J. Blustein

About My Courses

About the Courses

CSCI 1107
Social Computing

It is also taught by other professors

Topics (from Fall of 2024/25)

INFX 1600
Integrated Informatics Studies: Foundations

The first time I ever taught this course was in the Regular (Sept. - Apr.) term of 2008/2009.   I co-taught it with C. Blouin and others.

INFX 2600
Integrated Informatics Studies: Foundations

The first time I ever taught this course was in the Regular (Sept. - Apr.) term of 2009/2010.   I co-taughtx it with N. Scrimger and others.

CSCI 3160
User Interface Design

K. Inkpen and I designed this course.  The course proposal from October 2003 (in PDF) is online.

Curriculum Resources:

• draft syllabus (in PDF)
• the course proposal from October 2003 (in PDF)

It was also taught by K. Inkpen, and others

Almost everything I distribute to students in this course at the start of the course (on-line or on CD-ROM) so there is not much at the website for my CSCI 3160

CSCI 3171
Network Computing

I most recently taught this in Summer 2003

It is also taught by E. Grundke, E. Milios, N. Zincir-Heywood, and S. Brooks, and others.

Website for my CSCI 3171

CSCI 3172
Web-Centric Computing

I most recently taught this in Fall (Sept. - Dec.) 2009

It is also taught by N. Zincir-Heywood.  N. Zincir-Heywood and I designed the course to replace CSCI 4173.

Website for my CSCI 3172

CSCI4147
Web of Open Linked Data

The Web of Linked Data (WLD) is a major step towards making abstractions represented in data into something that can be meaningfully manipulated by computing machines. This experiential-learning project-based course introduces models and technologies for representing, aggregating, and machine reasoning about data using WWW standards (e.g., XML, RDF, OWL, SPARQL, RIF). The course prepares students to build applications and services for open government, eCommerce, OpenStreetMap, etc. The course also explores key issues in the development of the future of linked data.

CSCI 4163
Human-Computer Interaction

The 2023– course is substantially different from the Summer 2002 version.

It is also taught by K. Inkpen, and others.

Homepage for my former CSCI 4163

CSCI 4173
Web-Centric Computing
formerly Advanced Web Programming

I most recently taught this in Winter 2007

It is also taught by N. Zincir-Heywood

Website for my CSCI 4173

CSCI 6606
Human Factors in On-Line Information Systems

Homepage for CSCI 6606

CSCI6610
Human-Computer Interaction

A graduate course co-located with CSCI4163, i.e., they share lectures but are different courses.

CSCI6613
Web of Open Linked Data

A graduate course co-located with CSCI4147, i.e., they share lectures but are different courses.

Dates

Textbooks for Upcoming and Recent Semester(s)

Textbooks for Fall 2012/2013 (Sept.–Dec. 2012)

CSCI1107 (Social Computing)

No required textbook

CSCI3160 (User Interface Design)

One of two required books and one recommended book:

Required (one of the following two)

1. User Interface Design and Evaluation by Debbie Stone, et al.; Copyright 2005 by The Open University; Published by Elsevier as Morgan Kaufmann, with ISBN 0-120-88436-4.
2. The Resonant Interface: HCI Foundations for Interaction Design by Steven Heim; Copyright 2008; Published by Addison Wesley Higher Education, with ISBN 978-0-321-37596-4.

Recommended (in any edition)

• The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams; Published by Peachpit Press.

Textbooks for Winter 2012/2013 (Jan.–Apr. 2013)

CSCI 6606 (Human Factors in On-line Information Systems)

No textbook

See Also

My teaching materials

Forms, etc. I use in class

My archive of other's materials

Copies of course notes and materials (most by other teachers)

My homepage

An overview of evertyhing at this, my Dalhousie FCS, website