Interaction Design Reading Group (IDRG)

What is the IDRG?

We are an informal reading group that meets once a week to discuss papers related to human-computer interaction (HCI). In addition, we often use the IDRG meeting slot for practice conference talks, MSc thesis presentations, and guest speakers.

How does it work?

We collectively decide on a theme we'd like to explore, and then individual members of the group select papers within that theme and lead the discussion on their chosen paper. Typically a theme lasts for 2 to 4 weeks and there is usually one reading per week. Each member is asked to bring at least one question about the paper to the meeting.

When and where do you meet?

Our meeting time this term (January-April 2010) is every Tuesday from 10:00am-11:00am in x836.

How do I get involved?

Come to a meeting (see details above) and/or subscribe to the mailing list. New participants are always welcome, but please note that this is a local reading group. 

To subscribe, email majordomo@cs.ubc.ca with "subscribe idrg-l" in the body (not the subject line) of the message. The list email address is idrg-l at cs.ubc.ca.

To unsubscribe, email the same address with the command "unsubscribe idrg-l". 

Tips and Suggestions
Meeting Presenter Queue (requires ubc cs id)

Schedule

2009-2010

(To see descriptions of archived meetings for previous years, click here)

February 9, 2010	Talk, Pourang Irani from the University of Manitoba
	Blurring boundaries: Mixing input modes to enhance interactions in digital environments
February 2, 2010	File Management, Jeff
	Ma, S. and Wiedenbeck, S. 2009. File management with hierarchical folders and tags. In Proceedings of the 27th international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (Boston, MA, USA, April 04 - 09, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 3745-3750. [pdf]
January 26, 2010	Grounded Theory, Fahimeh
	van Niekerk, J. C. and Roode, J. D. 2009. Glaserian and Straussian grounded theory: similar or completely different?. In Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Research Conference of the South African institute of Computer Scientists and information Technologists (Vanderbijlpark, Emfuleni, South Africa, October 12 - 14, 2009). SAICSIT '09. ACM, New York, NY, 96-103. [pdf]
January 19, 2010	Software Learnability Metrics, Emerson
	Grossman, T., Fitzmaurice, G., and Attar, R. 2009. A survey of software learnability: metrics, methodologies and guidelines. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Boston, MA, USA, April 04 - 09, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 649-658. [pdf]
January 12, 2010	CSCW Practice Talk, Tony
December 8, 2009	Research Methods, Rock
	A.Dickinson, J.Arnott & S.Prior. Methods for human-computer interaction research with older people. Behaviour & Information Technology, Vol.26, No.4, July-August 2007, pp.343-352. [pdf]
December 1, 2009	Recap of Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2009, Tony and Jen
November 24, 2009	Animations and Learning, Russ
	Tversky, B., Morrison, J., Betrancourt, M. Animation: Can It Facilitate? International Journal of Human Computer Studies v57 p247-262, 2002. [pdf]
November 17, 2009	Digital Storytelling, Tony
	Frohlich, D. M., Rachovides, D., Riga, K., Bhat, R., Frank, M., Edirisinghe, E., Wickramanayaka, D., Jones, M., and Harwood, W. StoryBank: mobile digital storytelling in a development context. In Proceedings of the 27th international Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Boston, MA, USA, April 04 - 09, 2009). CHI '09. ACM, New York, NY, 1761-1770. [pdf]
November 10, 2009	Collaboration on Tabletops, Jen
	Morris, M.R., Piper, A.M., Cassanego, A., Huang, A., Paepcke, A., and Winograd, T. Mediating Group Dynamics through Tabletop Interface Design. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2006. [pdf]
November 3, 2009	Creative Photography, Presley
	Sara Ljungblad. Passive photography from a creative perspective: "If I would just shoot the same thing for seven days, it's like... What's the point?" . CHI 2009. [pdf]
October 26, 2009	Embodied Interaction, Garth
	Scott Klemmer, Bjorn Hartmann, Leila Takayama. How Bodies Matter: Five Themes for Interaction Design. Proceedings of DIS 2006. [pdf]
October 20, 2009	Assistive Technology, Karyn
	Anna Cavender, Jeffrey Bigham and Richard Ladner. ClassInFocus: Enabling Improved Visual Attention Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. ASSETS 2009. [pdf]
October 13, 2009	User Interfaces, Tom
	Shaun K. Kane, Daniel Avrahami, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Beverly Harrison, Adam D. Rea, Matthai Philipose and Anthony LaMarca. Bonfire: A Nomadic System for Hybrid Laptop-Tabletop Interaction. UIST 2009. [pdf]
October 6, 2009	Privacy, Kirstie
	Sameer Patil, Alfred Kobsa, Ajita John, Lynne S. Brotman and Doree Seligmann. Interpersonal Privacy Management in Distributed Collaboration: Situational Characteristics and Interpretive Influences. Interact 2009. [pdf]
September 29, 2009	Beauty and the User Experience, Jeff
	Sarah Diefenbach & Marc Hassenzahl. The "Beauty Dilemma": beauty is valued but discounted in product choice. CHI 2009: 1419-1426.
September 22, 2009	PhD defense practice talk, Joel