User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX)

Announcements:

• Office hour change: M (12/4/23) 11am-1pm, instead of Tu (12/5/23) 3-5pm.
• Special guest from DHS at the beginning of 10/25/23 class: Terry Murphy, Deputy Director, Office of Test & Evaluation, Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, to briefly discuss the following topics:
  • How to grow the Test & Evaluation (T&E) workforce.
  • How to help students know about T&E, get excited about careers in T&E, and
  • How they apply for jobs in T&E with the federal government.
• Slides and additional papers/chapters are now available on Canvas, under the "files" section.
• Please submit all your course deliverables, including homework assignments, project related material, and exams, via Canvas.
• Exam info:
  • Exam#1 on 9/27 at regular class time;
  • Exam#2 on 11/8 at regular class time;
  • Final exam: TBD
  • Sample exams will available before 9/27.

Assignments and Course Project

• Homework #4 . Due: 11/1/23.
• Homework #3 . Due: 10/19/23.
• Homework #2 . Due: 9/19/23.
• Homework #1 . Due: 9/12/23.
• Course project
  • Proposal due: 10/3/23.
  • Progress report due: 10/31/23.
    (See also slightly updated description of the progress report.)
  • An optional presentation to be scheduled in the last 3-4 weeks of class, with slides due on the day before your scheduled presentation date. (See the project presentation schedule.)
  • Report due: 11/28/23.

Online Course Material

• Syllabus: See SMU simple syllabus on line and on Canvas.
• Tentative schedule (a rough schedule was also embedded in the syllabus above)
• Some interesting papers/publications
  (including some additional references/books in addition to our main textbook, since the standard simply syllabus oly gives required textbooks)
• Some other material will be available on Canvas, e.g., sample exams, homework/project/exam submission links, grades/feedback, announcements, selected papers/documents, etc.