Schedule
Table of contents
- Week1 (Sep 3): Introduction
- Week2 (Sep 10): HCI Research
- Week3 (Sep 17): Controlled Experiments
- Week4 (Sep 24): Analysis of Quantitative Data
- Week5 (Oct 1): Guest Lecture: Visual Explanation Tools for Spatial Modeling by Dr. Fan Lei
- Week6 (Oct 8): Surveys
- Week7 (Oct 15): Reading Week
- Week8 (Oct 22): Interviews and Focus Groups
- Week9 (Oct 29): Diaries
- Week10 (Nov 5): Guest Lecture: Interactive Visual Abstractions for Steerable Creativity by Xinyu Shi
- Week11 (Nov 12): Case Studies
- Week12 (Nov 19): Usability Testing
- Week13 (Nov 26): Project Presentations
All micro reviews are due 24 hours before the class, i.e., Tuesday 1pm ET in the corresponding week.
Week1 (Sep 3): Introduction
Week2 (Sep 10): HCI Research
Readings
- Wobbrock, J. O., & Kientz, J. A. (2016). Research contributions in human-computer interaction. interactions, 23(3), 38-44.
- Munzner, T. (2008). Process and pitfalls in writing information visualization research papers. In Information Visualization: Human-Centered Issues and Perspectives (pp. 134-153). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Due on Sep 7 (5pm): Teaming Information form
Due on Sep 10 (5pm): Seminar Schedule sheet (link will be shared on MS Teams)
Week3 (Sep 17): Controlled Experiments
Readings
- Zhao, M., Huang, M. X., Huang, N. G., Cai, S., Huang, H., Huang, M. G., … & Bi, X. (2025, April). Tap&Say: Touch Location-Informed Large Language Model for Multimodal Text Correction on Smartphones. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-17).
- Tang, J., Yang, F., Wu, J., Wang, Y., Zhou, J., Cai, X., … & Wu, Y. (2024). A comparative study on fixed-order event sequence visualizations: Gantt, extended Gantt, and Stringline charts. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 30(12), 7687-7701
Due: Micro Paper Reviews (MR1 - Week3)
Due on Sep 19 (5pm): Ethic Training
Week4 (Sep 24): Analysis of Quantitative Data
Readings
- Li, Z., Chan, J., Walton, J., Benko, H., Wigdor, D., & Glueck, M. (2021, May). Armstrong: An empirical examination of pointing at non-dominant arm-anchored uis in virtual reality. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-14).
- McColeman, C. M., Yang, F., Brady, T. F., & Franconeri, S. (2021). Rethinking the ranks of visual channels. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 28(1), 707-717.
Due: Micro Paper Reviews (MR2 - Week4)
Week5 (Oct 1): Guest Lecture: Visual Explanation Tools for Spatial Modeling by Dr. Fan Lei
Due on Oct 3 (5pm): Project Proposal
Week6 (Oct 8): Surveys
Readings
- Wang, A. Y., Mittal, A., Brooks, C., & Oney, S. (2019). How data scientists use computational notebooks for real-time collaboration. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 3(CSCW), 1-30.
- Nobre, C., Zhu, K., Mörth, E., Pfister, H., & Beyer, J. (2024, May). Reading between the pixels: Investigating the barriers to visualization literacy. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-17).
Due: Micro Paper Reviews (MR3 - Week6)
Week7 (Oct 15): Reading Week
Week8 (Oct 22): Interviews and Focus Groups
Readings
- Yuan, L. P., Han, F., Xie, L., Zhang, J., Zhao, J., & Qu, H. (2025, April). “ You’ll Be Alice Adventuring in Wonderland!” Processes, Challenges, and Opportunities of Creating Animated Virtual Reality Stories. In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-21).
- Chattopadhyay, S., Prasad, I., Henley, A. Z., Sarma, A., & Barik, T. (2020, April). What’s wrong with computational notebooks? Pain points, needs, and design opportunities. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems (pp. 1-12).
Due: Micro Paper Reviews (MR4 - Week8)
Week9 (Oct 29): Diaries
Readings
- Ahmetoglu, Y., Brumby, D. P., & Cox, A. L. (2021). To plan or not to plan? A mixed-methods diary study examining when, how and why knowledge work planning is inaccurate. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 4(CSCW3), 1-20.
- Rapp, A., & Cena, F. (2016). Personal informatics for everyday life: How users without prior self-tracking experience engage with personal data. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 94, 1-17.
Due: Micro Paper Reviews (MR5 - Week9)
Week10 (Nov 5): Guest Lecture: Interactive Visual Abstractions for Steerable Creativity by Xinyu Shi
Due on Nov 7 (5pm): Experimental Design Excercise
Week11 (Nov 12): Case Studies
Readings
- Amershi, S., Begel, A., Bird, C., DeLine, R., Gall, H., Kamar, E., … & Zimmermann, T. (2019, May). Software engineering for machine learning: A case study. In 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice (ICSE-SEIP) (pp. 291-300). IEEE.
- Lin, D., Wang, Y., Yang, Y., & Lan, X. (2025). Unveiling the Visual Rhetoric of Persuasive Cartography: A Case Study of the Design of Octopus Maps. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (To Appear)
Due: Micro Paper Reviews (MR6 - Week11)
Due on Nov 14 (5pm): Experimental Design Review
Week12 (Nov 19): Usability Testing
Readings
- Alhadreti, O. & Mayhew, P. (2018). Rethinking Thinking Aloud: A Comparison of Three Think-Aloud Protocols. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems (pp. 44:1–44:12). ACM.
- Jiang, P., Rayan, J., Dow, S. P., & Xia, H. (2023, October). Graphologue: Exploring large language model responses with interactive diagrams. In Proceedings of the 36th annual ACM symposium on user interface software and technology (pp. 1-20).