Welcome to the 19th Annual
HCIL Symposium & Open House
Steve Halperin
Dean, College of Computer,
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Benjamin B. Bederson
Director, HCIL
Human-Computer Interaction
(HCI)
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
Human-Computer Interaction
Laboratory (HCIL)
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
 Interdisciplinary research team
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Computer Science
Psychology
Education
Information Studies
 Administered within UMIACS,
the Institute for Advanced Computer
Studies
User interfaces and …
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
 Design, implement & evaluate new interface
technologies
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Work closely with users
Collaborate with government and industry
Scientific method
 Innovate with a range of technologies
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Graphics, robotics, speech, PDAs, input devices…
Visualization, collaboration, information retrieval,
children/family applications…
HCIL Members
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
Computer Science
 Faculty: Vic Basili, Ben Bederson, Allison Druin, Jean-Daniel
Fekete, Jim Hendler, Ben Shneiderman , François Guimbretiere
 Staff: Allison Farber, Jesse Grosjean, Trina Harris, Daqing He,
Rebecca Hwa, Sabrina Liao, Catherine Plaisant, Glenda Revelle,
Anne Rose, Yoshifumi Takayama
 Students: Steve Betten, Jim Blowitski, Irina Ceaparu, Hilary
Hutchinson, Gene Chipman, Lance Good, Harry Hochheiser,
Juan Pablo Hourcade, Hyunmo Kang, Bongshin Lee, Jaime
Montemayor, Jinwook Seo, Sante Simms, Bongwon Suh
HCIL Members
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
Psychology
 Kent Norman
College of Information Studies
 Doug Oard, Jinmook Kim, Laura Slaughter, Dagobert
Soergel, Jianqiang Wang, Ann Weeks
College of Education
 Allison Druin, Allison Farber, Juhyun Lee, Sabrina
Liao, Glenda Revelle
Institute for Systems Research
 Gary Rubloff
HCIL Successes
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
 In the news:
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Ben S. & PhotoMesa – Washington Post, May 9, 2002
MALACH – New York Times, Oct 25, 2001
Allison D. – Converge Magazine, Aug 2001
StoryBlocks – Baltimore Business Journal, June 28, 2001
Treemaps – ComputerWorld, July 2, 2001
TimeSearcher – ComputerWorld, June 4, 2001
 Major grants:
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MALACH, Holocaust Oral Histories, NSF, $7.5m
Doug Oard, with IBM, Johns Hopkins, and Shoah Foundation
International Children’s Digital Library, NSF $3.0m
Allison Druin, Ben Bederson with the Internet Archive
Digital Government, NSF $1.1m
Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisaint with UNC
Advisory Board 2002
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
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Debbie Boehm-Davis,
Amy Bruckman,
Clare-Marie Karat,
John Karat,
Jock Mackinlay,
Chris North,
Jenny Preece,
George Mason Univ.
Georgia Tech
IBM
IBM
Palo Alto Research Center
Virginia Tech
UMBC
SOH 2002 Supporters
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
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Celera Genomics
IBM
Microsoft Research
Spotfire
UM Biotechnology Institute
Usability Professionals Association
 UMD campus units:
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Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Institute for Systems Research
Office of Information Technology
Maryland Applied Information Technology Initiative
270 SOH Attendees
Press
1%
Industry
26%
Government
20%
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Stanford University
IDS
Swim Design Consultants
JMG & Company
The Continuity Project
Johns Hopkins University
Joint Warfare Analysis CenterThe Gimbal Group, Inc.
The Johns Hopkins Univeristy
McDonald Bradley, Inc.
Press
Merck
The MITRE Corporation
Mind*Link International
The National Academies
MIT Media Lab
Abt Associates, Inc.
Montgomery
Blair High SchoolTitan Systems
Advanced Network & Services,
Inc.
Towson University
Montgomery County Government
Agilent Technologies
Tufts University
NASA
Appalachian Regional Commission
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Applied Speech Resources National Cancer Institute
U.S. Census Bureau
National Center for Health Statistics
AT&T
National Library of Medicine U.S. Department of Labor
Bantu Inc.
UBS Warburg
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Bitterest Pill Publications
UMAB School of Nursing
NIST
Browse3D
UMass Lowell
Noldus Information Technology
Celera Genomics
UMBC
Center for Disease Control Ogilvy PR
UMBI
Penn State York
ChevronTexaco
UMD
Potomac Tech Journal
Children's National Medical Center
UMD
Quarry Integrated Communications
Computer Sciences Corporation
UMUC
RealInterface
Consultant
United States Naval Academy
RGS Associates, Inc.
CSEsolutions
Univeristy of New Mexico
CUNY - Brooklyn College Robert W. Deutsch Foundation
Univeristy of Virginia
Rutgers University
DARPA / IXO
University of British Columbia
Sapient
Department of Defense
University of Massachusetts
Savannah College of Art and Design
Devgen nv
Lowell
Discovery Communications School of Nursing, UMB
University of Michigan
Spotfire, Inc.
Dowling College
University of North Carolina
Duke Energy
University of Virginia
Duke University
USDA
Education Week
UserWorks
Electronic Ink
Viaken Systems Inc.
eMontgomery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Forum One Communications
Virginia Tech
Gallaudet University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Government
Hansie.com
HealthMark Multimedia
Hughes Network Systems
IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Faculty/Staff
30%
Students
23%
Today’s Topics
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
 User-Centered Design
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Message Board for Families
Children as Design Partners
MALACH: Holocaust Oral
Histories
Children’s Storytelling
 Information Seeking
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Digital Libraries for Children
News Audio Access
International Children’s
Digital Library
Access to Foreign Language
Collections
 Information Understanding
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Visualizing Millions of Items
Web-Based Surveys
Simulation in Engineering
Time Series Data
Bioinformatics Visualization
Browsing Large Trees
Data Monitoring with
Treemaps
Interactive Web Maps
SOH Roadmap
University of Maryland, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
9am:
Presentations
Noon: Eat with Lunch Bunches (& cake!)
1:30pm: Final Presentations
3:30pm: Open House with Live Demos
Enjoy the presentation slides, tech reports, video, etc. in your bag.
“Leonardo’s Laptop” will be mailed to you.
Please don’t forget
the survey!