M.Sc Research: C-TOC - Cognitive Testing on a Computer + Associated Research

Matthew Brehmer, M.Sc Student, IMAGER Laboratory for Graphics, Visualization and HCI, Dept. of Computer Science, University of British Columbia

• office: Multimodal User Experience Lab, ICICS/CS-x508, seat 7
• address: 201-2366 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
• email: brehmer [at] cs.ubc.ca
• web: http://people.cs.ubc.ca/~brehmer/

Dates

• May 7-8 - FuturePlay '10 (Conference, Vancouver)
• May 27-30 - ISG Gerontechnology 2010 (Conference, Vancouver) (see notes)
• Vacation: Thursday, July 8 - Monday, July 26
• Holidays: Monday, December 20 - Monday, January 3
• May 6-12 - CHI 2011 (Conference, Vancouver)
• May 12-14 - GRAND AGM 2011 (Conference, Vancouver)

Group Meeting Minutes

• Nov 25, 2009
• Feb 10, 2010
• Mar 11, 2010
• Apr 30, 2010
• Jul 5, 2010
• Nov 4, 2010
• Nov 17, 2010
• Dec 1, 2011

Research Log

The ongoing weekly research log.

Clinical Evaluation

• First iteration of clinical evaluation of prototype to begin on or around week of May 15
  • First participant - Monday, May 17, 10am, exam room #9
  • Second participant - Thursday, June 3, 10am, exam room #9
  • Third participant - Friday, June 4, 10am, exam room #9 (withdrew)
  • Fourth participant - Thursday, June 17, 10am, exam room #8
  • Fifth participant - Friday, June 25, 11am, exam room #9
  • Sixth participant - Friday, June 25, 2:30pm, exam room #9
  • Seventh participant - Monday, July 5, 10am, location TBA
• Clinical Interview Scripts - usability / difficulties w/ interaction, demographics
  • Working with older users interview tips.

Interruption Laboratory Experiment

• Study Hypotheses, Design, and Procedure

Cross-Cultural Evaluation

• Cultural Advisory Review Panel @ Douglas College
  • Thursday, May 27, 2010, 10h-13h30
  • Friday, Oct 15, 2010, 9h30-13h30
  • Friday, Feb 4, 2011, 10h-13h30

Literature Review

Ongoing reference notes can be found here on the literature review page.