MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Fall 2003 Catalogue Supplement

6.893 User Interface Design and Implementation (H)

L MW12:30-2, 4-159
Robert Miller, Room NE43-244, 4-6028, rcm@lcs.mit.edu
Prereq.: 6.170
3-0-9

This subject qualifies as a Artificial Intelligence and Applications Concentration subject.

Design, implementation, and evaluation of human-computer interfaces. Human capabilities, including the human information processor, perception, Fitts's Law, color, and hearing; task analysis, user-centered design, iterative design, low-fidelity prototyping; heuristic evaluation, keystroke-level models, formative evaluation; input models, output models, model-view-controller, and toolkits. Readings from current literature, short assignments, and substantial programming project. 6 Engineering Design Points.