Students are encouraged
to form small multi-disciplinary groups who will conduct one research
project throughout the semester. While there will be 3 project checkpoints
during the semester, only the final version of the project will be graded.
At each checkpoints, the current status of each project will presented and
discussed in class. The goal of the project is for you to produce a
research paper suitable for submission to a conference.
Schedule:
02/12/04: Project proposal;
03/04/04: Bibliography review & presentation to class;
04/01/04: Design and methods & presentation to class;
04/22/04: Preliminary results & presentation to class;
04/11/04: Final project & presentation to class.
Possible
Projects
Students are encouraged to propose their own project
reflecting their interests. The list presented here is only intended as
providing examples of possible projects.
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Better mouse for kids. Current mouse at not well
adapted to kid hands. They are also too sensitive which make it difficult
for kids to keep the mouse still while clicking on the mouse button. What
can be done to fix this problem?
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Better mouse for the older users. What will be the
perfect mouse for older users, who might move the mouse slower than other
users, have difficulty with buttons and be impedes by small tremors?
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A better pen for the Tablet PCs. Can one design a
more ergonomic pen for the Tablet PC (making it easier for example to
press the pen button)?
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A tactile display for visually impaired users.
While several tactile mice are on the market (such as the
VirTouch mouse), they force users
to scan the screen. Can we do better?
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Better document navigation for Tablet PCs. How one
can improve digital document navigation on a Tablet PC. Can we go beyond
the page-up, page-down button (For example see
this paper on
manipulative interface)?
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A digital drawing table. Using
this study on how
people draw as a starting point, is it possible to design a better digital
drawing table?
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Better text input mechanisms for small devices. How
can we improve text entry for our cell phones, PDAs and pocket PCs?
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