Mobile HCI IS 698/800
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Mobile HCI IS 698/800
Spring 2013Shaun Kane
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This class• Overview of human-computer
interaction issues in mobile computing
• Introduction to mobile HCI research (major projects, publication venues)
• Experience building and evaluating low-fi mobile prototypes
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What this class isn’t• Mobile development (but if you have
these skills, you can use them)
• General introduction to HCI (see HCC 629, 729, 760)
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Introductions• Your name• Your degree program (HCC/IS/CS/etc,
MS/PhD)• What you hope to gain from this
class• Your favorite mobile computing app
or device (and why)
Dr. Shaun KaneAssistant Professorhttp://umbc.edu/people/skane
http://www.genealogy.ams.org
My research• Developing input and
interaction techniques for constrained environments– People with disabilities– Mobile computing
• Slide Rule http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=496IAx6_xys
• Bonfire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgtTo7JD_dc
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Class web site• http://umbcmobilehci.wordpress.com
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• Course calendar• Assignments• Reading links• Feedback form
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The syllabus• On the website
• DRAFT
• Comments and concerns? Let me know. We will tweak as necessary and finalize by next week.
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Feedback• This course is meant to be “agile”
– May make changes, but only with class approval
– Can “opt out” of changes
• Anonymous feedback form on web site– Class structure / pacing– Great papers / terrible papers– Any other feedback
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What is mobile HCI?• Mobile usability• Devices we carry (phones, tablets,
media players, <smart> watches, glasses, clothing, wearable technologies, game consoles, cameras, projector, networking devices, GPS, sound recorders, medical devices, fitness trackers, laptop)
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Use while mobile• Attention: “interaction in 4 second bursts”• Device comes with you (always available)• Ready at hand, micro-interaction• Easy to carry• Challenges / resource constraints
– Screen size– Speed (processor, network)– Attention / multitasking– Power– Input devices
• Location-aware computing– Finding somebody– Adjust settings (clock, time)– Friend tracker
• Long term effects / repetitive stress / “Blackberry thumb”• Social norms / addiction• Environmental conditions (weather, cold)• Hands busy• Security / safety of device• Posture / walking
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Why is mobile HCI research interesting / difficult?• Use “in the wild” vs. in the lab
– But: Logging and analytics
• Privacy / private interactions
• New / rapidly changing
• Incorporating different types of users
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Course topics• Mobile social software• Navigation / maps• Search / information seeking• Touch and targeting• Text entry• Mobile health• Audio interfaces• Attention / Situational impairments• Mobile accessibility• Wearable computing / new mobile form factors• Others?
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To do for next week• Review the syllabus• Create a Wordpress blog; email the
link to [email protected]• Pick reading topics (first come first
serve; will open at 1pm tomorrow)• Email project topic ideas to me (we’ll
finalize the project next week)
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Break!
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Class activity• We’re going to sketch out a simple
mobile application, and demonstrate it to the class
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The app: Urban wildlife counter
• UMBC is conducting a study of urban wildlife in Baltimore City (rats, pigeons, mice, mushrooms, etc.)
• UMBC is paying (mostly untrained) research assistants to explore Baltimore neighborhoods and catalog the urban wildlife
• They want as much information as possible, but are flexible about what they actually need
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What’s hard about it?• Variety of wildlife (“other” / “I don’t know”)• Keep distance• Balance between entering data / spending
time entering• Group of animals• Safety• Size / coverage• How do you know you’re not counting the
same thing twice?
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OK, go!• Groups of 3
• 5 minutes: Come up with 3 potential ideas (be creative!)
• 10 minutes: Refine your chosen design
• 5 minutes: prepare presentation– Show sketches– Act it out