Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Courses

Stretchis - Fabricating Highly Stretchable User Interfaces

Innovative fabrication method for creating highly stretchable interfaces with embedded sensors and displays, enabling non-experts to add interaction to elastic objects, shape-changing surfaces, fabrics, and skin.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Mobile Fabrication

Exploring the future of personal fabrication on-the-go through surveys, prototypes, and custom apps. Insights on hardware requirements and user experiences in mobile settings like metro trains.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The Ethical Implications of HCI's Turn to the Cultural

Exploring ethical challenges in HCI's cultural turn, focusing on interactive performances. Discusses transgression, boundaries, consent, withdrawal, data integrity, and managing overlapping ethical frameworks.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

An Investigation of Metrics for the In Situ Detection of Software Expertise

Exploring metrics to automatically detect software user expertise through in situ usage patterns, correlating with traditional task-based assessments for potential application in adaptive interfaces.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Tales of Software Updates - The Process of Updating Software

Explores the six-stage software update process, user experiences, and security implications. Analyzes survey responses to understand factors influencing update decisions and their impact on computer vulnerability.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

The Poetics of Socio-Technical Space - Evaluating the Internet of Things Through Craft

Exploring craftspeople's relationships with tools and workspaces to inform IoT design, emphasizing human agency, flexibility, and material consequences in socio-technical arrangements.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

TouchTokens - Guiding Touch Patterns with Passive Tokens

Innovative approach to combine tangible and gestural input using passive tokens on multi-touch surfaces, enhancing interface design with high-accuracy touch pattern recognition.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Parallel Eyes - Exploring Human Capability and Behaviors with Paralleled First Person View Sharing

Explore human capabilities and behaviors through shared first-person video perspectives. Discover how this technology enhances memory, decision-making, and spatial awareness in collaborative settings.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Challenging the Car Norm - Opportunities for ICT to Support Sustainable Transportation Practices

Explore how ICT can support sustainable transportation practices, focusing on a study of families replacing cars with light electric vehicles and the resulting opportunities for designers.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Crossed Wires - Investigating the Problems of End-User Developers in a Physical Computing Task

Investigates challenges faced by end-users in physical computing tasks, focusing on circuit construction and programming issues when connecting sensors to microcontrollers. Highlights the need for better support tools.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Tell It Like It Really Is - A Case of Online Content Creation and Sharing Among Older Adult Bloggers

Exploring how blogging supports older adults' psychological and social needs, fostering identity development, self-expression, meaningful engagement, and community in late-life.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Off-Limits - Interacting Beyond the Boundaries of Large Displays

Explore innovative mid-air pointing technique for interacting with large displays, extending input space beyond screen boundaries. Improves navigation in expansive information spaces through empirical studies and modeling.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

HaptiCase - Back-of-Device Tactile Landmarks for Eyes-Free Absolute Indirect Touch

Explore HaptiCase, a technique using back-of-device tactile landmarks to improve eyes-free touch input on smartphones when mirroring to distant screens, enhancing accuracy and reducing target size.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Provably Beneficial Artificial Intelligence

Stuart Russell explores the concept of provably beneficial AI, addressing potential risks and proposing solutions for developing AI systems that are demonstrably advantageous to humanity.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Building Dusty Robotics

Explore the future of construction with robotics and automation, focusing on efficiency, safety, and cost reduction. Learn about Dusty Robotics' journey and vision for transforming the industry.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk