HUMAN COMPUTER

INTERACTION
BME 802 / EE8215
• Introduction
• Course Outline, Schedule, and Office Hours
• Grading Scheme
• Textbooks
• Assignments

                         
Toronto is in the 'Dish With One Spoon Territory’.  The Dish With One Spoon is a treaty between the
Anishinaabe, Mississaugas and Haudenosaunee that bound them to share the territory and protect the
land. Subsequent Indigenous Nations and Peoples, Europeans and all newcomers have been invited into
this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship and respect.
One Dish wampum Belt reproduction by Richard D. Hamell 2010.
Assignments: Research Project
802 students: With Lab Partner; 8215 students: Individual
Marks: 20%
Sign up after next class for your due date!
1. Select a topic of interest and relevance to HCI (eg. Virtual Reality, Medical
Information Systems)
2. Find 3-4 journal articles on the topic
3. Presentation: findings with your conclusions (10 minutes)
Breakdown of Presentation Mark (10): Organization, Clarity (2)
Technical Content (2)
Design Component (2)
Conclusions (2)
References (2)
4. Prepare a short summary of the articles (4-5 pages)
The written report is due on the day of your presentation
Breakdown of Report Mark (10): Organization (2)
Technical Content (2)
Original Component (2)
Conclusions (2)
References (2)
www.ryerson.ca/library
Assignments: Design Project
Individual
Marks: 10%

 Create a Website: To begin mid-semester.

 Wait for further instructions by Reading Week.
 Due at end of semester
 Definitions
Human Performance Engineering

Engineering Psychology

Experimental Psychology

Psychophysics

Human Factors

Ergonomics
 Definitions
Human Performance Engineering
Design and Optimization of System Outcomes through Measurement, Analysis,
Modeling and Application of the findings to the Human Machine System
Engineering Psychology
Specifies the capacities and limitations of the Human in a useable theory of human
performance for the design of improved Human Machine Systems: Poulton (1966)
Experimental Psychology
Determines the laws of Human Behaviour through Experiments
Psychophysics
Experimental studies of Human Perception
Human Factors
“The study of how Humans accomplish work-related tasks in the context of Human-
Machine System operation, and how behavioural and non-behavioural variables affect
that accomplishment.”: Meister (1989)
Ergonomics
Physical and Mechanical aspects of Human Factors
 Psychophysics
Human gains information from
environment
Experimental Techniques Main Modalities Qualities
Thresholds Vision Intensity
Subjective Magnitude Audition Frequency
Discrimination Touch
Adaptation Gustation
Reaction Times Olfaction

Sensation versus Perception

Psychophysics Experiments

• Detection (Threshold)

• Subjective Magnitude

• Discrimination

• Adaptation
2 Alternative Forced Choice
Experimental Paradigm
 Innovator: Douglas Englebart
• Landmark system/demo:
– hierarchical hypertext, multimedia, mouse, high-res
display, windows, shared files, electronic
messaging, teleconferencing, ...

Inventor
of mouse

https://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/engelbart.html
 Innovator: Ivan Sutherland
• SketchPad - 1963 PhD thesis at MIT
– Hierarchy - pictures & subpictures
– Master picture with instances
– Constraints
– Icons
– Copying
– Light pen input device
– Recursive operations
https://www.roadtovr.com/fred-brooks-ivan-
sutherlands-1965-ultimate-display-speech/
 Now it’s the law !
(for example in Europe)

EC Directive 90/270/EEC requires employers to ensure

that software is:
 Suitable for the task
 Easy to use, and where appropriate, adaptable
 Provides feedback
 User adaptable format and pace
 Conforms to “software ergonomics”

Most importantly: It can be a safety issue

 Professional Societies
Human Factors Society
Human Factors Society of Canada
IEEE – Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, Multimedia
Special Interest Group on Computer and Human Interaction
Usability Professionals’ Association
Society for Information Display
Society for Technical Communication
National Society for Performance and Instruction

Resources:
https://www.usabilitybok.org/about
Good and not so good Website Designs
What works?

http://www.eegspectrum.com

What about: http://www.hcibib.org/

 “Indispensable” Interfaces

 
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
        

                
           

https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/g35189998/
coolest-tech-gadgets-2021/
 What’s New?
What’s Indispensable? What can we live without?
 The Interface – What is it?
“Input Device” Display (visual/auditory)
(keyboard, mouse, voice) Computer: output
Computer: input Human: input
Human: output

Human
Computer
For optimum interface
Describe in terms of inputs
design, we must
and outputs, processing,
understand human
data rates, storage, etc.
cognitive processing
 The Interface – Where is it?

Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor

Accessories: smart cards, phones, home security…
Wearable devices: watches, spectacles, clothes??
Prosthetics
Implantable electrodes…microchips…

http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
Consumer Electronics Show
This week follow CES 2022

https://www.ces.tech/About-CES.aspx

Listen to first healthcare Keynote at CES by Abbott

https://www.ces.tech/Conference/Keynotes.aspx
 Jeremy Rifkin
http://www.thethirdindustrialrevolution.com

A radical sharing economy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mQj574Cv_k

Another excerpt from Samsung CEO BK Yoon Keynote Address:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyv4DalCh38