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Awareness Systems: Advances in Theory, Methodology and Design (Human-Computer Interaction Series)

Springer, 2009

People go about their daily tasks with an in-built awareness of their social and physical environments. This awareness helps them to work cooperatively in groups, coordinate actions, and to maintain and enhance social communication with others. Networked technology has extended the reach of people's awareness to remote and distributed groups and...

Virtual Reality: Second International Conference, ICVR 2007, Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007, Proceedings

Springer, 2007

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Virtual Reality, ICVR 2007, held in Beijing, China in July 2007 in the framework of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2007 with 8 other thematically similar conferences.

The 81 revised papers presented were carefully...

Cost-Justifying Usability, Second Edition: An Update for the Internet Age, Second Edition (Interactive Technologies)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2005

HCI professionals will repeat quotes with statistics, learn from case studies, and copy chapters for their managers. Thorough & thoughtful, practical & actionable-- readers will be able to put the ideas to work immediately!

Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland

"Cost-Justifying Usability" delivers much...

Introduction to Web Matrix

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003

The essential introduction to using Microsoft's Web Matrix tool for ASP.NET development

An Introduction to Web Matrix provides an easy to follow treatment of the application of this new software, which is rapidly becoming the preferred vehicle for the teaching of website design. Written...

The Craft of System Security

Addison Wesley, 2007

"I believe The Craft of System Security is one of the best software security books on the market today. It has not only breadth, but depth, covering topics ranging from cryptography, networking, and operating systems--to the Web, computer-human interaction, and how...

Structure for Dependability: Computer-Based Systems from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Springer, 2005

This book gathers the latest research on the structure of computer-based systems from computer scientists, sociologists, statisticians and psychologists and combines it into a readable overview of the latest work in dependable computer-based systems.

Previous work in this area has tended to come from the viewpoint of a single discipline,...

Java Methods for Financial Engineering: Applications in Finance and Investment

Springer, 2007

In order to build a successful, Java-based application it is important to have a clear understanding of the principles underlying the various financial models. Those models guide the application designer in choosing the most appropriate Java data structures and implementation strategy. This book describes the principles of model building in...

Better Game Characters by Design: A Psychological Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2006

Games are poised for a major evolution, driven by growth in technical sophistication and audience reach. Characters that create powerful social and emotional connections with players throughout the game-play itself (not just in cut scenes) will be essential to next-generation games. However, the principles of sophisticated character design and...

Joint Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering

CRC Press, 2005

This book was written by pioneers in the field and offers a principled approach to studying human work with complex technology. … It seems destined to become a classic in the field.
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In the nine compact chapters of Joint Cognitive Systems (JCS), two recognized figures in the field of human factors provide an...

New Directions in Cognitive Information Retrieval (The Information Retrieval Series)

Springer, 2005

New Directions in Cognitive Information Retrieval presents an exciting new direction for research into cognitive oriented information retrieval (IR) research, a direction based on an analysis of the user’s problem situation and cognitive behavior when using the IR system. This contrasts with the current dominant IR research...

Voice Interaction Design: Crafting the New Conversational Speech Systems (Interactive Technologies)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2004

"This is not simply a cookbook: Voice Interaction Design teaches craftsmanship through providing a broad and deep understanding of speech as well as exposure to the current state of voice interfaces. Harris's book offers invaluable insights for the thoughtful voice interface designer. " --Clifford Nass, Professor, Stanford University,...

Funology: From Usability to Enjoyment (Human-Computer Interaction)

Springer, 2004

This book reflects the move in Human Computer Interaction studies from standard usability concerns towards a wider set of problems to do with fun, enjoyment, aesthetics and the experience of use.

Traditionally HCI has been concerned with work and task based applications but as digital technologies proliferate in the home fun becomes an...

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