CS-569

Human – Computer Confluence

Postgraduate

The postgraduate course Human-Computer Confluence, includes material addressing contemporary issues of interaction between the Humans and the Distributed, “Invisible” and “Smart” Computational Environment, where the need for better “synergy”, “symbiosis” and “coexistence” emerges. The main feature of the course is to highlight and elaborate on the progressive paradigm shift from human – computer interaction to human – computer confluence.
This course focuses on the following topics:

• Contemporary Interaction Techniques.
• Context of Use in Smart Environments.
• Smart Objects and the Internet of Things.
• Interaction Design for Intelligent Environments.
• Extended Reality Technologies.
• Programming Intelligent Environments.
• Digital accessibility in Intelligent Environments.
• Interaction related psycho-physiological issues.
• Human behavior & human activity understanding and visualization.
• Interaction in Smart City Environments.
• Natural interaction with physical objects in intelligent environments.
• Ambient Assisted Living.
• Future Trends.

Learning Objectives

After successful completion of the course, students are expected to have:

• learned the key concepts regarding interaction with and within intelligent environments
• become familiarized with techniques towards implementing intelligent user interfaces and systems for technologically-enhanced environments
• acquired the necessary theoretical and technological know-how, including hands-on experience on building context-aware, distributed, multimodal and adaptive interfaces
• acquired the necessary skills in order to design and implement interactive systems that efficiently integrate multiple implicit or explicit modalities (e.g. microphones, sensors, cameras, speakers)
• learned the basic principles regarding the implementation of natural user interfaces (voice-based interaction, interaction with physical objects, etc.)
• obtained an overview of the state-of-the-art technologies related or driven by the field of Human-Computer Interaction, such as Augmented, Virtual, Mixed and Extended Reality, Affective computing, Ambient-Assisted Living, Smart Cities, etc.

Grading

Details about grading are provided on the course webpages.

6

CS-364

CS-359, CS-469

https://www.csd.uoc.gr/~hy569