Synthesis Lectures on
Human-Centered Informatics

Editor

John M. Carroll, Penn State University

Human-Centered Informatics (HCI) is the intersection of the cultural, the social, the cognitive, and the aesthetic with computing and information technology. It encompasses a huge range of issues, theories, technologies, designs, tools, environments and human experiences in knowledge work, recreation and leisure activity, teaching and learning, and the potpourri of everyday life. The series will publish state-of-the-art syntheses, case studies, and tutorials in key areas. It will share the focus of leading international conferences in HCI.

Activity Theory in HCI: Fundamentals and Reflections

Victor Kaptelinin and Bonnie Nardi
2012

Conceptual Models: Core to Good Design

Jeff Johnson and Austin Henderson
2011

Geographical Design: Spatial Cognition and Geographical Information Science

Stephen C. Hirtle
2011

User-Centered Agile Methods

Hugh Beyer
2010

Experience-Centered Design: Designers, Users, and Communities in Dialogue

Peter Wright and John McCarthy
2010

Experience Design: Technology for All the Right Reasons

Marc Hassenzahl
2010

Designing and Evaluating Usable Technology in Industrial Research: Three Case Studies

Clare-Marie Karat and John Karat
2010

Interacting with Information

Ann Blandford and Simon Attfield
2010

Designing for User Engagement: Aesthetic and Attractive User Interfaces

Alistair Sutcliffe
2009

Context-Aware Mobile Computing: Affordances of Space, Social Awareness, and Social Influence

Geri Gay
2009

Studies of Work and the Workplace in HCI: Concepts and Techniques

Graham Button and Wes Sharrock
2009

Semiotic Engineering Methods for Scientific Research in HCI

Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza and Carla Faria Leitão
2009

Common Ground in Electronically Mediated Conversation

Andrew Monk
2008