%SECTION Academic Unit %Country USA-NB, Lincoln %Shortname Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Computer Science & Eng. %Institution University of Nebraska-Lincoln %Unit Computer Science and Engineering Department %Address 115 Ferguson Hall University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0115 USA %Phone +01-402-472-7760 %Fax +01-402-472-7767 %Email heckens@cse.unl.edu %Contact Deb Heckens %Updated 1994-04-01 %Degrees B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in CSE %HCI_MS_Theses 3 %HCI_PhD_Theses 2 %HCI_MS_Current 1 %HCI_PhD_Current 3 %Description The CSE department has strength in theory and cryptography. It also has an active group in computer vision. The Industrial Engineering Department specializes in physical human factors but also does some work in cognitive human factors. The Management Information Science program has interest in training of end users of computers. The Psychology Department has strength in perception. %Facilities The CSE Department has a large number of Sun workstations. There is a vision laboratory containing Suns and specialized vision hardware. There is an AI laboratory of Apollo workstations. There are many up-to-date PCs and a few Macintoshes. %SECTION HCI Program %Contact Susan Wiedenbeck %Title Associate Professor %Address 115 Ferguson Hall University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0115 USA %Phone +01-402-472-5006 %FAX +01-402-472-7767 %Email susan@cse.unl.edu %Program HCI is one of about 9 areas of specialization in the department. Two faculty members work in the area. %SECTION HCI Faculty %Name Susan Wiedenbeck %Title Associate Professor %Degree Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1984 %Phone +01-402-472-5006 %Email susan@cse.unl.edu %Interests + * cognition of programming * interface design and evaluation * intelligent tutoring * computer training %Publications + * Wiedenbeck, S., Fix, V., and Scholtz, J. (1993). Characteristics of the mental representations of novice and expert programmers: An empirical study. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, accepted (short version in CHI'93 Conference). * Wiedenbeck, S. (1991). The initial stage of program comprehension. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 35, 517-54. * Wiedenbeck, S. and Santhanam, R. (1991). Exploring discretionary users' interactions with word processing technology. In. M. Dillon, Ed. Interfaces for Information Retrieval, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. %SECTION HCI Faculty %Name Scott Henninger %Title Assistant Professor %Degree Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1993 %Phone +01-402-472-8394 %Email scotth@cse.unl.edu %Interests + * software engineering * psychology of software design * user interface design * design tools * information retrieval * computer-supported cooperative work %Publications + * Fischer, G., Henninger, S., and Redmiles, D. (1991). Intertwining Query Construction and Relevance Evaluation. Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI'91 Conference Proceedings (New Orleans, LA), pp. 55-62. * Henninger, S. (1991). Retrieving Software Objects in an Example-Based Programming Environment. SIGIR '91 Conference Proceedings (Chicago, IL), pp. 251-260. * Henninger, S (1990). Defining the Roles of Humans and Computers in Cooperative Problem Solving Systems for Information Retrieval. Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium Workshop on Knowledge-Based Human Computer Communication (Palo Alto, CA), pp. 46-50. %SECTION HCI Course %Title Human Factors in Computing Systems %Number CS978 %Instructor Susan Wiedenbeck, Scott Henninger %Frequency annual %Times_Taught 6 %Enrollment 20 %Format Lecture, discussion, project %Tools Hypercard, X-Windows, statistical packages %Text + - readings from journals and books %Description The course covers human-computer interaction broadly, including cognition of programming, interface design and evaluation, modes of interaction (command, menu, iconic), natural language interfaces, speech, non-speech audio, input devices. A prototyping project is done, and students also learn to apply Card, Moran, and Newell's Keystroke-Level Model. %SECTION HCI Course %Title Software Engineering %Number CS461/861 %Instructor Scott Henninger, Susan Wiedenbeck %Frequency annual %Times_Taught 1 %Enrollment 45 %Format Lecture, discussion, project %Tools Emacs customizations through E-lisp %Text + - readings * Brooks, F., "Mythical Man-Month" * Borenstein, N., "Programming as if People Mattered" %Description The course emphasizes the human and organizational factors in the development of large software systems. Students are exposed to the development process from both customer and developer standpoint through a course-long project. %SECTION HCI Course %Title Advanced Software Engineering %Number CS962 %Instructor Scott Henninger %Frequency bi-annual %Times_Taught 1 %Enrollment 10 %Format Discussion, lecture, project %Tools Sun Unix environment %Text + - readings %Description The course focuses on the design of Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools from a human factors viewpoint. Students will study cognitive and organizational principles affecting the design of software and develop CASE tools to support those elements. %SECTION HCI Course %Title Human-Computer Interaction %Number CS 378 %Instructor Susan Wiedenbeck, Scott Henninger %Frequency bi-annual %Times_Taught 1 %Enrollment 20 %Text + %Format lecture, discussion, projects %Tools PCs, Macintoshes, Hypercard * Norman, The Design of Everyday Things * Shneiderman, Designing the User Interface %Description An introductory course for beginners in HCI. Covers principles of cognition of importance to HCI, then goes on to design and evaluation of interfaces. Several design and evaluation projects are included.