will be to gain active experience with an
original research project in the HCI area. This should culminate in
either building a prototype of a system or application, or in the
design of a user study. This should be described in a 4 page, 2 column
ACM write-up. Depending on the number of students enrolled in the
class, projects will be done in groups of 2-3. A list of potential
topics will be posted to the website but feel free to propose your own
(in fact you're encouraged to). Ideally, some of these will turn into
conference or workshop submissions.
Schedule
Date |
Readings |
Presenter |
Jan 22 |
Introduction and Organization |
Kevin Li |
Jan 29 |
Multimodal Interaction and Tactile Cues
Li, Kevin A., et al. "Tapping and rubbing: exploring new dimensions of tactile feedback with voice coil motors." Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2008.
Israr, Ali, and Ivan Poupyrev. "Tactile brush: Drawing on skin with a tactile grid display." Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference on Human factors in computing systems. ACM, 2011.
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Kevin Li |
Feb 5 |
Novel Interaction Techniques
Gustafson, Sean, Daniel Bierwirth, and Patrick Baudisch. "Imaginary interfaces: spatial interaction with empty hands and without visual feedback." Proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2010.
Vogel, Daniel, and Patrick Baudisch. "Shift: a technique for operating pen-based interfaces using touch." Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems. Vol. 28. 2007. |
Kevin Li |
Feb 12 |
Text-entry
Zhai, Shumin, and Per-Ola Kristensson. "Shorthand writing on stylus keyboard." Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems. ACM, 2003
Bi, Xiaojun, et al. "Bimanual gesture keyboard." Proceedings of the 25th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2012. |
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Feb 19 |
Gesture-based Interaction
Cohn, Gabe, et al. "Humantenna: Using the Body as an Antenna for Real-Time Whole-Body Interaction." Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. ACM, 2012.
Wobbrock, Jacob O., Andrew D. Wilson, and Yang Li. "Gestures without libraries, toolkits or training: a $1 recognizer for user interface prototypes."Proceedings of the 20th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2007.
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Feb 26 |
Surface Computing
Han, Jefferson Y. "Low-cost multi-touch sensing through frustrated total internal reflection." Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2005.
Jones, Brett, et. al. "IllumiRoom: Peripheral Projected Illusions for Interactive Experiences.."Proceedings of the 26th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2013.
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Mar 5 |
Mobile Search and Location
Kamvar, Maryam, and Shumeet Baluja. "A large scale study of wireless search behavior: Google mobile search." Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in computing systems. ACM, 2006.
LaMarca, Anthony, et al. "Place lab: Device positioning using radio beacons in the wild." Pervasive Computing (2005): 301-306.
[Meet with Kevin to discuss project] |
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Mar 12 |
Mobile Pico Projectors Cowan, Lisa G., and Kevin A. Li. "ShadowPuppets: supporting collocated interaction with mobile projector phones using hand shadows." Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference on Human factors in computing systems. ACM, 2011.
Harrison, Chris, Desney Tan, and Dan Morris. "Skinput: appropriating the body as an input surface." Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Human factors in computing systems. Vol. 3. ACM, 2010. |
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Mar 19 |
No Class
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Mar 26 |
Activity Recognition
Froehlich, Jon, et al. "HydroSense: infrastructure-mediated single-point sensing of whole-home water activity." Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Ubiquitous computing. ACM, 2009.
Gupta, Sidhant, Matthew S. Reynolds, and Shwetak N. Patel. "ElectriSense: single-point sensing using EMI for electrical event detection and classification in the home." Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference on Ubiquitous computing. ACM, 2010. |
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Apr 2 |
Next-generation Touchscreens
Holtz, Chris and Baudisch, Patrick "Fiberio: A Touchscreen that Senses Fingerprints."Proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2013.
Sato, Munehiko, Ivan Poupyrev, and Chris Harrison. "Touche: enhancing touch interaction on humans, screens, liquids, and everyday objects." Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2012.
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Apr 9 |
Tangible Computing
Follmer, Sean, et al.Jamming user interfaces: programmable particle stiffness and sensing for malleable and shape-changing devices." Proceedings of the 25th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2012.
Baudisch, Patrick, Torsten Becker, and Frederik Rudeck. "Lumino: tangible blocks for tabletop computers based on glass fiber bundles." Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Human factors in computing systems. ACM, 2010.
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Apr 16 |
Wearable Computing
Yang, Xing-Dong, et al. "Magic finger: always-available input through finger instrumentation." Proceedings of the 25th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2012.
Buechley, Leah, and Michael Eisenberg. "Fabric PCBs, electronic sequins, and socket buttons: techniques for e-textile craft." Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 13.2 (2009): 133-150. |
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Apr 23 |
Prototyping
Willis, Karl, et al. "Printed optics: 3D printing of embedded optical elements for interactive devices." Proceedings of the 25th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. ACM, 2012.
Savage, Valkyrie, Xiaohan Zhang, and Björn Hartmann. "Midas: Fabricating Custom Capacitive Touch Sensors to Prototype Interactive Objects." (2012).
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Apr 30 |
No Class, work on projects |
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