Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Courses

A Rough Sketch of the Freehand Drawing Process - Blending the Line between Action and Artifact

Explores a research probe tracking artists' pencil movements, revealing insights into technique, process, and emotions. Discusses implications for HCI systems in digitally-mediated arts and sharing creative processes.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Managerial Visions - Stories of Upgrading and Maintaining the Public Restroom with IoT

Explores IoT implementation in public restrooms, examining governance strategies, cost-reduction efforts, and regulatory techniques. Introduces "managerial visions" concept for understanding computer-mediated collaboration beyond white-collar settings.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Interpreting the Diversity in Subjective Judgments

Explore improved methods for analyzing diverse user experience judgments, including VARCLUS clustering and its integration into ILLMO for interactive statistical analysis.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

HotStrokes - Word-Gesture Shortcuts on a Trackpad

Innovative trackpad gesture typing method for efficient command activation, reducing time by 43% compared to menus and achieving 91% adoption rate in experimental settings.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

VARI-SOUND - A Varifocal Lens for Sound

Explore 3D printed acoustic meta-surfaces for sound manipulation, including collimators and magnifying glasses, with potential applications in VR and immersive audio experiences.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Power Struggles and Disciplined Designers – A Nexus Analytic Inquiry on Cross-Disciplinary Research and Design

Explores challenges in cross-disciplinary HCI research, examining power dynamics, divergent understandings of design, and the impact of various discourses and epistemologies on collaborative projects.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Engaging Lived and Virtual Realities

Exploring VR integration in informal learning environments across Atlanta and Mumbai, focusing on co-design and content creation to enhance accessibility and inclusivity in diverse educational settings.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Protection, Productivity and Pleasure in the Smart Home - Emerging Expectations and Gendered Insights from Australian Early Adopters

Explores gendered experiences of smart home early adopters, focusing on protection, productivity, and pleasure. Identifies design challenges and opportunities for HCI designers to address gender-related issues.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Managing Multimorbidity - Identifying Design Requirements for a Digital Self-Management Tool to Support Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions

Explores design requirements for a digital tool to support older adults with multiple chronic conditions in self-management, based on a qualitative study with 125 participants across two European countries.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Older People Inventing their Personal Internet of Things with the IoT Un-Kit Experience

Explore IoT design with older adults using the Un-Kit Experience, a co-design approach for creating personalized, meaningful IoT applications through in-home workshops and open-ended conversations.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Digital Behaviour Change Interventions to Break and Form Habits

Explores theories and strategies for effective digital interventions to modify habitual behaviors, introducing the Habit Alteration Model to guide the design of impactful behavior change technologies.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Emotion Work in Experience-Centered Design

Exploring the role of emotions in experience-centered design, examining how designers navigate and utilize their own emotional responses to enhance the design process and user empathy.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

May AI? Design Ideation with Cooperative Contextual Bandits

Explore AI-powered design ideation using cooperative contextual bandits. Learn how this machine learning method adapts to suggest relevant materials, enhancing creativity while maintaining designer control.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Identifying the Intersections - User Experience + Research Scientist Collaboration in a Generative Machine Learning Interface

Explores collaboration between UX researchers and ML scientists in developing creative generative interfaces. Highlights a novel program embedding UXers in ML teams, offering insights and practical suggestions for effective interdisciplinary cooperation.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

VIPBoard - Improving Screen-Reader Keyboard for Visually Impaired People with Character-Level Auto Correction

Innovative keyboard design for visually impaired users, featuring character-level auto-correction and adaptive layout scaling to enhance typing accuracy and speed on touchscreen devices.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk