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Advance Program table of contents
Sponsors
ExhibitsAll week
Pre-Conference, 15-17 May
Consortia
Tutorials
Workshops
Saturday: All-at-Once
Sunday, 16 May
Monday, 17 May
Technical Program, 18-20 May
Plenaries
Interviews
Papers
Panels
Demonstrations
Tuesday, 18 May
Wednesday, 19 May
Thursday, 20 May
Other Activities
Speakers
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703 Giddings Ave.
Suite U-3
Annapolis, MD 21401
USA
Tel: +1 410 263 5382
Fax: +1 410 267 0332
Email: chi99-help@acm.org
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18:00 - 21:30
- Tutorial: 1. Human-Computer Interaction: Introduction and Overview
- Keith A. Butler, Boeing Information and Support Services, USA
Robert J.K. Jacob, Tufts University, USA
Bonnie E. John, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Benefits
If you are a newcomer to the CHI field, this tutorial will give you the
background you need to get the most benefit out of the CHI conference.
Origins
This tutorial has evolved, based on feedback from the attendees, as we have
given it each year at CHI since CHI 92.
Features
- what HCI is and why it is important
- brief history of HCI
- introduction to building usable systems
- introduction to the psychology of HCI
- introduction to computer technologies for HCI
- future directions of HCI
- where to learn more during the conference
- where to learn more in the published HCI literature
Audience
Professionals from computing-related fields who are new to the field of HCI or
new to the CHI conference. No background in HCI is assumed.
Presentation
Primarily lecture style.
Instructors
Keith Butler is a senior principal scientist for user-centered design at Boeing
Information and Support Services. Rob Jacob is on the faculty of the Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science Department at Tufts University, and is a member
of the editorial board of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction and
former Vice Chair of SIGCHI. Bonnie John is on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon
University's Computer Science Department, Psychology Department, and Human-Computer
Interaction Institute. Her research develops "engineering models" of
computer users and applies them to the evaluation and design of computer systems.
Related Tutorials
- Tutorial: 2. User Interface Design for the Web
- David Shen, Yahoo!, USA
Irene Au, Yahoo!, USA
Brian Buschmann, Yahoo!, USA
Benefits
Learn current web user interface design issues and principles. Gain a greater understanding
of the unique characteristics of designing for the web. Build your knowledge of user
interface guidelines that will make your sites more usable.
Origins
New for CHI 99.
Features
Through the examination of the
evolution of Yahoo! sites, we
discuss lessons learned about web user interface design. We note interesting observations
on users and discuss methodologies complementary to user testing to gather data that
enables us to better design for users.
Audience
Beginner to intermediate level web designers familiar with HTML and
surfing the web.
Presentation
Lectures with real-world examples.
Instructors
David Shen is the Director of Design at Yahoo! Inc., an Internet media company where he
leads Yahoo! graphic, user interface, and usability design. Prior to Yahoo! He was a
product designer at frogdesign and at Apple Computer. Irene Au is the Interaction Design
Manager at Yahoo! Inc. where she works with the Yahoo! teams on usability testing and
interaction design of Yahoo! properties. Prior to Yahoo!, she was an interaction designer
at Netscape Communications where she worked on the Netscape 4 and 5 interfaces. Brian
Buschmann is a Senior Designer at Yahoo! Inc. and leads the graphic user interface design
of personalized, communication, and entertainment content sites. Prior to Yahoo!, he was
designing web sites in Italy and doing graphic design at Yamamoto/Moss
in Minneapolis.
Related Tutorials
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