

Tutorials / Workshops - May 29, 2009
CSIC Building - Registration starts at 8:30am in the Lobby of CSIC ALL Workshops/Tutorials begin at 9:30am
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An Introduction to Usability Testing, Room 1121 This is an introductory tutorial on the topic of usability testing. This tutorial is intended for usability practitioners looking to expand their skills, other practitioners (designers, developers, testers, etc.) who may have usability testing interests or responsibilities, and management staff that may be considering incorporating usability into their organization. In the tutorial we will cover both management issues and practical issues of usability testing and discuss what usability testing is (and isn't). |
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Distilling Expertise: The Art of Retrospective Interviewing, Room 3118 |
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The Future of iSchool Doctoral Education, Room 1122 There will be a keynote presented by: Mike Eisenberg, University of Washington (click for info) Information schools, or iSchools, include faculty and students who conduct research, teach, and learn within the interdisciplinary information field. Because iSchools and their doctoral programs are emerging and rapidly evolving boundary objects, there is a need for discussion of current and future curricular innovations, best practices, and research directions for doctoral education in iSchools. This workshop seeks to bring together experts from a wide range of iSchools to discuss the future of doctoral education and how iSchools can collaborate to create a common vision for doctoral education. This workshop will include dinner and opening keynote talks on the evening of May 28, 2009 following the HCIL Symposium, as well as an all-day session on May 29, 2009. This workshop will consist of invited keynotes, presentations, posters, brainstorming activities, and discussion of how to shape the future of iSchool doctoral education. The range of topics we hope to cover will include, but are not limited to, the following topics: • Designing pedagogy, methodologies, and approaches to doctoral education Please submit your abstract by April 25, 2009 to Ken Fleischmann at kfleisch@umd.edu. Please include author name, affiliation, contact information, title, abstract, and format of presentation (presentation or poster). Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 9, 2009. |
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Evaluating Visual Analytics, Room 2120 For more information see http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/semvast/soh2009 Position papers of no more than 300 words should be submitted to Catherine Plaisant at plaisant@cs.umd.edu. The number of participants will be limited to 15 to facilitate collaborative work. Acceptance will be announced by May 9th. Please explain your experience with visual analytics tools and how you will contribute to the discussions. |
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Designing for People who Learn Differently, Room 3120 Technology can help individuals with learning disabilities function more effectively in school, at work, and at home. Teachers and clinicians can use technology in the classroom and in the clinic not only to help teach missing skills but also give students opportunities to demonstrate knowledge and skills in environments and modalities that highlight their strengths. Often the behaviors of students with cognitive impairments are too subtle or occur too briefly over long periods of time to be clearly identifiable by the human observer. A number of innovative technologies now help us to take data and observe behaviors in children with cognitive impairments in more objective and automated ways. Designers need to take all these uses and user-perspectives into account – that of the person with the disability, as well as that of their instructors, clinicians, and cohorts. This workshop invites researchers and developers to join us in presenting their perspectives on how to address all the challenges of students with cognitive impairments and learning disabilities. We will focus on helping those with cognitive disabilities including (but not limited to) autism, dyslexia, memory impairments, ADHD, and speech and language delays. Clinicians, teachers, and people with disabilities will join us so that their individual and unique perspectives can help inform the discussion. To apply, send a brief description of your background and reasons for interest in the workshop (no more than 300 words) to Sarah Wayland at: swayland@casl.umd.edu. Please include: Author name, Affiliation, Contact information, and Presentation Title. Deadline for submission is April 20th; authors will be notified of acceptance by May 9, 2009.
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Collective Intelligence and Collaborative Sensemaking, Room 2107 New technologies and systems have expanded the possibility for collective intelligence - a group of people or a community work together to create something or make decisions. For example, a group of intelligence analysts work together to detect potential terrorist attack, scientists in a research field explore a new research question in collaboration, an online community reaches consensus on social norms. In such tasks, knowledge structures which enable action and decision making are often constructed through a collaborative sensemaking process. This workshop aims to understand the knowledge creation and the sensemaking process in collective intelligence tasks and shed lights on the design of systems supporting collective intelligence. Specific topics that we hope to address include (but not restricted to): • Categories of collective intelligence tasks Interested participants please submit a short biography and an abstracts for presentations (no more than 500 words) to Yan Qu yanqu@umd.edu.
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Consumer Health Informatics, Room 2118 This worksop will examine the use of novel information and communication technologies (ICTs) in healthcare from the perspective of health consumers. Potential topics to be investigated may include (but are not limited to): Abstract of no more than 300 words should be submitted to Dr. Derek Hansen at: dlhansen@umd.edu or Bo Xie at: boxie@umd.edu
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Treemaps: From Classroom to Boardroom…and Beyond This workshop examines corporate adoption of treemapping, a technology that originated at the University of Maryland HCIL. Attendees will gain insight into the transformation of treemapping from an innovative interface into a mission important corporate offering. Attendees will learn about the widespread use of treemapping in commercial environments, by government agencies, and across the military. The workshop will showcase several examples of treemap deployments, and will highlight specific methods that lead to successful implementations. Attendees will explore treemap extranets -- externally facing deployments -- that open new realms of possibilities for serving customers and sharing information with suppliers and other business partners. The workshop will expose participants to some of the latest innovations in the world of treemapping including the emergence of “treemap systems” that support interaction and collaboration. The workshop will: • Showcase innovative deployments in both private and public sectors This workshop will be led by Carter Wilson and Dan Struebel of The Hive Group. It is suitable for anyone interested in deploying treemaps in an enterprise; and individuals that are interested in technology transfer.
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