Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program

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Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program
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HCI Grad Program by the Numbers

• 73 Graduate Students
• are in the program.

43 PhD students 22 MS students 8 Certificate
students
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HCI Graduates

• 22 graduates since the program began.
• 4 with the PhD.
• 13 with the MS.
• 5 with the Graduate Certificate.
• 6 students will graduate in the Spring of 2007

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HCI Faculty

• 68 HCI Faculty Members
• From 26 departments
• Allows for Interdisciplinary Research and
  Collaboration

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Human Computer Interaction Research Projects
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The acceptance of domestic technology TAM as
applied to a proposed classification scheme
Helen Colvin Anthony Townsend, Brian
Mennecke Logistics, Operations, Management
Information Systems Human Computer Interaction

• TAM Components Perceived Ease of use (PEOU) and
  Perceived
• Usefulness (PU)
• TAM Applications All of IT,
• including domestic technologies
• Whats Missing? Technology
• Type and Task!
• Technology Type Integrated
• vs. Stand Alone
• Task Hedonic vs. Utilitarian
• Unique Contribution?  Bringing
• together TAM, Technology, and Task

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Josh Reed spent three months in Antarctica
supporting and usability testing his
core-logging software, PSICAT.
Josh Reed and Cinzia Cervato Geological and
Atmospheric Sciences Human Computer Interaction
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The Haptic/Auditory Surface Manipulation System
(HASM) aims to create natural and intuitive ways
for geoscientists to perceive and interact with
surface data via vision, touch and sound.
Michael Oren and Chris Harding Geological and
Atmospheric Sciences Human Computer Interaction
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• Wiicussion
• Fasten Your Wrist Straps
• Interactive music generation using next
  generation controller technology

Jeremy Bennett and Jim Oliver Mechanical
Engineering Human Computer Interaction
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The relationship between Sci-Fi movie and
technology in reality - Technology in Sci-Fi
movies - Technology in Reality - The impact of
applying Sci-Fi technology to reality - A case in
the Demolition man
Eva Tao and Gary Hackbarth Logistics, Operations
and Management Information Systems Human
Computer Interaction
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Development of an immersive game based virtual
reality fire safety training program for children.
Emily Ericson and Shana Smith Agricultural and
Biosystems Engineering Human Computer
Interaction
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Meta!Blast A Case Study of Evaluating
Educational Video Games
Lisa McGarthwaite and Julie Dickerson Electrical
and Computer Engineering Human Computer
Interaction
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Design Works Usability Testing

• The purpose of this study is to explore how
  design research and iteration can enhance
  navigation, usability and overall user experience
  of websites. A three-phase methodology was
  developed and applied to this case study.
• Phase I Design Audit Prototype development
• Phase II Human Usability study statistical
  analysis
• Phase III Redesign and deployment of website
  interface

Troy Abel and Roger Baer Art and Design Human
Computer Interaction
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This research addresses the need for
understanding social networking sites as the site
for construction of alternate realities/identities
. Specifically, it focuses on a purported sense
of suspended social constrains that could act as
a venue for deviant types to allow the validation
and normalization of pathological behavior.
Zayira Jordan and Chad Harms Greenlee School of
Journalism Human Computer Interaction Program
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• We examine the cognitive aspects of how
  humans interact with technology. Technology
  often ignores the way humans process information
  the result is frustration. Our goal is to reduce
  user frustration.

Jeremiah D. Still Veronica J. Dark Department
of Psychology Human Computer Interaction Program
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Virtual harp with physical string vibrations in
an augmented reality environment

• This research provides a prototype of a
  computer-generated harp, using physical string
  vibrations with haptic feedback in an augmented
  reality environment.
• This prototype will be applied towards
  interactive musical experiences and development
  of skills during music therapy for individuals
  with disabilities.

Tanasha Taylor and Shana Smith Agricultural and
Biosystems Engineering Human Computer
Interaction
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• Can we change the rendered detail of objects
  in immersive virtual environments based on
  attention and vision limitations without
  impairing search performance and improve frame
  rates?

Kim Weaver and Derrick Parkhurst Department of
Psychology Human Computer Interaction
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• Synthetic characters as NPCs (non-player
  characters) in video games have the potential to
  add new dynamic and dimension through their
  ability to engender affinity with players.

Denise Bacher and Steven Herrnstadt Art and
Design Human Computer Interaction
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Our immersive combine simulator connects a John
Deere combine cab to a virtual reality field. It
can be used for operator training and marketing
demonstrations.

• Kevin Godby, Jesse Lane, and Greg Luecke
• Mechanical Engineering Human Computer
  Interaction

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Digital Health Initiative
Exploring the Use ofInformation
Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Improve
the Quality of Health Care Service Delivery
in Uganda. Janea Triplett M.S., International
Development Ph.D. Student, Human Computer
Interaction
Janea Triplett and Brian Mennecke Logistics,
Operations and Management Information Systems
Human Computer Interaction
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Safety Training in a Virtual Reality Setting

• The need for enhanced safety training
  and research is great due to the variety of
  occupational safety hazards.
• The virtual reality environment can help
  researchers determine what visual cues of
  potential danger affect the test subjects
  behavior and response.
• The conclusions of this research can then be used
  to enhance occupational safety training, by
  establishing real-life stimuli in a hazardless
  environment.
• www.hci.iastate.edu/nelsonkj
• Kim Gehling and Nir Keren
• Ag and Biosystems Engineering Human Computer
  Interaction

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Open source development, physics simulation,
video game technology, brain modeling,
reinforcement learning
Tyler Streeter and Jim Oliver Mechanical
Engineering Human Computer Interaction
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User Acceptance of Biometric Fingerprint
Technology as a Method of Payment
Dawn Laux and Brian Mennecke Logistics,
Operations and Management Information Systems
Human Computer Interaction
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A teleoperation interface featuring an integrated
virtual reality based simulation augmented by
sensors and image processing capabilities
on-board the remotely operated vehicle. The
system addresses the typical limitations of
video-based teleoperation caused by signal lag
and limited field of view, allowing the operator
to navigate in a continuous fashion.
Sensor Enhanced
Virtual Reality Teleoperation
Kumar Kadavasal and Jim Oliver Mechanical
Engineering Human Computer Interaction
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HCI methods for evaluating mobile devices

• Preview HCI approaches that help to provide
  understanding of the relationship between spatial
  cognition and performance using map-based
  software on mobile devices.

Michelle Rusch, Les Miller, Sarah Nusser Computer
Science, Statistics Human Computer Interaction
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Field orientations and the learning connection
Measure orientation of FD/FI with The Group
Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) to measure the FD/FI
orientation.
Background Field orientation can have strong
implications for training, specially for complex
topics where technical process meets conceptual
theory, and problems are often ill-defined, and
procedural. The research seeks to isolate the
learning strengths and weaknesses relating to
field orientation in the area of technical
training. Field Independent Learners are thought
to be analytical, competitive, individualistic,
task oriented, internally referent, intrinsically
motivated, hypothesis testing, self-structuring,
linear, detail oriented, and visually
perceptive. Field Dependent Learners have been
referred to as group-oriented, global sensitive
to social interactions and criticism,
extrinsically motivated, externally referential,
not visually perceptive, non-verbal, and passive
learners who prefer external information
structures (Hall, 2000).
Develop observation contexts with the
Dimensions of Learning, a learning-centered
framework for instructional planning that
translates the latest research on cognition and
learning into practical classroom strategies.
Assess learners for success on contextual
tasks built around the 5 Dimensions of
Learning 1 Attitudes and Perceptions2
Acquire and Integrate Knowledge 3 Extend and
Refine Knowledge4 Use Knowledge Meaningfully 5
Productive Habits of Mind .
Sean Cordes and Anthony Townsend Logistics,
Operations and Management Information Systems
Human Computer Interaction
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Fictions
Dance and real-time interactivity

• Crossbow Mote Transceiver
• Isadora Software
• RF Transmitter
• Piezo sensors
• Flex sensors
• Dancers

Valerie Williams and Julie Dickerson Electrical
and Computer Engineering Human Computer
Interaction
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What is Gameplay?

• Video games are express two forms Audiovisual
  and Gameplay
• Audiovisual elements are those features that
  formalize a game's
• graphics and music, of which whose formal
  qualities can be
• examined and critiqued through means of their
  existing arts.
• Gameplay is, however, a new and ambiguous term.
  How should
• this evolution of science and art formalized? How
  should this
• interaction between player and game be understood?

Chad Kilgore and Steven Herrnstadt Art and Design
Human Computer Interaction
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An interactive immersive environment for
visualizing CT and MRI image data to improve
diagnostics and surgical planning procedures.
This system will allow any DICOM formatted data
to be studied and manipulated in real time."
Jung Leng (Eric) Foo and Eliot Winer Art and
Design Human Computer Interaction
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CyberChase A curriculum analysis of a
childrens TV program

• This research analyzes the curriculum behind a
  Math-driven children's TV program, CyberChase
  according to Posners Curriculum Analysis
  Framework, its strengths and weaknesses as well
  as the implication in teaching and learning
  process

Farrah Dina Yusop and Ann Thompson Curriculum
Instruction and Human Computer Interaction
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Visualizing Phylogenies using Graphics Hardware
Acceleration
Wen-Chieh Chang and Oliver Eulenstein, Julie
Dickerson, Dirk Reiners Computer Science and
Human Computer Interaction
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Effects of immersion on situation awareness
memory
K.C. Dohse and Derrick Parkhurst Psychology and
Human Computer Interaction
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The goal of this research is to perform accurate
simulation of manual assembly tasks in a virtual
environment. Specific attention is paid to
modeling realistic part behavior and complex
human interactions.
Dual Handed Haptic Interface Design
Abhishek Seth and Judy Vance Mechanical
Engineering and Human Computer Interaction