edit Welcome to COMP5047 Pervasive Computing
This is an advanced course in HCI, Human Computer Interaction, with a focus on Pervasive Computing. It introduces the key aspects of HCI and explores these in terms of the new research towards creating user interfaces that disappear into the environment and are available pervasively, for example in homes, workplaces, cars and carried or work. The theme for this year is: Personal Digital Ecosystems for Sustained Learning.
Formal description and course outline. (Click the link then "Download UoS Outline".)
Schedule for seminars and labs
Month Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   WeekSeminar and Studio Theme  Project Deadlines
July 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1   Introduction, (No studio)
  31             2   Design: principles, Prototyping         Team form
August   1 2 3 4 5 6    
  7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3   Design: Fitts, Focus Groups         Proposal
  14 15 16 17 18 19 20 4   Technical: Personalisation, Context
  21 22 23 24 25 26 27 5   Technical: Mobile
  28 29 30 31       6   Technical: Mobile
September         1 2 3    
  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7   Testing: Think-Aloud
  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 8   Testing: Heuristic Evaluation
  18 19 20 21 22 23 24 9   Technical: mobile web         Draft report
  25 26 27 28 29 30      
October             1    
  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10   Testing, Cognitive Walkthrough, GOMS
  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11   Cognitive and Physiological Drivers
  16 17 18 19 20 21 22 12   Technical: Tabletop, Touch, NUI         Presentation
  23 24 25 26 27 28 29 13   Review, summary, exam         Final report
  30 31              
Last change: Thu Oct 27 09:48:20 2011
edit People:

Co-ordinator, Lecturer:
Judy Kay

Additional lecturers:
Anthony Collins,
Bob Kummerfeld,
Rainer Wasinger

Tutors:
‒ Chris Ackad,
‒ Andrew Clayphan

edit What's new this week?
‒ Final report deadline is confirmed as 5pm Monday 31st October.
‒ Grading sheets for final reports: Group and Individual.
‒ Hall of Fame:
2010 Group Report
2009 Eval Individual Report
2009 Technical Individual Report
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