Jason Hong (Temporary) Director of Undergrad HCI Program
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Overview of the Undergraduate Major in Human-Computer Interaction
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What Is My Daughter/Son Doing for a Second Major and Why?
Jason Hong(Temporary) Director of Undergrad HCI Program
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Our lives are increasingly surrounded by and integrated with computation and communication
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Healthcare
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Finance
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Commerce
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Transportation
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Information
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Communication
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Collaboration
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Play
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Housework
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Interactions can be Successful
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Interactions can also Fail
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What is the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII)?
Our Department’s Mission• Understand and create technology that
harmonizes with and improves human capabilities, goals, and social environments through interdisciplinary research and education in design, computer science, and behavioral and social sciences
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Human-Robot Interaction
CognitiveTutors
AssistiveTechnologies
HelpingFamilies
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In-CarDisplays
Protecting PeopleFrom Online Scams
Leveraging Social Networksto Fight Global Warming
Programming asStorytelling
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Human-Computer Interaction Major
• HCI Institute formed 1995• HCI Undergraduate Major formed 1998
– 1st Inter-University Major – 2nd Major Only - 25 Students / Graduating Year– Average GPA ~ 3.5/4.0
• About 70 HCI Majors, 20 different majors, 6 colleges (until tomorrow!)– College of Fine Arts – Humanities & Soc. Sciences– School of Computer Science– Mellon College of Science– Carnegie Institute of Technology– Tepper School of Business
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Our Educational Philosophy at HCII
Take excellent students with depth in one discipline relevant to HCI and give them the educational opportunity to “walk in the shoes” of the other disciplines relevant to HCI.
Make graduates leaders in industries where these technologies and applications are made and used
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User-Centered DesignThe User is Not Like Me
Human FactorsCognitive PsychologyMotivationGroup behavior
ColorLayoutGraphic DesignInteraction Design
Interviews Surveys Experiments Think alouds Heuristic evaluation Focus groups Cognitive walk-throughs Statistical analysis
Flash, Director, Visual Basic, HTML, Databases, Java, C++, GUI toolkits, UI architectures
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Curriculum
Intro toDesign
VisualInterfaceDesign
ResearchMethods
CognitivePsychology
InterfaceProgramming
2 Electives
Statistics
Methods
Intro toProgramming
Capstone Project Course
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Capstone Project Course Goals
• Apply HCI skills on a large project• Work in interdisciplinary teams (3-4 people)• Work with clients
• Learn to write reports• Learn to give presentations
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2008 Capstone Projects
• Digital Oral History Archives• Outpatient Mobile Information• PeopleFinder - Designing for Privacy• TheraPlay - Gaming Technology in
Health Care
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Careers In HCI
• Undergraduates get good jobs & job offers
Degree Median salary offer
Bachelors, HCI $73,000
Computer $72,000
Psychology $40,000
Information Systems $58,600
Communication Design $32,000
Masters, HCI $83,000
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This Year’s BHCI Graduates
Devin Blais * Lee Byron Christine Chang Jason Choi Stephanie Chu David Farkas Allison Gallant * Sam Hashemi * Jing Jin * Bonnie Lee Hannah Lee
Jared Luxenberg Anna Ly Gregory Peng Justin Rheinfrank * Nitasha Singh Scott Smith Jeffrey Thoene Emily Tong Matthew Williamson Sungjoon Won * Zhen Zeng *
* students in accelerated Master’s program
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Congratulations!
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Recent Job Opportunities(Since Feb 1, 2007)(from Usability Professionals' Association)
• Siemens Medical – User interaction designer• Marriott International – Senior user researcher• Digitas – Interaction designer• PayPal – User experience researcher• The KOHL Group – User interaction designer• Tec-Ed – User Experience Project Manager & Researcher • Insight Enterprises – Customer experience manager• College Center for Library Automation – Usability analyst• Google – User researcher• Lands End – User interface designer• Amazon – User interface designer• Electronic Arts – Interface designer• Travelocity – Information architect• Microsoft – Human factors/Interaction designer• Whirlpool – Voice user interface designer• GE Healthcare – User interface/graphic designer• Verizon – User experience manager
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Companies Where B/MHCI Alumni Work• Accenture• Adobe• Aduna• Agitar Software• Allstate Insurance• Amazon.Com• Apple• Autodesk• Boeing• Brulant• Carnegie Mellon• Citadel Investment • Citrix Systems• Colorado State University• Cook Vascular • Corel• Doubleclick• The Wall Street Journal
Online• Duda Paine Architects• Electronic Arts
• Endeca Technologies• Friendfeed• Frog Design• General Dynamics• Google• Guidewire Software• Hewlett-Packard• Hillcrest Labs• Hindustan Times, New Delhi• Honeywell Labs• Humancentric• IBM• Intel• Johnson Controls• Keane Federal Systems, Inc.• Linden Lab• Linkedin• Logical Design Solutions• Microsoft• Motorola• NASA
• Oracle Corp• Pitney Bowes• Pixar• Qualcomm• Ricoh Americas • Sapient• Scholastic• Soar Technology• SRI International• T-Mobile • Tellme Networks• The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust• The University Of Pittsburgh• University Of Michigan• UPMC• Verizon• Wellspring Worldwide, A
Company I Co-Founded Before Hcii
• Yahoo!• Yahoo!• Zeta Associates• Zühlke Engineering
Plus ~15% have started their own companies