This page will give you pointers where to find "substantial" research publications. A large majority of interesting (and high-quality) papers are available via one of the following digital libraries (free access for students of HS Augsburg, see below):

• ACM Digital Library (ACM = Association for Computing Machinery)
• IEEE Xplore Digital Library (IEEE = Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

How to get papers

While on campus of TH Augsburg and connected to wi-fi you can download any paper from the above libraries for free. You can also access this service from home: Follow our Library's instructions for the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Digital Library respectively.

Conferences

This is a selection of the most relevant conferences. People usually refer to them by their short name (e.g. CHI or INTERACT). There are many more conferences and workshops but be aware that many lesser known conferences have a very mixed quality.

The two flagship conferences in the area of HCI are:

• CHI: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Flagship conference of the field
• UIST: ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium Focuses on innovative interfaces

The following conferences cover the topic of HCI relatively broadly:

• INTERACT: IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Broad range of topics, only every second year
• DIS Designing Interactive Systems Includes more design-oriented and artistic topics
• TEI: Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
• ISS: ACM Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (formerly known as ITS and TABLETOP)
• SUI: ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction
• MobileHCI: ACM Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Virtual, augmented and mixed reality:

• IEEE VR: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
• VRST ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
• ISMAR IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

Potentially relevant conferences:

• UbiComp: ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing Co-located with the ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing (ISWC)
• ETRA: Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
• ICMI: ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
• HRI Human-Robot Interaction This is a portal for human-robot interaction, including a link to the latest ACM/IEEE HRI conference
• CSCW ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

Books

D. Norman (2013) The Design of Everyday Things, 2nd Edition, Basic Books.

B. Albert, T. Tullis (2022) Measuring the User Experience, 3rd Edition, Morgan Kaufmann.

W. Lidwell, K. Holden and J. Butler (2023) Universal Principles of Design, 3rd Edition, Rockport Publishers.

B. Buxton, S. Greenberg, S. Carpendale, N. Marquardt (2012) Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook, Morgan Kaufmann.

Groups and People

Here is an incomplete selection of research groups and influential people worth checking out for inspiration. Look for the respective subpages for publications or projects.

• Computational Behavior Lab (Antti Oulasvirta), Aalto University, Finland
• Future Interfaces Group (Chris Harrison), Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Tangible Media Group (Hiroshi Ishii), MIT Media Lab, USA
• Autodesk User Interface Research Group, Autodesk Research, USA
• Dynamic Graphics Project, University of Toronto, Canada:
  • Ravin Balakrishnan
  • Tovi Grossman
  • Daniel J. Wigdor
• HCI Group at Microsoft Research, USA:
  • Bill Buxton
  • Ken Hinckley
  • Andy Wilson
  • Hrvoje Benko, formerly at MS, now at Oculus Research
• UCL Interaction Centre (Nicolai Marquardt and others), UCL, UK
• GroupLab (Saul Greenberg), University of Calgary, Canada
• Interactive Media Lab Dresden (Raimund Dachselt), TU Dresden
• Institut für Visualisierung und Interaktive Systeme (VIS) und Visualisierungsinstitut (VISUS) der Universität Stuttgart
• Lehrstuhl für Multimodale Mensch-Technik Interaktion (Elisabeth André), Universität Augsburg