CIS 677 Knowledge-Based Interfaces - Fall, 2009

Mondays and Wednesdays, 4 PM - 5:20 PM
Location: 200 Deschutes
CRN: 16781, Credits: 4
Web: http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/09F/cis677

Instructor

Anthony Hornof, Associate Professor, 356 Deschutes
Office Hours: Tuesday 1-2 PM, or by appointment
hornof@cs.uoregon.edu

Course Content

This course takes a hands on approach to learning how to use state-of-the-art computational cognitive architectures to simulate and predict human behavior. The approach to cognitive modeling taught in this class advances psychological theory and aids in the design of more useful and usable human-computer interfaces. In the course, students will learn (a) the basic cognitive psychology of the sensory, memory, motor control, and executive control processes needed to model complex cognitive tasks, and (b) through a series of hands on modeling assignments, how to use the EPIC cognitive architecture to simulate and predict human performance for a range of human-computer tasks.

Class Administration

Syllabus

Schedule (includes reading assignments)

Resources

EPIC Cognitive Architecture

Acknowledgments

This course is based in part on a Human Performance Modeling class developed by Dr. Travis Seymour at UC Santa Cruz.