Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Courses

SketchingWithHands - 3D Sketching Handheld Products with First-Person Hand Posture

Innovative 3D sketching system integrating hand-tracking for efficient handheld product design. Enables capturing hand postures, exploring concepts, and maintaining proper scale and usage through novel features and intuitive interfaces.

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

Mining Controller Inputs to Understand Gameplay

Innovative approach using probabilistic topic models to analyze controller inputs, revealing gameplay patterns and player-independent action types in video games.

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

Changing the Appearance of Physical Interfaces Through Controlled Transparency

Explore innovative physical interfaces that change appearance through controlled transparency, offering rapid transitions, energy efficiency, and unique benefits like creating apparent holes or nesting objects.

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

ViBand - High-Fidelity Bio-Acoustic Sensing Using Commodity Smartwatch Accelerometers

Innovative smartwatch technology enhances bio-acoustic sensing, enabling gesture recognition, object detection, and body-based data transmission, expanding wearable interaction possibilities.

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

Immersive Scuba Diving Simulator Using Virtual Reality

Experience scuba diving on land with Amphibian, a VR simulator that replicates underwater sensations like buoyancy, drag, and temperature changes for a realistic diving experience without getting wet.

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

NormalTouch and TextureTouch - High-fidelity 3D Haptic Shape Rendering on Handheld Virtual Reality Controllers

Innovative haptic controllers for VR that render 3D shapes and textures through physical displacement, enhancing user interaction and accuracy in virtual environments.

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

ERICA - Interaction Mining Mobile Apps

Innovative system for capturing app design components, enabling data-driven design through interaction mining. Detects UI changes, records data streams, and creates user interaction traces for improved UX analysis and development.

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

Interacting with Soli - Exploring Fine-Grained Dynamic Gesture Recognition in the Radio-Frequency Spectrum

Explore novel machine learning for RF-based gesture recognition using Google's Soli sensor. Learn about high-frequency radar sensing and advanced neural network techniques for fine-grained motion detection.

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

Student Design Competition: Assistive Technologies - CHI 2016

Innovative student designs for assistive technologies showcased, including communication tools for the deaf, typing aids for the visually impaired, and solutions for mobility and health challenges.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Deciphering a Meal through Open Source Standards - Soylent and the Rise of Diet Hackers

Explore the DIY soylent movement, its impact on food standards, and the motivations of nutrition hobbyists. Gain insights into the risks and opportunities of amateur food-tech practices.

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

Data, Design and Civics - An Exploratory Study of Civic Tech

Exploratory study examining how civic leaders conceptualize civic tech, focusing on intersections of data, design, and civics. Identifies key issues and proposes guiding questions for advancing the field.

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

A Feminist HCI Approach to Designing Postpartum Technologies - When I First Saw a Breast Pump I Was Wondering If It Was a Joke

Exploring feminist HCI design for postpartum technologies, focusing on improving breast pumps through crowdsourced ideas and addressing environmental, legal, social, and emotional aspects of new motherhood.

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

Syrian Refugees and Digital Health in Lebanon - Opportunities for Improving Antenatal Health

Exploring digital technology opportunities to support antenatal care access for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, considering cultural factors, health beliefs, and smartphone utilization.

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

Anti-Solutionist Strategies - Seriously Silly Design Fiction

Explore unconventional design approaches that challenge solutionism in technology innovation, focusing on absurd and imaginative concepts to foster critical thinking and creativity.

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

Mind The Gap

Explore the intersection of research and practice in UI design with Jeff Johnson, focusing on translating research for practitioners and designing for an aging population.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk