This position paper for the CHI 2003 patterns workshop outlines a few recent thoughts on the value of pattern languages for HCI as a bridge between our discipline and the field of architecture. The connection between architecture and HCI has been made repeatedly in the past, and the beginning adoption of the patterns concept in HCI may be an example of the closeness of these two fields. This su...

Almost half of software in systems being developed today and thirty-seven to fifty percent of efforts throughout the software life cycle are related to the system’s user interface. For this reason issues and methods from the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) affect the overall process of software engineering (SE) tremendously. Yet despite strong motivation amongst organizations to pract...

User-Centered Design (UCD), Usability Engineering (UE) and Participatory Design (PD) are the common HumanComputer Interaction (HCI) approaches that are practiced in the software development process, focusing towards issues and matters concerning user involvement. It overlooks the organizational perspective of HCI integration within the software development organization. The Management Informati...

This paper presents an overview of the international Asociación Interacción Persona-Ordenador (AIPO), a growing society related to HCI and focused on the Spanishspeaking community. AIPO is aimed to support HCI related activities both in the academia and the industry, connecting hundreds of millions of potential members. 1. Looking to the Present: The AIPO Scope and Main Activities. Since 1999 t...

The field of human-computer interaction (HCI) is a significant subset of information systems. Despite its importance, there are few systematic reviews of HCI literature, especially as it pertains to the IS discipline. This study attempts to contribute to the discipline by reporting on a review of HCI research published in seven top IS journals over six years (2003–2009). Our review suggests a f...

The human-computer interaction (HCI) community has developed primarily among those trained in computer science and psychology. Design methodologies within HCI tend to address the needs and interests of those who have been trained in cognitive science, human factors, or software engineering. This paper illuminates the similarities, distinctions and opportunities existing between one of the bette...

The sense of agency is the experience of controlling both one's body and the external environment. Although the sense of agency has been studied extensively, there is a paucity of studies in applied "real-life" situations. One applied domain that seems highly relevant is human-computer-interaction (HCI), as an increasing number of our everyday agentive interactions involve technology. Indeed, H...