%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Country            Sweden, Linkoping
%Shortname          Linkoping Univ., Computer Science
%Institution        Linkoping University (Sweden)
%Unit               Dept. of Computer Science
%Address            Dept. of Computer Science
Linkoping University
S-581 83 Linkoping, SWEDEN
%Phone              +46 13 281480
%Fax                +46 13 142231
%Email              lew@ida.liu.se
%Contact            Lillemor Wallgren
%Updated            1993-04-01
%Degrees            MSc, Licentiate, PhD
%HCI_MS_Theses      15
%HCI_PhD_Theses     1
%HCI_MS_Current     5
%HCI_PhD_Current    3
%Description The computer science department is particularly
strong in applied and theoretical AI. The HCI connection is
mainly to be found in the Usability Matters research group,
focusing on applied HCI research. HCI-relevant cognitive
science is generally a strong point of the department. The
University also has a department for interdisciplinary research
into communication, where HCI from a psychological point of view
is an important topic.
%Facilities The computer science department has around 200 Sun-4
workstations for teaching and research. The main software
platform is Open Windows 3.0 but X11/Motif is also used. There
are several Macs, used mainly for word processing and
presentations.

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Jonas Lowgren
%Title              Assisting Professor
%Address            Dept. of Computer Science
Linkoping University
S-581 83 Linkoping, SWEDEN
%Phone              +46 13 281482
%FAX                +46 13 142231
%Email              jlo@ida.liu.se
%Program The HCI work within the department of computer science
is mainly concerned with tools, techniques and methods for
user-centered systems development.
%Other_Contacts +
 * Yvonne Waern, Dept. of Theme Research in Communication
   yvowa@tema.liu.se
 * Nils Dahlback, Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
   nda@ida.liu.se

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Jonas Lowgren
%Title              Assisting Professor
%Degree             PhD, 1991, Linkoping, UIMS
%Phone              +46 13 281482
%Email              jlo@ida.liu.se
%Interests +
 * Design process and theory
 * User-centered systems development
 * Design tools and techniques
 * Knowledge-based systems and UIMS
%Publications +
 * Lowgren, J. and Lauren, U. (1993) Supporting the use of
   guidelines and style guides in professional user-interface
   design. Interacting with Computers 5(4):385-396.
 * Lowgren, J. (1993) Using domain knowledge to support
   graphical editing. Proc. 5th Int Conf Human-Computer
   Interaction (HCI International '93), pp. 421-426.
 * Lowgren, J. and Nordqvist, T. (1992) Knowledge-based evaluation
   as design support for graphical user interfaces. In Human
   Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'92 Proceedings), Monterey,
   pp. 181-188.

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Human-Computer Interaction
%Number             TDDB10
%Instructor         Jonas Lowgren
%Frequency          Annual
%Times_Taught       3
%Enrollment         60-70
%Format             Lectures, Field and studio exercises, Project
%Tools              Developer's Guide 3.0
%Text +
 * Lowgren, J. (1993) Human-computer interaction: What every
   system developer should know. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
 - Selected articles
%Description The course is given for undergraduate computer
science and engineering majors. The goal of the course is to give
the students a toolbox of techniques for user interface
development, including design, implementation and evaluation.
Throughout the course, the techniques are practised in applied
exercises.

%SECTION            HCI Courses
%Title              Design for Usability
%Instructor         Jonas Lowgren
%Frequency          Annual
%Times_Taught       1
%Enrollment         25
%Format             Lectures, Seminars, Essay, Experiments, Project
%Text +
 - Selected articles
%Description The course is given for undergraduate
information systems majors. The goal is to have students
critically examine the concept of usability, investigate
the fundamentals of design theory and creativity and finally
to bring the draw the two areas together by means of a small
project.