Speaker:  Prof. Shengdong Zhao

     NUS-HCI Lab, Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, National University of Singapore

Topic :  Innovation Through Principles

Date :  13:30～15:00 Wednesday 13 Apr. 2016

Place : 105 Delta Building (台達館)

Host:   Prof. Hao Chuan Wang

Abstract:

Human-computer Interaction (HCI) is a very broad field without a single clear focus - there are a great number of HCI researchers from multiple disciplines working on a wide variety of problems that seem to have little connection with each other. However, a careful examination of these multiple approaches to problem solving seems to indicate that there are a number of distinctive, underlying design principles employed by researchers. In this talk, I try to describe three commonly seen design principles in HCI innovations, including "Enhance Directness, Facilitate Transition, Balance Humans and Computers", and unpack these principles using projects from the NUS-HCI lab. 

Biodata:

Dr. Shengdong Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science of the National University of Singapore where he founded the NUS-HCI research lab in 2009. He earned his Masters and PhD degrees at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Toronto, respectively. Shengdong has a wealth of experience in developing new interface tools and applications. ACM Interaction Magazine mentioned him as one of the most prolific authors in Asia for the ACM SIGCHI conference in the last six years. Shengdong frequently served on the program committees in top HCI conferences. He was a co-chair of the Interaction Using Specific Capabilities or Modalities subcommittee for SIGCHI in the last two years. Shengdong was also the recipient of the NUS Young Investigator Award. More information about Shengdong can be found at http://www.shengdongzhao.com 

All faculty and students are welcome to join the lecture