In this paper we advocate the development of transdisciplinary educational programs with a strong focus on HCI, which use problem based learning (PBL) as a teaching methodology. We describe a novel education called Medialogy, developed at Aalborg University Copenhagen in Denmark, outlining through different case studies how PBL supports transdisciplinarity.

This paper presents work conducted towards the automatic recognition of negative emotions like boredom and frustration, induced due to the subject’s loss of interest during HCI. Focus was on the basic pre-requisite for the future development of systems utilizing an “affective loop”, namely effective recognition of the human affective state. Based on the concept of “repetition that causes loss o...

In the current work, we introduce Applab as a pedagogical framework and a transdisciplinary design approach to innovate HCI education. Students do not work for a client, but work together with urban stakeholders to better frame the problem in order to deal with societal challenges. In this way, Applab embraces design thinking as an approach to leverage a crossdisciplinary collaboration between ...

When adversity strikes, when mental and physical functioning and health are at risk, humans ‘fight back’. Humans come with and develop a set of adaptive processes that gives them the potential to fend off disaster, to reshape challenges and to transform stressful experiences into psychological growth. Coping describes some of these adaptive processes (Coelho et al., 1974; White, 1974). Research...

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In this paper we discuss how information technology impacts erotic life. This has been a neglected issue in most of the literature, even the literature on IT in the home. We argue that current IT, in particular in the home, tends to marginalize erotic aspects of life, through developing domestic technology, without considering how it impacts conditions for erotic life in the home. We suggest th...

Z. Andjelkovic1, Ch. Geppert1,2, J. Krämer1, W. Nörtershäuser1,2, M. Vogel2, V. Hannen3, Ch. Weinheimer3, D.F.A. Winters3, D. Church4, D. Schneider5, S. Bharadia6, D. M. Segal6, R. Thompson6, and the HITRAP collaboration2 1Institut für Kernchemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany; 2Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany; 3Westfälische Wilhems-Universität, Münste...

Much attention has been paid in the recent literature to the notions of validity, thoroughness, and effectiveness of different Usability Evaluation Methods (UEMs). Calculation of these makes sense if a study aims to compare UEMs, but not, it is argued here, if a study aims to evaluate a given application. Illustrated by a case study employing different UEMs, it is argued here that for practitio...