MACS 498/598 User Interface Design
Fall 2006
Presentations
Sept 18, Ivo Yueh, "Peekaboom: A Game for Locating Objects in Images"
Sept 22, Adam McCormick, "Interacting with Communication
Appliances: An evaluation of two computer vision-based selection
techniques"
Sept 25, Nathan Ostrander, "Barista: An
Implementation Framework for Enabling New Tools, Interaction
Techniques and Views in Code Editors."
Oct 9, Stuart Fehr, "Making Action Visible in Time-Critical Work"
Oct 23, Alan Donaldson, "Do Security Toolbars Actually Prevent Phishing
Attacks?"
Nov 8, Brandon Kraus, "Few-Key Text Entry Revisited: Mneemonic
Gestures on Four Keys"
Nov 10, Olen Davis, "Gummi: A Bendable Computer"
Nov 13, Dmitriy Mestetskiy, "Multiblending: displaying overlapping
windows simultaneously without the drawbacks of alpha blending"
Nov 15, Philip Loden, "The Future of Cursor Manipulation"
Nov 15, Mike Nguyen, "Gadgets"
Nov 17, Raul Rangel, ??
Nov 20, Amanda Phillips, "Icons"
Nov 20, Jeremy Powell, WIMP to WIRP? Examining MS Office's
New U.I.
Nov 22, Jason Underhill, "the remote (controller) for the
Nintendo Wii"
Nov 22, Nick Tower, Creating Half-Life
Nov 27, Teddy Yueh, ??
Nov 27, Justin Regina, Handhelds
Nov 29, Matt Gimlin, Goal-Oriented Web Browing
Undergraduate Presentations
Assignments
Tool Evaluation
Wednesday, 9/27: 3D Studio Max: Nathan, Adam, Dmitriy
Wednesday, 9/27: Multimedia Fusion: Drew, Nick, Jason
Friday, 9/29: Flash: Ivo, Teddy, Alan, Brandon
Friday, 9/29: VEP: Stuart, Matt
Monday, 10/2: Cinema 4D: Raul, Jeremy, Amanda, Justin
Monday, 10/2: Maya: Olen, Phil, Mike
Projects
Project Requirements
Project Teams:
- Adam McCormick, Drew Roberts, Nick Tower and Jason Underhill:
Program to help
people run pen and paper role-playing campaigns.
- Amanda Philips, Jeremy Powell, Raul Rangel, Justin Regina: Time
Card program
- Alan Donaldson, Brandon Kraus, Teddy Yueh, Ivo Yueh: Budgeting
Program
- Nathan Ostrander, Dmitriy Mestetskiy, Mike Nguyen, Olen Davis:
Game
- Matt Gimlin, Stuart Fehr: Java for C++ tutorial
- Philip Loden: Application for wireless sensor network management
Reviewer Assignments:
- Graduates
- Adam McCormick - Alan Donaldson
- Brandon Kraus - Nathan Ostrander
- Teddy Yueh - Matt Gimlin
- Ivo Yueh - Dmitriy Mestetskiy
- Stuart Fehr - Olen Davis
- Undergraduates
- Drew Roberts - Jeremy Powell
- Nick Tower - Raul Rangel
- Jason Underhill - Amanda Philips
- Philip Loden - Justin Regina - Mike Nguyen (Philip reviews
Justin, Justin reviews Mike, Mike reviews Philip).
Presentations:
December 1:
Time Card Program (Amanda, Jeremy,
Raul, Justin)
Role-playing game (Adam, Drew, Nick,
Jason)
December 4:
Application for wireless sensor network
management (Philip)
Budgeting Program (Alan, Brandon,
Teddy, Ivo)
December 6:
Java for C++ Tutorial (Matt and Stuart)
Reaction-time Game (Nathan, Dmitriy, Mike, Olen)
Exercises
Goal-Directed Design
Cognitive Walkthrough
Final Exam
Final Exam DUE: By December 6, in class
Chapter Notes