INFO 4871 / 5871: Experience Design in Ubiquitous Computing

Course Information

Course description and purpose: INFO 4871/5871 introduces the field of ubiquitous computing, including sensors, ambient displays, tangibles, mobility, and location- and context-awareness. These topics are explored from a user-centered design perspective, focusing on how a situated models of computing affect requirements gathering, interaction design, prototyping, and evaluation. Students gain mastery with contemporary “UbiComp” technologies and learn to incorporate them into a user-centered design process.

This course has no pre- or co-requisite registration requirements.

Textbooks and Materials

Title: Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals
Author(s): Krumm, John (Ed.)
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC Press

ISBN: 978-1420093605

Title: Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook
Author(s): Greenberg, Saul; Carpendale, Sheelagh; Marquardt, Nicolai; and Buxton, Bill
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 978-0123819598