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<H2>Human-Computer Interface Technology</H2>
<H4>COS 496, Fall 1996</H4>
Copyright, 1996, Perry R. Cook, Princeton University
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<H4>Note: Course Meets in Small Auditorium 
<br>(room 105) of CS Building, Not Room 103.
<br>First Meeting: Thurs. Sept 12, Noon</H4>
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For More Detailed Descriptions as The Syllabus Develops, see:
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<!WA1><a href=http://www-engr.sjsu.edu/electeng/faculty/knapp/hci.html>
San Jose State HCI Class Home Page</a>
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<!WA2><a href=http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/cs496/Prince496.html>
Local Princeton Course Information Home Page</a>
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This course presents computer interface design for engineers.  
There will be some lectures on the psychology of HCI, and on 
computer systems, but in the main, the course will cover the 
design and interfacing of input and output systems.  The course 
will be paired with a laboratory that will guide the students 
through experiments of increasing complexity.   The goals include
developing proposals for in-depth projects that students can
carry out individually and in teams in following terms.
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The course is being developed with the idea of providing remote-learning 
opportunities via ATM and other network options.  The founding developers
of the course concept (San Jose State University, CA) were awarded a 
National Science Foundation grant for the project.  Participating
institutions are the Naval Postgraduate School, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis 
(at Livermore), San Jose State University, and Princeton University.  
Advantages of setting up the network are that expert lecturers 
at all sites can contribute to the course.  Also, methods will be sought 
to share (over the net) some of the expensive equipment that is 
located at only one site or another. Additionally, students will be 
able to take the course at their respective institutions, engage in 
dialogs (ATM and EMail) with advising professors at the other 
institutions, and potentially work with students at other sites on 
team projects.
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Emphasis will be on developing interfaces with and for clients
outside engineering, who will bring with them some need of an 
interface device that they want to see created.  Music, graphic
art, and other creative disciplines will be the target clients
for the course offered at Princeton.  Issues of software for
interfacing as well as accomplishing the desired tasks will be
a focus.
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The laboratory segments will be taught with the aid of an 
Interface Design Workstation (IDW), which will be constructed
using readily available hardware, and posses flexible input and 
output ports, so that students can connect (somewhat) arbitrary 
interface devices. 
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Lecturers --
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Ben Knapp - Assoc. Professor, Electrical Engineering, San Jose State Univ.
<br>Alex Pang - Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering, Univ. Cal. Santa Cruz
<br>Dick Duda - Professor, Electrical Engineering, San Jose State Univ.
<br>Perry Cook - Asst. Professor, Computer Science, Princeton University
<br>Meera Blattner - Professor,  UC Davis, Lawrence Livermore Labs
<br>Mike Zyda - Professor, Computer Science Naval Postgraduate School
<br>Bill Verplank - Interval Research Corporation
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Syllabus --
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Week 1:	Overview of Classical and Novel Input/Output Devices
<br>Weeks 2-4:	Input: Data Acquisition, Real Time Programming, Interrupts
<br>Weeks 5-6:	Data analysis, signal processing, feature extraction
<br>Weeks 7-10:	Output: Graphics, Sound, Music, Haptics
<br>Remainder:	Independent project work
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