CS6380 Topics in Information Systems I

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CS6380 Topics in Information Systems I

• Current Research in
• Human Computer Interaction
• in the Information Systems area
• Lecturer Chan Hock Chuan
• Email chanhc_at_comp.nus.edu.sg
• Office S16, 4-8 Phone [phone]

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Module Objective

• Module objective
• To read current research articles in HCI / IS
• To discuss, learn research theories, methods and
  findings in HCI / IS
• To review research papers
• To write a research proposal on a HCI / IS topic
• To collect data and conduct data analysis (if
  time and resources permit).

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What is HCI / IS?

• What is HCI?
• The study of how humans interact with computers
  to perform some tasks.
• user studies, psychological studies, ergonomics
• interface design, low level (keystrokes),
• high level (decision support / purchase
  support)
• models, task analysis, GOMS
• computer devices characteristics e.g.
  mobile, mouse
• The study of how humans interact with other
  humans through computers (HCHI)
• individuals, groups, distributed
• collaboration, communications, co-shopping,
  gaming

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What is HCI / IS?

• What is HCI / IS?
• HCI research that is published in IS outlets
  (socially defined by the IS editors and
  reviewers)
• HCI research done by IS researchers
• HCI with more business / management settings /
  implications.
• e-commerce, executive scanning, organizational
  information access, decision support, team
  collaboration, business games
• (Non-HCI topics user satisfaction, technology
  acceptance, theory of reasoned action ?)

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Key HCI/IS Publication Outlets

• INFORMATION SYSTEMS JOURNALS
• Rank 1 Premium Journals ACM Transactions on
  Computer-Human InteractionACM Transactions on
  Information SystemsInformation Systems
  ResearchManagement Information Systems Quarterly
• IEEE Transactions on Engineering ManagementIEEE
  Transactions on Professional CommunicationIEEE
  Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
  International Journal of Human-Computer
  StudiesJournal of Management Information
  SystemsJournal of the American Society for
  Information Science and TechnologySmall Group
  Research

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Key HCI/IS Publication Outlets

• Rank 2A Leading Journals
• Communications of the ACM
• Decision Support SystemsEuropean Journal of
  Information SystemsInformation and Management
• Information and OrganizationJournal of Database
  ManagementJournal of Organizational Computing
  and Electronic CommerceJournal of Strategic
  Information SystemsJournal of the AIS

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Key HCI/IS Publication Outlets

• INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONFERENCES
• Rank 1ICIS - International Conference on
  Information Systems
• CHI - ACM SIGCHI Int. Conference on
  Computer-Human Interaction
• CPR - ACM SIGCPR Int. Conference on Computer
  Personnel Research
• GROUP - ACM SIGGROUP In. Conference on
  Supporting Group Work
• Rank 2
• ECIS - European Conference on Information
  SystemsHICSS - Hawaii International Conference
  on System SciencesWISE - Workshop on Information
  Systems and Economics
• WITS - Workshop on Information Technologies and
  Systems
• AMCIS - Americas Conference on Information
  SystemsPACIS - Pacific-Asia Conference on
  Information Systems