Crucible/Microsoft HCI Reading Group


2005-06-10 11:00: What we talk about when we talk about context (Alan Blackwell and Richard Harper, University of Cambridge / Microsoft Research Cambridge)

2005-07-08 11:00: An activity theory approach to affordance (Abi Sellen and Kasim Rehman, Microsoft Research / Computer Laboratory)

2005-08-05 11:00: Let's stop pushing the envelope and start addressing it: a reference task agenda for HCI (William Newman and Jost Schatzmann)

2005-09-02 11:00: Wicked Problems Revisited (Martyn Dade-Robertson and Alex Taylor)

2005-10-06 11:00: Bounding Rational Analysis: Constraints on the Approach to Optimality (Richard Young and Alan Blackwell, UCL/Cambridge)

2005-11-03 11:00: User interface design with matrix algebra. (William Newman and David Mackay)

2005-12-01 11:00: The streamlined cognitive walkthrough method, working around social constraints encountered in a software development company (William Newman and Lorisa Dubuc)

2006-02-02 11:00: An evaluation of integrated zooming and scrolling on small screens (Phil Tuddenham + Keith Vertanen)

2006-03-02 11:00: Project  Ernestine: Validating a GOMS analysis for predicting and explaining real-world performance (Alan Blackwell and William Newman)

2006-05-04 11:00: Implications for Design (Abigail Sellen and Nathan Crilly)

2006-06-01 11:00: Making by making strange: Defamiliarization and the design of domestic technologies (Jack Lang and Andrew Barry)

2006-07-06 11:00: Older People as a focus for Inclusive Design (Joy Goodman and Lorisa Dubuc)

2006-08-03 11:00: Understanding Non-Literacy as a Barrier to Mobile Phone Communication (Nathan Crilley and Lucia Terrenghi)

2006-09-01 11:30: Rethinking Information and Space in Ubiquitous Computing (Paul Dourish, University of California at Irvine)

2006-12-07 11:00: Using action research in information systems design to address change: a South African health information systems case study (Nathan Crilly and Cecily Morrison)

2007-01-04 11:00: Emotion recognition in human-computer interaction (Tal Sobol-Shikler and Lorna Brown)

2007-02-01 11:00: How expert engineering teams use disciplines of innovation (Alan Blackwell and Chris Bishop)

2007-03-01 11:00: Moving on from Weiser's Vision of Calm Computing: engaging UbiComp experiences (Cecily Morrison)

2007-06-07 11:00: How HCI Interprets the Probes (Alan Blackwell and Richard Harper)

2007-07-05 11:00: Do artifacts have politics? (Andrea Grimes and Robert Doubleday)

2007-08-02 11:00: Design parameters of rating scales for web sites (Luke Church and Per Ola Kristensson)

2007-09-06 11:00: Assessing Dimensions of Perceived Visual Aesthetics of Web Sites (Nathan Crilly and Chris Nash)

2007-10-04 11:00: Designing for Usability: Key Principles and What Designers Think (Gilbert Cockton and Luke Church)

2007-12-06 11:00: Getting to Grips with Technology (Mo Syed and Tim Regan)

2008-02-07 11:00: Computational Thinking (Simon Peyton Jones and Luke Church)

2008-03-06 11:00: Unpacking a Timesheet: Formalisation and Representation (Robin Boast and Alan Blackwell)

2008-05-01 11:00: What Is Good? – A Comparison Between The Quality Criteria Used In Design And Science (Cecily Morrison)

2008-06-05 11:00: Evaluating user interface systems research (Per Ola Kristensson)

2008-07-03 11:00: Affective computing: problems, reactions and intentions (Shazia Afzal)

2008-08-07 11:00: “Resistance is Futile”: Reading Science Fiction Alongside Ubiquitous Computing (Mark Blythe, University of York)

2008-10-02 11:00: How do we program the home? Gender, attention investment, and the psychology of programming at home. (Steven Clarke and Cecily Morrison)