%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Country            United Kingdom, England, Portsmouth
%Shortname          Univ. of Portsmouth, Psychology
%Institution        University of Portsmouth
%Unit               Department of Psychology
%Address            King Charles St.
Portsmouth PO1 2ER, UK
%Phone              +705-874-033
%Fax                +705-877-155
%Email              vanlaard@csovax.portsmouth.ac.uk
%Contact            Darren Van Laar
%Updated            1993-04-01
%Degrees            BSc, PhD
%HCI_BS_HCI_Theses  5
%HCI_PhD_Theses     0
%HCI_MS_Current     2
%HCI_PhD_Current    1
%Description Use of colour in computers, CSCW, intelligent
tutoring systems (especially of statistical knowledge),
perception of computerised speech, user interface design for
complex systems.
%Facilities The department has onsite access to 14 PCs, Vax lines
and 4 Macs. We also have one sun 3 workstation.  For colour work
we have Minolta ca-100 colour analyzer and Bentham m300
spectroradiometer. Also large literature collection on use of
colour in computers. Work on perception of computerised speech
also has equivalent machines.

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Darren Van Laar
%Title              Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology
%Address            King Charles St.
Portsmouth PO1 2ER, UK
%Phone              +705-874-033
%Fax                +705-877-155
%Email              vanlaard@csovax.portsmouth.ac.uk
%Program HCI is taught as part of a third year option course
called Human Factors in information technology.  10 other third
year option courses also run in the department. There have been 5
BSc HCI degrees in the past five years.
%Other_Contacts +
 * John MacDonald, Speech and intelligent tutoring systems,
   MacdonaldJ@csovax.portsmouth.ac.uk

%SECTION            HCI Faculty
%Name               Darren Van Laar
%Title              Senior Lecturer
%Degree             PhD Imperial College, London University
%Phone              +705-874-033
%Email              vanlaard@csovax.portsmouth.ac.uk
%Interests +
 * colour in computers
 * UI design
 * ITSs
%Publications +
 * Van laar and Flavell, Using colour in computers I: Physiology,
   physics and perception. ICL technical journal, 7, (1) 154-180.
 * Van laar and Flavell, Using colour in computers II: Coding,
   cognition and comprehension. ICL technical journal, 7, (2)
   362-383.
 * MacDonald and Van Laar Teaching and learning SPSS/PC+: A
   student centred approach. Psychology Software News, 3 (3), 83.

%SECTION            HCI Course
%Title              Human Factors in Information Technology
%Instructor         Darren van Laar and John MacDonald
%Frequency          Annual
%Times_Taught       2hrs/week
%Enrollment         15
%Format             Lecture + demos + essay + exam
%Tools              Windows + various computer based speech, UI, neural net
demos.
%Text +
 * Dix, Finaly, Obowd and Beale, 1993
%Description One half term of HCI basics, eg dialogue styles, UI
design, IO devices, etc.  One half term of Computers in
education, eg ITS systems, etc.  One half term of AI, eg expert
systems, neural nets, etc.  One half term of User centred design.