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CHI 99 Conference Office
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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Sunday 14:00 - 17:30.
Masaaki Kurosu, Shizuoka University, Japan
Benefits
Learn about usability engineering techniques and research findings that have been developed in
Japan. Obtain practical information and insights on how Japanese people feel and react to typical
usability testing procedures.
Origins
New for CHI 99. Based on an established series of seminars presented in Japan.
Features
- understand the Japanese conception of usability and usability engineering
- learn about Japanese research and methods for task analysis
- learn about Japanese adaptations of Heuristic evaluation and Cognitive walkthrough
- examine the Japanese concept of Kansie engineering and research and how these relate to the
emotional aspects of user experience
- learn about techniques for usability testing with Japanese participants
Audience
Practitioners and researchers in usability engineering. No knowledge of the Japanese culture or
language is required.
Presentation
Lecture and demonstrations augmented by video clips.
Instructor
Masaaki Kurosu is currently teaching human interface and usability engineering at the Faculty of
Information of Shizuoka University. His research interests include groupware, the universal
interface, input/output devices, and multimedia interfaces. Previously Dr. Kurosu worked in
the Design Center of Hitachi Ltd., where he initiated research and development in usability
engineering and interaction design methodology. Before that, he worked at the Central Research
Institute of Hitachi Ltd., where he was engaged in the development of the Japanese word
processing system and the LISP programming environment.
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