Transcript Overview of the Undergraduate Major in Human-Computer Interaction What Is My Daughter/Son

Overview of the
Undergraduate Major in
Human-Computer Interaction
or
What Is My Daughter/Son
Doing for a Second Major
and Why?
Jason Hong
(Temporary) Director of Undergrad HCI Program
Our lives are increasingly
surrounded by and
integrated with computation
and communication
Healthcare
Finance
Commerce
Transportation
Information
Communication
Collaboration
Play
Housework
Interactions can be Successful
Interactions can also Fail
What is the Human-Computer
Interaction Institute (HCII)?
Our Department’s Mission
• Understand and create technology that
harmonizes with and improves human
capabilities, goals, and social environments
through interdisciplinary research and
education in design, computer science,
and behavioral and social sciences
Helping
Families
Assistive
Technologies
Cognitive
Tutors
Human-Robot
Interaction
In-Car
Displays
Programming as
Storytelling
Protecting People
From Online Scams
Leveraging Social Networks
to Fight Global Warming
Human-Computer Interaction Major
• HCI Institute formed 1995
• HCI Undergraduate Major formed 1998
– 1st Inter-University Major
– 2nd Major Only - 25 Students / Graduating Year
– Average GPA ~ 3.5/4.0
• About 70 HCI Majors, 20 different majors,
6 colleges (until tomorrow!)
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College of Fine Arts
Humanities & Soc. Sciences
School of Computer Science
Mellon College of Science
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Tepper School of Business
Our Educational Philosophy at HCII
Take excellent students with depth in
one discipline relevant to HCI and give
them the educational opportunity to
“walk in the shoes” of the other
disciplines relevant to HCI.
Make graduates leaders in
industries where these
technologies and applications
are made and used
User-Centered Design
The User is Not Like Me
Human Factors
Cognitive Psychology
Motivation
Group behavior
Color
Layout
Graphic Design
Interaction Design
Interviews
Surveys
Experiments
Think alouds
Heuristic evaluation
Focus groups
Cognitive walk-throughs
Statistical analysis
Flash, Director, Visual
Basic, HTML, Databases,
Java, C++, GUI toolkits,
UI architectures
Curriculum
Intro to
Design
Statistics
Cognitive
Psychology
Intro to
Programming
Visual
Interface
Design
Research
Methods
Methods
Interface
Programming
2 Electives
Capstone Project Course
Capstone Project Course Goals
• Apply HCI skills on a large project
• Work in interdisciplinary teams (3-4 people)
• Work with clients
• Learn to write reports
• Learn to give presentations
2008 Capstone Projects
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Digital Oral History Archives
Outpatient Mobile Information
PeopleFinder - Designing for Privacy
TheraPlay - Gaming Technology in
Health Care
Careers In HCI
• Undergraduates get good jobs & job offers
Degree
Median salary offer
Bachelors, HCI
$73,000
Computer
$72,000
Psychology
$40,000
Information Systems
$58,600
Communication Design
$32,000
Masters, HCI
$83,000
This Year’s BHCI Graduates
Devin Blais *
Lee Byron
Christine Chang
Jason Choi
Stephanie Chu
David Farkas
Allison Gallant *
Sam Hashemi *
Jing Jin *
Bonnie Lee
Hannah Lee
Jared Luxenberg
Anna Ly
Gregory Peng
Justin Rheinfrank *
Nitasha Singh
Scott Smith
Jeffrey Thoene
Emily Tong
Matthew Williamson
Sungjoon Won *
Zhen Zeng *
* students in accelerated Master’s program
Congratulations!
Recent Job Opportunities
(Since Feb 1, 2007)
(from Usability Professionals' Association)
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Siemens Medical – User interaction designer
Marriott International – Senior user researcher
Digitas – Interaction designer
PayPal – User experience researcher
The KOHL Group – User interaction designer
Tec-Ed – User Experience Project Manager & Researcher
Insight Enterprises – Customer experience manager
College Center for Library Automation – Usability analyst
Google – User researcher
Lands End – User interface designer
Amazon – User interface designer
Electronic Arts – Interface designer
Travelocity – Information architect
Microsoft – Human factors/Interaction designer
Whirlpool – Voice user interface designer
GE Healthcare – User interface/graphic designer
Verizon – User experience manager
Companies Where B/MHCI
Alumni Work
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Accenture
Adobe
Aduna
Agitar Software
Allstate Insurance
Amazon.Com
Apple
Autodesk
Boeing
Brulant
Carnegie Mellon
Citadel Investment
Citrix Systems
Colorado State
University
Cook Vascular
Corel
Doubleclick
The Wall Street Journal
Online
Duda Paine Architects
Electronic Arts
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Endeca Technologies
Friendfeed
Frog Design
General Dynamics
Google
Guidewire Software
Hewlett-Packard
Hillcrest Labs
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Honeywell Labs
Humancentric
IBM
Intel
Johnson Controls
Keane Federal Systems, Inc.
Linden Lab
Linkedin
Logical Design Solutions
Microsoft
Motorola
NASA
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Oracle Corp
Pitney Bowes
Pixar
Qualcomm
Ricoh Americas
Sapient
Scholastic
Soar Technology
SRI International
T-Mobile
Tellme Networks
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The University Of Pittsburgh
University Of Michigan
UPMC
Verizon
Wellspring Worldwide, A
Company I Co-Founded Before
Hcii
Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Zeta Associates
Zühlke Engineering
Plus ~15% have started their own companies