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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · 1h

Prof. Adam Sanborn giving a talk on Bayesian Brain without Probabilities at Aalto

Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · 13d

John R. Platt's Strong Inference 1958 (Science) keeps giving. Reading it this morning I found this gem.

To push forward HCI, we need to do the same: sit down, think, and build models that help us tease out the fundamental questions -- and only then run empirical studies. Not the other way around.

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · 14d

The textbook is much more comprehensive than any introductory class needs. That's why we offer recommendations in Preface for courses in different contexts: computer science, design, engineering, social sciences, and specialized courses.

Preface here:
introductiontohci.org

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · 17d

Our new textbook isn't just about the essentials of research in HCI, it also offers guidance to those who entertain HCI as their future careers. My own two favorite bits are on how to read a paper critically and selecting HCI problems that matter.

academic.oup.com/book/60808

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Danqing Shi @danqingshi.bsky.social · 21d

Thrilled to share our #UIST2025 research! We investigate how the decomposition principle can improve human feedback for LLM alignment. In a 160-participant study, our tool DxHF increases feedback accuracy by +4.7%
👉 sdq.github.io/DxHF

Furui Tino
@oulasvirta.bsky.social @elassady.bsky.social

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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 24d

@acmuist.bsky.social #uist2025 program is out: programs.sigchi.org/uist/2025/pr...
... lots of interesting papers to look forward to, see you there

Conference Programs

programs.sigchi.org

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · Sep 2

With the CHI deadline fast approaching, I'm resharing our lab's resource on making figures for HCI papers: docs.google.com/presentation...

New content suggestions always appreciated. Don't be shy to promote your own work!

Makeability Lab - How to Figures

How to figures makeabilitylab.cs.uw.edu

docs.google.com

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · Aug 25

OUP now offers not only one mammoth PDF but each chapter as its own file: academic.oup.com/book/60808

Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction

Abstract. Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction provides the first comprehensive textbook on the design of computing systems for human use. The book i

academic.oup.com

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢The open access version of our book is available now via OUP's site: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · Aug 19

OA version out now: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

global.oup.com

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · Jul 31

The OA version will be available next week via OUP. I'll add that link on the book's homepage as soon as it's out:
introductiontohci.org

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · Jul 31

And perhaps what makes me proudest: the book is free.

While open access has gained momentum in HCI, it has largely focused on articles, not educational resources. We hope this open access book promotes equity, especially in low-resource settings, and accelerates the uptake of HCI’s findings.

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · Jul 31

What excites me most is its focus on the *enduring principles* of HCI; its core methods, concepts, theories, and models. While many books approach HCI primarily as a craft, we set out to go deeper. Our goal was to welcome students into the rich intellectual world of HCI research.

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's amazing to have the book in my hand now, after several years of working on it with Kasper and Per Ola.

In a nutshell, it's a new textbook for introductory-level HCI courses:
✅ 10 parts, covering the whole HCI process
✅ 864 pages and 1.9 kgs
✅ Open access (!)

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ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig @scadsai.bsky.social · Jul 16

🏆Anton Gasse, Alexander Lingler(@ituaustria.bsky.social), Martin Lorenz, @oulasvirta.bsky.social(@aalto.fi‬), @philwintersberg.bsky.social(@ituaustria.bsky.social) & @patebel.bsky.social won the People’s Choice Award for Best Poster @chiwork.bsky.social 2025 in Amsterdam!
🔗https://shorturl.at/D5JDO

Smiling young man standing next to a poster titled "Evaluating Attention Management Systems for Dynamic Monitoring Tasks" at a conference.

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Antti Oulasvirta @oulasvirta.bsky.social · Jun 23

We had a lovely summer school last week in Paris. Thirty amazing students and postdocs, a week full of keynotes and hands-on lectures on computational methods. State-of-the-art as call as classical topics, ranging from LLM agents to Bayesian inference cixschool2025.isir.upmc.fr

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Jeffrey P. Bigham @jeffreybigham.com · Jun 22

I work in the best university in the world, less than 3 hours from my rural hometown, yet superstar students travel here from all over the world… if we keep treating them badly, will centers of excellence move elsewhere?

"If my kids excel, will they move away?"

jeffreybigham.com/blog/2025/wh...