%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Institution        University of Alabama
%Unit               Computer Science Department
%Center             
%Shortname          Univ. of Alabama, Computer Science
%Country            USA-AL, Tuscaloosa
%Keyname            
%Address            Box 870290
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
%Phone              (205) 348-6363
%Fax                (205) 348-8573
%Email              mbrown@cs.ua.edu
%Contact            Marcus Brown
%Updated            1993-04-01
%Degrees            BS, MS, PhD in CS
%HCI_MS_Theses      0
%HCI_PhD_Theses     0
%HCI_MS_Current     3
%HCI_PhD_Current    1
%Description The U of Alabama CS Dept has strengths in SE, AI and
DB as well as HCI.  HCI courses are also available through
Industrial Engineering.
%Facilities Graduate students have access to 60 IBM RS/6000 color
graphics workstations as well as PCs, AT&T and IBM mainframe
access.

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Marcus Brown
%Title              Assistant Professor
%Address            University of Alabama
Computer Science
Box 870290
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
%Phone              (205) 348-5243
%FAX                (205) 348-8573
%Email              mbrown@cs.ua.edu
%Program 
%Other_Contacts +

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Marcus Brown
%Title              Assistant Professor
%Degree             PhD, 1988, Texas A&M, Computer Science
%Phone              (205) 348-5243
%Email              mbrown@cs.ua.edu
%Interests +
 * Literate Programming
 * Hypertext
 * Virtual Reality
%Publications +
 * Brown, M. and Childs, S.B. "An Interactive Environment for
   Literate Programming" Structured Programming, 11:11-15 (1990)
 * Bishop, G, et al. "Research Directions in Virtual Environments"
   Computer Graphics, 26,3:153-177 (1992)
 * Brown, M and Cordes, D. "Literate Programming Applied to
   Conventional Software Design, Structured Programming 11:85-90
   (1990)

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Advanced Computer Human Interface
%Number             CS 686
%Instructor         Marcus Brown
%Frequency          Annual
%Times_Taught       1
%Enrollment         8
%Format             Lecture & discussions & project
%Tools              X windows, etc.
%Text +
 * Baecker & Buxton, 1987
 * Shneiderman, 1992
%Description Topics in human computer interface, including
graphics user interfaces, computer supported cooperative work,
different interface styles, UIMS, on-line documentation and
hypermedia.  Software user interface design philosophy and
evaluation methods.

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Software User Interface Design
%Number             CS 407/507
%Instructor         Marcus Brown
%Frequency          Annual
%Times_Taught       3
%Enrollment         30
%Format             Lecture & exercises & project
%Tools              PCs, X windows, etc.
%Text +
 * Mayhew, 1992
%Description Basic concepts of the human-computer interface,
including human diversity, user mental models, menus, command
languages, documentation, error messages, anthropomorphisms and
software psychology.