%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Institution        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
%Country            USA-NY, Troy
%Keyname            RPI
%Shortname          Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science
%Unit               Dept. of Computer Science
%Address            Troy, NY 12180 USA
%Phone              (518) 276 8326
%Fax                (518) 276 4033
%Email              charette@cs.rpi.edu
%Contact            Sandy Charette
%Updated            1994-03-01
%Degrees            BSc, MSc, PhD
%HCI_MS_Theses      18
%HCI_PhD_Theses     1
%HCI_MS_Current     2
%HCI_PhD_Current    4
%Description +
 * Scientific and Numeric Computing
 * Engineering Databases
 * Parallel algorithms
 * Computer Vision
 * Software Engineering
%Facilities Numerous and Excellent!

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Ephraim P. Glinert
%Title              Associate Professor
%Address            Dept. of Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180 USA
%Phone              (518) 276 2657
%FAX                (518) 276 4033
%Email              glinert@cs.rpi.edu
%Program +
 * Multimodal Human-Computer Interfaces
 * Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities
 * Visual Programming Environments
 * Interactive Learning
%Other_Contacts +
 * Mukkai Krishnamoorthy, Associate Professor
 * Susan Rodger, Assistant Professor

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Ephraim P. Glinert
%Title              Associate Professor
%Degree             PhD, Computer Science (U. Washington)
%Phone              (518) 276 2657
%Email              glinert@cs.rpi.edu
%Interests +
 * Multimodal Human-Computer Interfaces
 * Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities
 * Visual Programming Environments
 * Interactive Learning
%Publications +
 * "Sonic Enhancement of 2D Graphics Displays" (with Meera
   M. Blattner and Albert L. Papp III). In Proc. 1992 Int.
   Conf. on Auditory Display (ICAD'92), Addison Wesley/Santa
   Fe Institute Series.
 * "Programming the Multimodal Interface'' (with Meera M.
   Blattner). In Proc. MULTIMEDIA'93, Anaheim, August 1-6,
   pg. 189-197.
 * "UnWindows: Bringing Multimedia Computing to Users with
   Disabilities" (with Richard L. Kline, Gary R. Ormsby and
   G. Bowden Wise). In Proc.~1994 IISF/ACMJ Int. Symposium on
   Computers as Our Better Partners, Tokyo, March 7-9, pg. 4-42.

%SECTION            HCI Course
%Title              Introduction to Graphical Human-Computer Interfaces
%Number             66.4600
%Instructor         Ephraim P. Glinert
%Frequency          Spring semesters, odd years
%Enrollment         35
%Format             Lectures; Videotape Screenings; Interactive
Exercises; Student Presentations
%Text +
 * Shneiderman, B. "Designing the User Interface: Strategies for
   Effective Human-Computer Interaction (2nd ed.)" (Addison
   Wesley, 1992)
 * Blattner, M. M. and Dannenberg, R. B. (eds.) "Multimedia
   Interface Design" (Addison Wesley, 1992)
%Description An introduction to issues related to the design of
visual and multimedia human-machine interfaces for a broad range
of applications and diverse user communities. Students also learn
fundamental concepts of computer graphics and systems software
such as X Windows and Motif, and they design and implement two
substantial projects, at least one of which is on a topic of
their own choosing.