COMP 7920: Advanced Human-Computer Interaction

Syllabus

The following is a tentative schedule for the course. To access papers in the ACM Digital library follow these instructions provided by the U of M library.

Date

 Topic

 Readings

Other Material

Sept 5

Introductions and Course Overview

ROASS

 

 

 

 

Sept 10

Evaluation Methods and Contribution Types in HCI (Overview Lecture -- no deliverables)
  • Jacob O. Wobbrock and Julie A. Kientz. 2016. Research contributions in human-computer interaction. interactions 23, 3 (April 2016), 38-44. Paper
  • McGrath, J. Methodology matters: Doing research in the behavioural and social sciences. In Baeker, R.M., Grudin, J., Buxton, W. and Greenberg, S. (1995). Readings in Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000, p. 152-169. Paper

Sept 12

Controlled, Quantitative Experiments : (Overview Lecture -- no deliverables)

 Dix et al. Empirical methods: experimental evaluation. Section 9.4.2 in Human-Computer Interaction, 3rd Edition.

 

 

 

 

Sept 17

Qualitative Studies (Overview Lecture -- no deliverables)

Sept 19

Case Studies
(Required readings, but no deliverables)

  • Joey Scarr, Andy Cockburn, Carl Gutwin, and Andrea Bunt. 2012. Improving command selection with CommandMaps. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 257-266. Paper
  • Andrea Bunt, Michael Terry, and Edward Lank. 2009. Friend or foe?: examining CAS use in mathematics research. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 229-238. Paper
  • V. Dziubak, P. Dubois, A. Bunt, M. Terry. 2016. Switter: Supporting Exploration of Software Learning Materials on Social Media. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems - DIS'16 Paper

 

 

 

 

Sept 24

Crowdsourcing (Overview Lecture -- no deliverables)

Sept 26

Crowdsourced Experiments
  • Aniket Kittur, Ed H. Chi, and Bongwon Suh. 2008. Crowdsourcing user studies with Mechanical Turk. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '08). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 453-456. Paper
    [Yurii]
  • Steven Komarov, Katharina Reinecke, and Krzysztof Z. Gajos. Crowdsourcing performance evaluations of user interfaces. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '13, pages 207-216, New York, NY, USA, 2013. ACM. Paper

 

 

 

 

Oct 1

Crowd-Powered Interfaces

  • Michael S. Bernstein, Greg Little, Robert C. Miller, Bjorn Hartmann, Mark S. Ackerman, David R. Karger, David Crowell, and Katrina Panovich. 2010. Soylent: a word processor with a crowd inside. In Proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 313-322. Paper
    [Alan]
  • Jeffrey P. Bigham, Chandrika Jayant, Hanjie Ji, Greg Little, Andrew Miller, Robert C. Miller, Robin Miller, Aubrey Tatarowicz, Brandyn White, Samual White, and Tom Yeh. 2010. VizWiz: nearly real-time answers to visual questions. In Proceedings of the 23nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '10). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 333-342. Paper
    [Adnan]

Oct 3

Crowdsourcing Complex Work
  • Daniela Retelny, Sebastien Robaszkiewicz, Alexandra To, Walter S. Lasecki, Jay Patel, Negar Rahmati, Tulsee Doshi, Melissa Valentine, and Michael S. Bernstein. 2014. Expert crowdsourcing with flash teams. In Proceedings of the 27th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 75-85. Paper
  • Kurt Luther, Jari-Lee Tolentino, Wei Wu, Amy Pavel, Brian P. Bailey, Maneesh Agrawala, Björn Hartmann, and Steven P. Dow. 2015. Structuring, Aggregating, and Evaluating Crowdsourced Design Critique. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 473-485. Paper
    [Sourav]

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    Oct 8

    Thanksgiving -- No Class

    Oct 10

    Crowdsourcing: Ethical and Social Concerns (Overview Lecture -- no deliverables)

    Project Proposals Due

     

     

    		 

     

    Oct 15

    No class -- Work on Projects

    Oct 17

    No class -- Work on Projects

     

     

    		 

     

    Oct 22

    Worker Perspective

    • Lilly C. Irani and M. Six Silberman. 2013. Turkopticon: interrupting worker invisibility in amazon mechanical turk. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 611-620. Paper
      [Bryan]
    • David Martin, Benjamin V. Hanrahan, Jacki O'Neill, and Neha Gupta. 2014. Being a turker. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing (CSCW '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 224-235. Paper

    Oct 24

    Involvement

    • Zyskowski, K., Morris, M.R., Bigham, J.P., Gray, M.L., and Kane, S. Accessible Crowdwork? Understanding the Value in and Challenge of Microtask Employment for People with Disabilities. Proceedings of CSCW 2015. Paper
      [Ananta]
    • Aakar Gupta, William Thies, Edward Cutrell, and Ravin Balakrishnan. 2012. mClerk: enabling mobile crowdsourcing in developing regions. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1843-1852. Paper
      [Alan]

     

     

    		 

     

    Oct 29

    Alternative Incentives

    • Edith Law, Ming Yin, Joslin Goh, Kevin Chen, Michael A. Terry, and Krzysztof Z. Gajos. 2016. Curiosity Killed the Cat, but Makes Crowdwork Better. In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4098-4110. Paper
      [Anik]
    • Katharina Reinecke and Krzysztof Z. Gajos. 2015. LabintheWild: Conducting Large-Scale Online Experiments With Uncompensated Samples. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1364-1378. Paper
      [Adnan]

    Oct 31

    Community-Generated Content(Overview: Lecture -- no deliverables)

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    Nov 5

    Community-Generated Content: Collaborative Editing

  • Bryant, S.L., Forte, A., & Bruckman, A. (2005). Becoming Wikipedian: Transformation of Participation in a Collaborative Online Encyclopedia., in Proceedings, GROUP05, November 6-9, 2005, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA Paper
  • Aniket Kittur, Bongwon Suh, Bryan A. Pendleton, and Ed H. Chi. 2007. He says, she says: conflict and coordination in Wikipedia. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '07). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 453-462. Paper
    [Sourav]

    • Nov 7

    		Project Status Update

     

     

    		 

     

    Nov 12

    		Fall Break

    Nov 14

    		Fall Break

     

     

    		 

     

    Nov 19

    		Community-Generated Content: Forums
    • Lena Mamykina, Bella Manoim, Manas Mittal, George Hripcsak, and Björn Hartmann. 2011. Design lessons from the fastest q&a site in the west. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2857-2866. Paper
      [Bryan]
    • Denae Ford, Justin Smith, Philip J. Guo, and Chris Parnin. 2016. Paradise unplugged: identifying barriers for female participation on stack overflow. In Proceedings of the 2016 24th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE 2016). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 846-857. Paper

    Nov 21

    Community-Generated Content: Structuring Knowledge

    • Justin Matejka, Tovi Grossman, and George Fitzmaurice. 2011. IP-QAT: in-product questions, answers, & tips. In Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 175-184. Paper
      [Raqeeb]
    • Andrea Bunt, Patrick Dubois, Ben Lafreniere, Michael A. Terry, and David T. Cormack. 2014. TaggedComments: promoting and integrating user comments in online application tutorials. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4037-4046. Paper
      [Anik]

     

     

    		 

     

    Nov 26

    		Social Media and Online Communities
    • Moira Burke and Robert E. Kraut. 2014. Growing closer on facebook: changes in tie strength through social network site use. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4187-4196. Paper
      [Raqeeb]
    • Kate Starbird, Dharma Dailey, Owla Mohamed, Gina Lee, and Emma S. Spiro. 2018. Engage Early, Correct More: How Journalists Participate in False Rumors Online during Crisis Events. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 105, 12 pages. Paper
      [Yurii]

    Nov 28

    		Games with a Purpose
    • Luis von Ahn and Laura Dabbish. 2004. Labeling images with a computer game. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '04). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 319-326. Paper
      [Ananta]
    • Cooper et al. (2010) Predicting protein structures with a multiplayer online game, Nature, 466, 756 -760. Paper

     

     

    		 

     

    Dec 3

    Best of UIST 2018:

    • Cooper et al. paper from Nov 28
    • Alok Mysore and Philip J. Guo. 2018. Porta: Profiling Software Tutorials Using Operating-System-Wide Activity Tracing. In The 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 201-212. Paper

    Dec 5

    Project Presentations