MIT COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY

HUMAN-COMPUTER
INTERACTION FOR USER
EXPERIENCE DESIGN
ONLINE SHORT COURSE

Access cutting-edge research changing the face

of human-computer interaction
 ABOUT THIS COURSE
The focus of human-computer interaction (HCI) has moved far beyond the mouse and light-pen. It’s now looking to
the future of technology and how it can transform the experience humans have with machines. This program is built
on the knowledge and work of eight world-renowned faculty members from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) who are at the forefront of research, pushing the technological boundaries to go
beyond user experience as we know it, focusing on enhancing the interaction between humans and computers
and creating more powerful, faster, simpler, and intuitive experiences.

WHAT THE
PROGRAM COVERS $ $2,500
This six week course will inspire you with real-world
applications of technology aimed toward better design
and usability.
6 weeks,
Exploring the range from non-traditional interaction, online excluding 1 week orientation
collaboration, media authoring, speech recognition, rapid
prototyping, and the future direction of HCI, you’ll reflect on
how this cutting-edge research enhances user experience
8–10 hours/week of self-paced
and human-computer interaction in your own area of
learning, entirely online
interest or within your own industry.

Historically, CSAIL played a pivotal role in

the computer revolution and continues
innovating today. For decades, lab researchers
have been prominent in early developments
like time-sharing, massively parallel computers,
public key encryption, leading much of the
innovation emanating from academia with artificial
intelligence, machine learning, cryptography,
additive manufacturing, augmented and virtual
reality, autonomy, cloud computing, robotics, and
much of the technology underlying the internet,
the World Wide Web, and more.*
*
MIT CSAIL

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THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU IF:

You want access to cutting-edge You’re looking to build on your You want proof of your proficiency
research changing the face of knowledge of user experience design in the form of an official certificate
human-computer interaction. by integrating human computer interface of completion from MIT through
thinking into your current work. MIT xPRO.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?

The program is designed to equip those who are interested in understanding the latest HCI research from MIT CSAIL
as part of their professional education or are looking to explore a new career in human-computer interaction.

At CSAIL, we believe that computation is the key to creating

a successful future. Our members are focused on the
future of computing, on making computers more capable
and developing the science and capabilities of computing
through advances in all aspects of computer science
including the theory of computation, systems research and
artificial intelligence. We believe that through computation,
we can make the world a more intelligent, innovative,
interesting, and better place to be.
– DANIELA RUS, DIRECTOR OF CSAIL AT MIT

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WHAT
YOU’LL LEARN
This online program integrates rich, interactive media such as videos,
infographics, and e-learning activities as well as traditional didactic
components such as written study guides (course notes). There are
also opportunities for collaborative learning through discussion forums.
The following modules contribute to the holistic approach your
learning path takes:

ORIENTATION MODULE
WELCOME TO YOUR ONLINE CAMPUS
1 WEEK
You’ll be welcomed with a personal call and get introduced to your online
teaching and technical support network. Begin connecting with fellow
students while exploring the navigation and tools of your Online Campus.
Be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and review how your
results will be calculated and distributed.

You’ll be required to complete your student profile, confirm your

certificate delivery address, and submit a digital copy of your passport/
identity document.

MODULE 1
THE ESSENCE OF INTERACTION DESIGN (DANIEL JACKSON)
Evaluate interface design in terms of the five essential criteria, multiple
levels, and conceptual aspects.

MODULE 2
NATURAL INTERACTION (RANDALL DAVIS)
Recommend the application of natural interfaces to enhance
user interaction.

MODULE 3
COLLABORATIVE COMPUTER INTERACTION (DAVID KARGER)
Compare advantages of new annotation, collaboration tools and end-
user programming tools that help democratize computer interaction.

MIT CSAIL HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION FOR USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN

 MODULE 4
INTELLIGENT USER INTERFACES AND PROTOTYPING
(WOJCIECH MATUSIK AND STEFANIE MUELLER)
WHAT IS MIT CSAIL?
Discover how high-performance applications can improve usability
and how prototyping can be applied. Learn more about the
MIT COMPUTER SCIENCE
AND ARTIFICIAL
MODULE 5 INTELLIGENCE
MULTIMEDIA, SPEECH, AND VISION IN COMPUTER LABORATORY
INTERACTION (FRÉDO DURAND AND JIM GLASS)
Analyze the latest research on novel tools and compare past, present,
and future cases in which a machine learns, acts on, and responds
to human speech including situations involving visual cues.

MODULE 6
FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN HUMAN-COMPUTER
INTERACTION (DANIELA RUS)
Reflect on future and far-future directions in the field
of human-computer interaction.

I imagine a future where robots are so

integrated in the fabric of human life that they
become as common as smartphones are today.
The field of robotics has the potential to greatly
improve the quality of our lives at work, at
home and at play.
– DANIELA RUS, DIRECTOR OF CSAIL AT MIT

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WHO YOU’LL
LEARN FROM
YOUR COURSE FACULTY
These subject matter experts from MIT CSAIL guide the course design and appear in a number of course videos.

DANIELA RUS RANDALL DAVIS

Professor of Electrical Engineering Professor in the Department of Electrical
and Computer Science and Director Engineering and Computer Science
of the Computer Science and Artificial In 1978, Professor Davis joined the
Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT faculty of the Electrical Engineering and Computer
Prior to her appointment as Director, Professor Rus Science Department at MIT, where from 1979-1981 he
served as Associate Director of CSAIL from 2008 to held an Esther and Harold Edgerton Endowed Chair. He
2011, and as the Co-Director of CSAIL’s Center for is currently a Full Professor in the Department, and a
Robotics from 2005 to 2012. She also leads CSAIL’s Research Director of CSAIL. He and his research group
Distributed Robotics Laboratory. Rus is the first woman are developing advanced tools that permit natural,
to serve as director of CSAIL, and its predecessors the sketch-based interaction with software, particularly for
AI Lab and the Lab for Computer Science. computer-aided design and design rationale capture.
.
DANIEL JACKSON DAVID KARGER
Professor in the Department of Electrical Professor of Computer Science
Engineering and Computer Science Professor Karger’s primary interest these
Professor Jackson’s current focus days is in developing tools that help
is on new approaches to software design for individuals manage information better. This involves
improved usability and reduce development cost; studying people and current tools to understand where the
new programming paradigms; security-by-design for problems are, creating and evaluating tools that address
cyberphysical systems and web apps. He has general those problems, and deploying those tools to learn how
interests in lightweight formal methods (such as Alloy) people use them and iterate the whole process. He draws
and the role of design thinking in software. on whatever fields can help: information retrieval, machine
learning, databases, and algorithms, but most often human
computer interaction.

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 WOJCIECH MATUSIK FRÉDO DURAND
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Professor of Electrical Engineering and
and Computer Science at the Computer Computer Science at the Massachusetts
Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Institute of Technology
Professor Matusik’s research interests are in direct Professor Durand works both on synthetic image
digital manufacturing and computer graphics. In generation and computational photography, where
2004, he was named one of the world’s top 100 young new algorithms afford powerful image enhancement
innovators by MIT’s Technology Review Magazine. and the design of imaging system that can record richer
In 2009, he received the Significant New Researcher information about a scene. His research interests span
Award from ACM Siggraph. In 2012, Matusik received most aspects of picture generation and creation, with
the DARPA Young Faculty Award and he was named a emphasis on mathematical analysis, signal processing,
Sloan Research Fellow. and inspiration from perceptual sciences.

STEFANIE MUELLER JIM GLASS

Assistant Professor in the MIT EECS Senior Research Scientist at the
department and a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Science and Artificial Dr. Glass leads the Spoken Language
Intelligence Laboratory Systems Group in the Computer Science and Artificial
Professor Mueller develops novel hardware and Intelligence Laboratory. He is also a member of the
software systems that advance personal fabrication Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology Faculty.
technologies. She publishes her work at the most Since obtaining his S.M. and Ph.D. degrees at MIT
selective HCI venues CHI and UIST and has received a in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, his
best paper award and two best paper nominees in the research has focused on automatic speech recognition,
past. She is also serving on the CHI and UIST program unsupervised speech processing, and spoken language
committees as an associate chair. understanding.

HEAD LEARNING FACILITATOR

A subject expert who’ll guide you

YOUR through content-related challenges.

SUCCESS TEAM SUCCESS MANAGER

Your one-on-one support available during
GetSmarter, with whom MIT CSAIL is University hours (9am - 5pm EST) to resolve
collaborating to deliver this online course, technical and administrative challenges.
provide a personalized approach to online
education which ensures you’re supported GLOBAL SUCCESS TEAM
throughout your learning journey. Available 24/7 to solve your tech-related
and administrative querie and concerns.

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MIT CSAIL? WHAT IS

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Laboratory – known as CSAIL – ­ is the largest research
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 MIT xPRO Each module is released weekly, allowing a flexible but
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CERTIFICATE you engage in individual activities and group discussions,

ensuring you feel confident to submit your best work at
each weekly deadline.
This program offers you the opportunity to be recognized
for your acquired knowledge when you earn an official TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
certificate from MIT. BASIC REQUIREMENTS
In order to complete a course, you’ll need a current email
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical
account and access to a computer and the internet. You
assignments completed online. In order to be issued with an
should be familiar with using a computer and accessing
MIT xPRO certificate you will need to meet the requirements
the internet, as you may need to read documents
outlined in the program handbook. The handbook will be
in Adobe PDF Reader, view Microsoft PowerPoint
made available to you as soon as you begin the course.
presentations, and read and create documents in
Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and Microsoft Word. Installing Adobe Flash Player will
couriered to you at no additional cost. All certificate images give you full access to certain course content, such
are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to as interactive infographics. However, you’ll still have
change at the discretion of the university or GetSmarter. access to this content in the form of a downloadable PDF
transcript if you’d prefer not to use Flash.

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We recommend that you use Google Chrome as your
YOU’LL LEARN internet browser when accessing the Online Campus.
Although this is not a requirement, we have found that
this browser performs best for ease of access to course
Every course is broken down into manageable, material. This browser can be downloaded here.
weekly modules, designed to accelerate your
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group discussions Please note that Google, Vimeo, and YouTube may be
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video lectures, infographics, live polls, and more blocked in your jurisdiction, you may have difficulty
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• Apply what you learn each week to quizzes and Consultant before registering for this course if you have
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ONLINE SHORT COURSE
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