Dear Colleagues,
After months of high-level discussion with university administrators,
I am happy to report that effective Fall 2011, all curriculum in
computer science (courses with CSC designation) will be required to
incorporate components on Human-Computer Interaction, hereafter
referred to as HCI. This decision was reached after extensive research
and discussion, which concluded that people (aka, humans) are in fact
one of the primary end users of all computing systems [1].
Although this decision will affect our broad offering of courses in
different ways, some examples include the following:
- Artificial Intelligence (CSC 242) will be required to include explicit modules on Intelligent User Interfaces and mixed-initiative interaction.
- Operating Systems (CSC 256) will devote at least 51% of classroom time to discussing Windows XP (the most popular human OS [2]).
After months of high-level discussion with university administrators,
I am happy to report that effective Fall 2011, all curriculum in
computer science (courses with CSC designation) will be required to
incorporate components on Human-Computer Interaction, hereafter
referred to as HCI. This decision was reached after extensive research
and discussion, which concluded that people (aka, humans) are in fact
one of the primary end users of all computing systems [1].
Although this decision will affect our broad offering of courses in
different ways, some examples include the following:
- Artificial Intelligence (CSC 242) will be required to include explicit modules on Intelligent User Interfaces and mixed-initiative interaction.
- Operating Systems (CSC 256) will devote at least 51% of classroom time to discussing Windows XP (the most popular human OS [2]).
- Advanced Algorithms (CSC 284) will include RTF (run-time feeling) analysis as a first-class dimension on which algorithms are analyzed.
- Human-Computer Interaction (CSC 212) will remain unchanged.
If you have any questions, please direct them to either Dean Clark (CC'd here) or me.
I look forward to working closely with all of you to implement these changes over the coming months and years.
Thanks!
Jeff
[1] UR Technical Report #04012011: http://bit.ly/ur-tr-04012011
[2] Web Statistics and Trends: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
- Human-Computer Interaction (CSC 212) will remain unchanged.
If you have any questions, please direct them to either Dean Clark (CC'd here) or me.
I look forward to working closely with all of you to implement these changes over the coming months and years.
Thanks!
Jeff
[1] UR Technical Report #04012011: http://bit.ly/ur-tr-04012011
[2] Web Statistics and Trends: http://www.w3schools.com/
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