Seminar Information

Students will present a seminar on various HCI related topics. Undergraduate students will conduct the seminar in groups of 2 students and graduate students will present the seminar independently. All seminars will be a total of 30 minutes long.

Undergraduate Groups

• 2 students per group
• 30 minutes
• I will provide 1-2 papers as a starting point, but each group will find 3-4 more academic papers that relate to their topic for the seminar.
• Submit a handout of slides at the beginning of class
• Focus more on lecture/presentation/activity. See the Seminar Rubric for a description of how the seminar will be graded.
1. Lecture (topic presentation) (~15-20 minutes)
2. Small activity (in class activity) (~10-15 minutes)

Graduate Students

• individual
• 30 minutes
• I will provide 1-2 papers as a starting point, but each group will find 8-10 more academic papers that relate to their topic for the seminar.
• Submit a handout of slides at the beginning of class
• One week later, submit a 4-5 page report (research paper on your topic). There is a Template available for the research paper based on the CHI extended abstracts format.
• You need to include the Plagiarism Statement on the front of your written report
• See the Seminar Rubric for a description of how the seminar will be graded.
1. Lecture (topic presentation) (~15-20 minutes)
2. Small activity (in class activity) (~10-15 minutes)

Seminar Deliverables

Seminar Givers: 

• Week before the seminar:
• By 8:00pm (Monday night if presenting on Tuesday or Wednesday night if presenting on Thursday) - email me your Seminar Plan)
• Lecture Topics
1. Topic 1
2. Topic 2, etc.
• Activity – short paragraph describing what this is
• References (these should be ~80% complete)
• After class - meet with me for feedback on your Seminar Plan
• Night before your seminar by 8:00pm (undergrad/graduates):
• Send me your slides for your presentation/seminar (don’t forget to include all references)
• These will posted on the class website
• Day of seminar
• Bring a hard copy of your slides to class
• (undergrads) Evaluation of group members (I will provide the sheet)
• 1 week after seminar (graduates)
• Seminar research report (at beginning of class)

Remainder of class:

• On the days you are NOT presenting, you need to send me 2 questions per selected papers (indicated with a ** on the schedule) the night before the seminar/lecture/tutorial (by 8:00pm) by email
• Please use the following subject line in the email:
• 4163/6610 ST# Student Name (or L# or T# if assigned elsewhere)
• Include your questions in the email (no attachments please!)
• Also everyone will be evaluating the seminars (makes up about 10% of the students mark) – I will hand out the forms that you can use for evaluating. These are due at the end of class