He Spelled HCI Wrong...
...was my first reaction to Prof Vesonder's CHI. Throughout the discussion, he used the phrase "Human Computer Interaction." Yet, in his slides the acronym was still CHI (which reminds me more of the chi-squared test that is useful in Artificial Intelligence).
Anyway, during my undergrad, I took a course called Studio Design in HCI with Prof Bill Hart-Davidson at RPI. Our project was to develop an intelligent design to make sense of all the possible permutations possible in the art of Music Interpretation. We designed an online portal (just created the specs... didn't write the code) where music fans could login in take part in moderated discussions on their favorite song, album, or artist. We provided lyrics and other artifacts that a person would want to create an interpretation. We provide support for (a) users who only care about reading the interpretations of others, (b) interpretters who want to express their viewpoint, and (c) critics who want to comment and moderate interpretations of others.
To create our design, we conducted interviews of some of our friends and fellow college students to understand what was desirable. We even directed some people to create an interpretation over the course of a week, and report back to us the artifacts they used, the circumstances of the interpretation, and the actual interpretation they had on a piece of music.
You can read more about our final project here.
...was my first reaction to Prof Vesonder's CHI. Throughout the discussion, he used the phrase "Human Computer Interaction." Yet, in his slides the acronym was still CHI (which reminds me more of the chi-squared test that is useful in Artificial Intelligence).
Anyway, during my undergrad, I took a course called Studio Design in HCI with Prof Bill Hart-Davidson at RPI. Our project was to develop an intelligent design to make sense of all the possible permutations possible in the art of Music Interpretation. We designed an online portal (just created the specs... didn't write the code) where music fans could login in take part in moderated discussions on their favorite song, album, or artist. We provided lyrics and other artifacts that a person would want to create an interpretation. We provide support for (a) users who only care about reading the interpretations of others, (b) interpretters who want to express their viewpoint, and (c) critics who want to comment and moderate interpretations of others.
To create our design, we conducted interviews of some of our friends and fellow college students to understand what was desirable. We even directed some people to create an interpretation over the course of a week, and report back to us the artifacts they used, the circumstances of the interpretation, and the actual interpretation they had on a piece of music.
You can read more about our final project here.
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