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41961-01 - Seminar: HCI at ETH Zürich: An Applied Cognitive Science Perspective (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2016 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers |
Iva Barisic (iva.barisic@unibas.ch)
Christoph Hölscher (christoph.hoelscher@unibas.ch) Svetlana Ognjanovic (svetlana.ognjanovic@unibas.ch) Verena Schnitzler (verena.schnitzler@unibas.ch, Assessor) Tyler Thrash Stephen (tyler.thrash@unibas.ch) |
| Content | This seminar will be based on research at ETH that covers various topics of Human-Computer Interaction and ranges from the usability of financial trading systems to navigation in real and virtual environments, flexibility of spatial representations and usability of mobile wayfinding assistance. One focus will be on visual attention allocation assessment in the context of complex environments. This is further linked to individual differences in problem solving and decision making in complex environments, as well as task properties and cognitive load as a factor for performance decrements. Background: Cognitive science strives to untangle the mental processes and structures underlying cognitive phenomena such as perception, learning, memory and reasoning. Cognitive Science views human cognition as information processing and provides an inter-disciplinary integration of approaches from cognitive psychology, informatics (e.g., artificial intelligence), neuroscience and anthropology. The ETH Cognitive Science group embraces the inter-disciplinary nature of Cognitive Science by reaching out to research and application partners in Architecture, Design, Computing and Neuroscience. The focus is on investigating human interaction with technical systems as well as spatial environments. See also: cog.ethz.ch |
| Bibliography | to be announced in class. |
| Comments | Vorrang haben Studierende der Mensch-Maschine Interaktion. Auswahlkriterien bei Überbelegung: 1. Masterprojekt "Mensch-Maschine Interaktion" 2. Studiengang PEP 3. Anzahl Studiensemester |
| Admission requirements | abgeschlossenes Bachelorstudium. |
| Course application | Ab 1. August bis 19. August 2016 können über MOnA die Seminare belegt werden. Ab 20. August 2016 wird die Zuteilung zu den Seminaren durch die Dozenten vorgenommen. Im Anschluss besteht die Möglichkeit, nach Absprache mit den Dozenten, weitere Seminare zu belegen. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Theorie Persönlichkeits- und Entwicklungspsychologie (Master Psychology) Modul Theorie Persönlichkeits- und Entwicklungspsychologie (Master Psychology (Start of studies before 01.08.2015)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Psychology, studiendekanat-psychologie@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Psychology |