One-Handed Use of Mobile Devices
Amy Karlson, Ben Bederson
 

Visualizing Graphs as Trees
Bongshin Lee, Cynthia Parr, Ben Bederson

Understanding the Rhythms of Relationship in Email Archives
Adam Perer, Ben Shneiderman, Doug Oard

Exploring and Predicting Trends of eBay Auctions with TimeSearcher
Alex Aris, Catherine Plaisant, Ben Shneiderman, Galit Shmueli, Wolfgang Jank

User-Controlled Re-Organization of Search Results
Bill Kules, Ben Shneiderman

Grounding the Design of Oral History Search Systems in the User Experience
Ryen White, Doug Oard, Dagobert Soergel
 

1:30-3:30pm

Designing Interfaces for Voting Machines
Ben Bederson

I Hear the Pattern: Sonification of GeoData
Haixia Zhao, Catherine Plaisant, Ben Shneiderman

“Paper Based Interfaces”
François Guimbretière, Chunyuan Liao

Advanced Pen Based Interfaces
François Guimbretière, Georg Apitz, Nicholas Chen

Computer Rage: User Satisfaction Reframed and Unloaded
Kent Norman

• Piccolo.NET Toolkit for Structured Graphics and Zoomable User Interfaces
  Aaron Clamage and Ben Bederson
• Photomesa: Zoomable Image Browser and Management
  Hyunmo Kang and Ben Bederson
• SAPHARI: Semi-Automatic PHoto Annotation and Recognition Interface
  Bongwon Suh, Ben Bederson
• Understanding Research Trends in Conferences using PaperLens
  Bongshin Lee and Ben Bederson
• Integrated Access to Multimedia Archives: The Apollo Archive Explorer
  Doug Oard
• Supporting Subject Matter Experts Searching Oral History
  Dagobert Soergel
• Answering Questions from Documents You Cannot Read
  Jianqiang Wang
• The International Children’s Digital Library
  Kara Reuter and Sabrina Liao
• Mobile Devices for Children
  Mona Leigh and Gene Chipman and Wayne Churaman
• ICDL Communities
  Sabrina Liao and Aaron Clamage
• Children’s Responses to Digital Books
  Sheri Massey
• Comparison e-Shopping: How Matrices Work
  Walky Rivadeneira
• QUIS: The Questionnaire for User Interaction Satisfaction
  Kent Norman
• Seeing Relationships in Choropleth Mini-Maps
  Ben Smith
• Navigating Relevance Hierarchies
  Susan Campbell and Kent Norman
• The Evaluation of ICDL Communities
  Jade Alburo and Enrique Stanziola
• Visualizing Emily Dickinson Letters
  Catherine Plaisant
• Dynamic Interactive Photo Layouts
  Jack Kustanowitz and Ben Shneiderman

Tutorials (June 2, 2005, AV Williams Building)

An Introduction to Usability Testing - Bill Killam
Contact bkillam@user-centereddesign.com for more information
This is an introductory tutorial on the topic of usability testing so we will be
discussing what usability testing is (and isn't), what makes a product usable, the origins of usability testing, the relationship of usability testing to the broader area of Human Factors Engineering. We will also discuss the
different protocols that can be used for performing a usability test (both user-based and non-user-based) and what data can be obtained using the different protocols. We will discuss the timing of usability testing, how to plan for them in the design and development process, and what ROI there is for usability testing. Finally, we'll be discussing the test tasks, test length, participant selection and recruiting, and data collection. Finally, we will be discussing testing with special populations such as accessibility testing, testing with older populations, testing with kids. The audience for this tutorial is usually a mixture of practitioners (designers, content writers, information architects, etc.), novice usability practitioners looking to expand their skills, and management staff that may be considering incorporating more formal usability into their organization.

Workshops (June 2, 2005, AV Williams Building)

Email Archive Visualization - Ben Shneiderman, Doug Oard, Adam Perer
Contact adamp@cs.umd.edu for more information
The growth of email archives presents challenges and opportunities to librarians, scholars, historians, forensics experts, and intelligence analysts. To respond to the growing need, software tools are being developed by human-computer interaction researchers, computer scientists, and information systems designers. To encourage innovation and exchange strategies, we will hold a one-day workshop of leading researchers on visualization and analysis techniques for large email archives. Issues for which these techniques may contribute to solutions
include: gaining access while protecting privacy, understanding temporal patterns, recognizing relationships by social network analysis, integrating with other information sources, discovering stories and nuggets, and identifying gaps. To apply please contact Adam Perer with a brief description of your background and reason for interest in the workshop.

HCI in Biodiversity Informatics – Cynthia Parr
Contact csparr@umd.edu for more information
How can we design better ways of visualizing and interacting with biodiversity information?   As networked, data intensive, highly integrative projects move from promise to reality (e.g. NCEAS, NESCENT, NEON, NBII, GBIF) the need for effective software is critical.  This workshop, covering both evolutionary and ecological approaches to biological diversity, will include presentations by researchers actively working in this area.  It will be followed by a panel discussion.  Participation will be limited to 50 people.  To apply, please contact Cynthia Parr with a brief description of your background and reason for interest in the workshop. 

Exploratory Search Interfaces: Categorization, Clustering and Beyond - Bill Kules, Ryen White, Ben Bederson
Contact wmk@cs.umd.edu for more information
The World Wide Web creates tantalizing opportunities for learning and research, not only for students and researchers, but also for journalists, attorneys, and practitioners in many fields. Search engines, bibliographic databases and digital libraries provide adequate support for users whose information needs are well-defined. However, when information needs are vague or evolving, searchers may benefit from interfaces that provide additional support, for example by enabling grouping of results and/or guided discovery processes. Since evaluation of exploratory interfaces is particularly challenging, research methods will be a focus. To apply, please contact Bill Kules with a brief description of your background and reason for interest in the workshop. 

Computer Rage for Dummies and Techies - Kent Norman
Contact kent_norman@lap.umd.edu for more information
No matter who you are or the extent of your knowledge of computers, you have no doubt experienced frustration with them, sometimes even to point of rage. After years of research and development on human/computer interaction, user testing, and user satisfaction, users are still frustrated.  Will will discuss the levels and reasons for this frustration, the incidence of rage against and damage of computer equipment, and the results of an online survey of over 2100 respondents from around the world. Dealing with frustration and rage against computers will become more and more important. We will talk about a number of positive techniques for dealing with computer rage. The workshop will include computer rage demonstrations and a hands-on session allowing participants to vent suppressed frustration on obsolete equipment in a safe way. To apply, please contact Kent Norman with a brief description of your background and reason for interest in the workshop.