| CHI 98 Conference Program | April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, CA USA |
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Thomas T. Hewett, Drexel University
Benefits
You will learn the theoretical underpinnings of how people remember and how they
solve problems. You will also learn how to use that knowledge during product
design to interpret user interface guidelines and also to go beyond the
guidelines.
Origins
This was a top-rated tutorial at CHI 95, CHI 96 and CHI 97.
Features
Audience
Anyone interested in human-computer interaction and interactive system design who
has not done course work in cognitive psychology. Not intended for the human
factors specialist, for the individual with extensive training in psychology or
for the individual seeking a state-of-the-art literature review of the latest
research in cognitive psychology.
Presentation
Interactive presentation and hands-on demonstrations.
Instructor
Tom Hewett is Professor of Psychology at Drexel University in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA, where he teaches courses on Cognitive Psychology, Problem
Solving and Creativity, Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction and the
Psychology of Interaction Design. Some of his papers have described the structure
and implications of a taxonomy for thinking about instructional computing. Dr.
Hewett chaired the SIGCHI Curriculum Development Group which developed
recommendations for undergraduate curricula and courses for HCI. He served for
four years as vice-chair for operations of SIGCHI and was one of the general
co-chairs for the CHI 94 conference.
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Douglas Gillan, New Mexico State University
Benefits
You will learn the theoretical foundations of how people perceive objects, color,
depth in 2D displays, motion, speech and music. You will also learn how people
comprehend text, graphics, animation and video.
Origins
This is a new tutorial for CHI 98.
Features
Audience
Anyone interested in understanding how principles from perception and cognition
can influence interface design.
Presentation
Lecture, demonstrations and a design/evaluation exercise.
Instructor
Douglas Gillan has extensive experience teaching courses in perception and
cognition. He has a Ph.D. in experimental psychology, has worked in industry (10
years) and academia (9 years) focusing on applying cognition and perception to
human-computer interaction. Gillan teaches upper division undergraduate and
graduate courses in perception, cognition, human factors, engineering psychology
and multimedia.
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