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Call for Papers: Special Session on Cybersecurity and IoT @ SpliTech 2023

Poster of the call for papers

The e-Lite research group is organizing a special session focused on Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things (IoT).The poster of the special session, with all the relevant information, is available...

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Participation at SpliTech 2022

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Last week, from the 5th to the 8th of July, the e-Lite research group participated in the 7th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech 2022). The conference was held...

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Special Issue: Understanding Digital Wellbeing within Complex Technological Contexts

IJHCS front cover

The International Journal of Human Computer Studies (IJHCS) issued a special issue on the topic "Understanding Digital Wellbeing within Complex Technological Contexts". Nowadays, there is a growing — yet debated — discussion...

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Convegno "Cittadini nel paese delle meraviglie"

La relazione tra pubblica amministrazione, fornitori di servizi, ed utilizzatori finali (cittadini ed operatori delle amministrazioni) è in profonda evoluzione, con una nuova attenzione rispetto alle esigenze dell'utente, anche attraverso...

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De Russis newly appointed SIGCHI Adjunct Chair

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Congratulations to Luigi De Russis, who has been appointed as an Adjunct Chair (AC) in the ACM SIGCHI Executive Committee. He has been selected after an open call and will serve...

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Publication: Designing technology that promotes users' digital wellbeing

Front-page of the article

The Fall 2021 issue of the ACM XRDS magazine is dedicated to the topic "Is Computing Toxic?". For that issue, Alberto and Luigi were entitled "Designing technology that promotes users...

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Participation at VL/HCC 2021

The e-Lite group will participate at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) with a short research paper entitled "TextCode: A Tool to Support Problem Solving Among...

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Participation at INTERACT 2021

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The e-Lite group will participate at the 18th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2021). The conference will be held in Bari, Italy, in an hybrid format from August 30 to...

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Formazione su Usabilità delle Interfacce Web

L'Area Information Technology del Politecnico di Torino gestisce centinaia di procedure applicative web-based, realizzate nel corso dei decenni, ed aventi diversi livelli di usabilità. Nel periodo giugno-luglio 2021, è stato...

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Article Index

Schedule

This section hosts the schedule and learning materials of all the lectures and labs, with topics and deadlines described for each of them. Please consider the following information as a tentatitive preview of the course organization; it is provided only for helping students organize and plan, and is subject to change without notice.

All slides, examples, exercises, and any other material used in the classroom and in the lab will be also posted in a GitHub repository. Moreover, all lectures will be video-recorded and will be available on the Portale della Didattica, as well as here and in a dedicated YouTube playlist.

DateTypeDetailsTimeVideoTeacher
27/09/2022 Lecture

Introduction to the course

11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
30/09/2022 Lecture

What is HCI?

13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
30/09/2022 Lecture Needfinding 14:30-16:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
           
03/10/2022 Lecture Needfinding (cont'd) 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48  Luigi De Russis
04/10/2022 Exercise Needfinding 11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
05/10/2022   Assignment 0 (group composition) due - doc with results EOD    
07/10/2022 Lab Assignment 1: Needfinding (group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Luigi De Russis
07/10/2022 Lab Assignment 1: Needfinding (group 2) 14:30-16:00 - Luigi De Russis
07/10/2022 Lab Assignment 1: Needfinding (group 3) 16:00-17:30 - Tommaso Calò
           
10/10/2022 Lecture Analyzing and Synthetizing 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48  Luigi De Russis
11/10/2022 Exercise Supervised work group on A1 11:30-13:00 - Tommaso Calò
13/10/2022   Assignment 1 (needfinding) due EOD    
14/10/2022 Lab Assignment 1: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 13:00-14:30 - All
14/10/2022 Lab Assignment 1: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 14:30-16:00 - All
14/10/2022 Lab Assignment 1: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 16:00-17:30 - All
           
17/10/2022 Lecture Analyzing and Synthetizing (cont'd) 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48  Luigi De Russis
18/10/2022 Exercise Tasks and Their Analysis 11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
21/10/2022 Lab Assignment 2: Refinement and project focus (group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
21/10/2022 Lab Assignment 2: Refinement and project focus (group 2) 14:30-16:00 - Luigi De Russis
21/10/2022 Lab Assignment 2: Refinement and project focus (group 3) 16:00-17:30 - Tommaso Calò
           
24/10/2022 Lecture Prototyping 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48  Luigi De Russis
25/10/2022 Lecture Prototyping (cont'd) 11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
27/10/2022   Assignment 2 (refinement and project focus) due EOD    
28/10/2022 Lab Assignment 2: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 13:00-14:30 - All
28/10/2022 Lab Assignment 2: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 14:30-16:00 - All
28/10/2022 Lab Assignment 2: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 16:00-17:30 - All
           
31/10/2022   No class (holiday)      
01/11/2022   No class (holiday)      
04/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Storyboard and Low-fi Prototypes (group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
04/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Storyboard and Low-fi Prototypes (group 2) 14:30-16:00 - Luigi De Russis
04/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Storyboard and Low-fi Prototypes (group 3) 16:00-17:30 - Tommaso Calò
           
07/11/2022 Lecture

Prototyping (cont'd)

Design principles

13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48  Luigi De Russis
08/11/2022 Lecture Design principles (cont'd) 11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
11/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Storyboard and Low-fi Prototypes (cont'd, group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
11/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Storyboard and Low-fi Prototypes (cont'd, group 2) 14:30-16:00 - Luigi De Russis
11/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Storyboard and Low-fi Prototypes (cont'd, group 3) 16:00-17:30 - Tommaso Calò
           
14/11/2022 Lecture Design principles (cont'd) 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48  Luigi De Russis
15/11/2022 Lecture Visual design 11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
17/11/2022   Assignment 3 (storyboard and low-fi prototypes) due      
18/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 13:00-14:30 - All
18/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 14:30-16:00 - All
18/11/2022 Lab Assignment 3: Feedback and discussion (all groups) 16:00-17:30 - All
           
21/11/2022 Lecture Visual design (cont'd) 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48  Luigi De Russis
22/11/2022 Lecture Design patterns 11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Alberto Monge Roffarello
video Exercise Figma Hands-on - icons8 play button 48 Alberto Monge Roffarello
25/11/2022 Lab Assignment 4: Medium-fidelity Prototype (group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
25/11/2022 Lab Assignment 4: Medium-fidelity Prototype (group 2) 14:30-16:00 - Luigi De Russis
25/11/2022 Lab Assignment 4: Medium-fidelity Prototype (group 3) 16:00-17:30 - Tommaso Calò
           
28/11/2022 Lecture Designing for Diversity 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48  Luigi De Russis
29/11/2022 Lecture Evaluation: overview. Heuristic evaluation. 11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Alberto Monge Roffarello
02/12/2022 Lab Assignment 4: Medium-fidelity Prototype (cont'd, group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
02/12/2022 Lab Assignment 4: Medium-fidelity Prototype (cont'd, group 2) 14:30-16:00 - Tommaso Calò
02/12/2022 Lab Assignment 4: Medium-fidelity Prototype (cont'd, group 3) 16:00-17:30 - Tommaso Calò
           
05/12/2022 Lecture Heuristic evaluation (cont'd) 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48 Alberto Monge Roffarello
06/12/2022 Exercise

Heuristic evaluation

11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Alberto Monge Roffarello
09/12/2022   No class      
           
12/12/2022 Lecture Usability testing 13:00-14:30 icons8 play button 48 Alberto Monge Roffarello
13/12/2022 Lecture Usability testing (cont'd) 11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Alberto Monge Roffarello
15/12/2022   Assignment 4 (medium-fidelity prototype) due      
16/12/2022 Lab Assignment 5: Heuristic evaluation - individual assignment (group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
16/12/2022 Lab Assignment 5: Heuristic evaluation - individual assignment (group 2) 14:30-16:00 - Luigi De Russis
16/12/2022 Lab Assignment 5: Heuristic evaluation - individual assignment (group 3) 16:00-17:30 - Tommaso Calò
           
19/12/2022 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (group 1, online) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
19/12/2022 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (group 2, online) 13:00-14:30 - Luigi De Russis
19/12/2022 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (group 3, online) 13:00-14:30 - Tommaso Calò
20/12/2022 Exercise Usability Testing
(plan drafted in class)
11:30-13:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
20/12/2022   Assignment 5 (heuristic evaluation) due      
    Christmas vacation      
09/01/2023 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (cont'd, group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
09/01/2023 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (cont'd, group 2) 13:00-14:30 - Luigi De Russis
09/01/2023 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (cont'd, group 3) 13:00-14:30 - Tommaso Calò
10/01/2023 Seminar HCI processes in industry: the Coolshop case 11:30-13:00 - Luigi De Russis
11/01/2023 Exercise Q&A on the exam and final report 14:30-16:00 icons8 play button 48 Luigi De Russis
13/01/2023 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (cont'd, group 1) 13:00-14:30 - Alberto Monge Roffarello
13/01/2023 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (cont'd, group 2) 14:30-16:00 - Luigi De Russis
13/01/2023 Lab Assignment 6: High-fidelity prototype (cont'd, group 3) 16:00-17:30 - Tommaso Calò

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Publications

Our publications are available throught PORTO@Iris, the open repository of publications produced by the scientific community of Politecnico di Torino.

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Projects and Collaborations

We actively collaborate with international associations, non-profit and public institutions, as well as industrial partners. Have a look at our current and past collaborations!

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Tools and Downloads

We are committed with the Open Source community. Most of our software is freely available under Open Source licenses. Check out our downloads area!

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