Founded in 1984, Interaction is a specialist HCI group of the British Computer Society (BCS). It provides an organisation for all those working on human-computer interaction - the analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of technologies for human use. For more information about the group, please view the about page.
Create 2008
CREATE 2008 is a 2-day conference about creating innovative interactions, whether digital consumer products, interactive services or interaction paradigms. A conference where the emphasis is on sharing the wealth of creative ideas we have developed to resolve problems, to create new capabilities, or new functions; where the aim is to spawn further creative designs that can make a difference to people.
Sociotech ID Workshop 2008
Overview
Interaction design is becoming more challenging because of advances in technology – pervasive, ubiquitous, multimodal and adaptive – are changing the nature of interaction. The aim of this workshop is to provide a forum for interaction design practitioners and specialists interested in knowledge from the social sciences to discuss how sociotechnical insights can best be used to inform interactive design and how social methods and theories can fit into changing patterns of development and participatory design. Both long papers and short papers submissions are invited, addressing key aspects of current research and practical case studies.
HCI 2007
The conference has now passed. This information is for historical reference only.
Click here for the HCI 2007 conference proceedings.
HCI 2007, will be a conference, 'but not as we know it'. At this conference, discuss technology whilst surrounded by natural beauty, engage with up to the minute themes; some old favourites as well as new and exciting concepts and interact with the latest technological developments - all in the shadow of the ancient city of Lancaster.
News from UsabilityNews.com
Computers to merge with Humans
By 2020 the terms "interface" and "user" will be obsolete as computers merge ever closer with humans.
It is one prediction in a Microsoft-backed report drawn from the discussions of 45 academics from the fields of computing, science, sociology and psychology. It predicts fundamental changes in the field of so-called Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). By 2020 humans will increasingly interrogate machines, the report said. In turn computers will be able to anticipate what we want from them, which will require new rules about our relationship with machines.
Usability for Fun and Profit
By Mark Williamson
Name: Chris Rourke.
Age: 42.
What is your business called? User Vision.
Where is it based? Edinburgh and London.
- What services does it offer?
Caroline's Corner: Usability of Content is Plain Language
An exciting thing happened in the USA on 14th April 2008. It didn't quite manage to make it onto the national news - that day, we were mostly hearing about the Pope's visit to the USA. Any ideas? Any clue from my title? Give up?
USA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES PLAIN LANGUAGE ACT
