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IE 420 Human Factors
Engineering II |
Course Description
Usability Engineering: methods for
gathering information about users, user’s task analysis, requirements for making
usable produces, design heuristics, usability evaluation methods, predicting and
analysing usability problems, usability testing; Affective Engineering: physical
and cognitive aspects of emotions, emotion sensing, affect recognition,
synthesizing emotions, affective human factors / Kansei engineering / hedonic
ergonomics in design of products, interfaces and environments.
Instructor:
Dr.
Alexander Nikov
Room: EA-306, Phone:1038,
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 13-14,
Wednesdays 11-12; Thursdays 11-12
Teaching assistant:
Asil Oztekin
Textbooks
Faulkner X.:
Usability Engineering, Houndsmills: Palgrave, 2000.
Rosalind Picard.
Affective Computing, Cambridge,
Mass.: MIT Press,
2000.
Pearrow M.:
Web Site Usability Handbook,
Rockland: Charles River Media, 2000.
Exam Dates
Midterm-exam: April 26
Lecture Hours
Tuesdays 12-15 E-216
Course Evaluation
Class
attendance and participation 10%,
Seminar (1 presentation) or small project 30%,
Midterm-exam 20 %, Final exam 40%
Alexander Nikov IE
420 Human Factors
Engineering II
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