COMP8751 Interactive Computer Systems GE

Dr Haifeng Shen

2011

4.5

1 x 50-minute lecture weekly
1 x 50-minute tutorial weekly
1 x 2-hour workshop weekly
1 x 2-hour laboratory weekly
2 x 15-hour project works per semester

1 of COMP3251, COMP3751, COMP8251 has been successfully completed

The ability to build simple interactive Java programs using the Swing components, such as acquired in COMP8711 Computer Programming 2 GE or COMP8741 Application Development GE or COMP8221 Computer Programming 2 GE or COMP8205 Application Development GE or ENGR8701 Engineering Programming GE.

This topic covers principles of human-computer interaction (HCI), including interface analysis, usability, and evaluation; principles of computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), including communication and collaboration models, concurrent control and consistency maintenance, and design of groupware systems; and graphical user interface (GUI) tools, including toolkits, widget sets, look-and-feel issues, and interactive builders. The working language is Java, although the principles are applicable to any language.

This topic introduces the fundamental concepts, terminology, tools, and applications of human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), and graphical user interfaces (GUI) and focuses on the design, evaluation, and development of interactive application software that presents a graphical interface to its users.

At the completion of the topic, students are expected to be able to:

Understand and appropriately use the language and terminology of human computer interaction (HCI), computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), and graphical user interfaces (GUI)
Understand the principles of human factors and how system design affects usability
Understand and apply the techniques of heuristic and experimental evaluation of system usability
Design and build simple interactive systems that exhibit effective and efficient user interfaces with appropriate tools
Design and build simple collaborative systems that allow a group of users to effectively work together

Key dates and timetable

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