Department of Computer Science and (by courtesy) Art and Art History, Virginia Tech, 121 VTKW II, 2202 Kraft Dr – MC 0106 Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA b Information Science and Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University, 301 College Ave., Ithaca, NY 14580, USA Department of Computer Science and (by courtesy) Psychology, Virginia Tech, 123 VTKW II, 2202 Kraft Dr – MC 0106 Blacksburg, VA 24060...

Communications between buildings and their occupants through multimodal Human Computer Interactions (HCI) can dramatically enhance the way buildings are experienced. Although building performance data is becoming more readily available, no research has been established to enable visualization of and interaction with this information in a robust way. This paper will present a method that will al...

Much of HCI concentrates on how to critique existing designs. What is more difficult is figuring out how to generate successful new designs, especially designs that are grounded in the real-world needs of the users. While it may be tempting to simply start building prototypes, it is almost always better to start by generating a collection of ideas. Ideas, even impractical or silly, help to crea...

In this position paper I argue for the merits of the experiencesampling method for HCI research and a wider scientific community and for the support of the method through publicly available, freely configurable tools. I will take a critical look at some of the relevant tools available. On that basis some recommendations for the design of ESM tools are given and a design space for ESM tools is s...

This position paper proposes to investigate the use of logs as a resource to (re)design interactive systems. By understanding what information should be captured in application logs and using mining techniques to identify the users’ behavior patterns, we hope to extract valuable information to inform HCI (re)design decisions.

This paper surveys the use of inferential statistics over the last two BCS HCI conferences and the last year (2006) of two leading HCI journals. Of the 80 papers covered, 41 used some form of inferential statistics. However, all but one had some form of problem of reporting or analysis that undermined the value or the validity of the statistical testing and hence the research findings. This pap...

Recent CHI publications and workshops have indicated an interest in the relationship between interactive art and HCI. This year’s conference theme of art.science.balance also creates an opening for discussion between the two disciplines. This paper contributes to this discussion by presenting some challenges to dialogue between interactive art and HCI. I then illustrate by way of example affini...

Sustainable HCI has seen a large growth in the amount of research taking place in the field. However, are we taking the most effective route to generating sustainable sustainability? In the Sustainable HCI community, a large focus of the research has been on persuasive psychological techniques to change individuals’ behaviours to be sustainable. Nevertheless, individual behaviour change has lim...