Thursday, April 13, 2006

Latest Research on Interface Design

In this session Susan Weinschenk will review some of the most up-to-date research on human behavior and interface design. She'll report on some of the current and interesting research studies from the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Computer Science, Technology, Usability Engineering, and Marketing.  Her presentation will focus on helping us understand how to apply these findings to our work.

This presentation will contain excerpts from HFI's Putting Research into Practice 2-day class for 2006.

If you have co-workers, friends or family that would appreciate learning more, please share this information with them. Please register to attend by emailing events@upamn.org before April 11th at 5:00pm.

Meeting Details:

Date/Time:
April 13, 2006, 6:00 PM
Place:
National Federation of the Blind
Address:
100 East 22nd Street, Minneapolis MN 55404 [View/Print Maps: Mapquest | Google Maps]
Speaker:
Dr. Susan Weinschenk, Human Factors International
Topic:
Latest Research on Interface Design

Agenda:

About Our Speaker

Dr. Susan Weinschenk is Chief of Technical Staff at Human Factors International. She has been an industry leader in the field of usability engineering for over 25 years. Dr. Weinschenk has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University, with three books on usability published by John Wiley and Sons.

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Cost & Registration

 

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Directions & Maps:

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Parking: There is on street parking in the neighborhood.  There is also a church parking lot that should be empty and it is directly across the street from the NFB.  It is on the southeast corner of the intersection of 22nd Street South and 1st Ave South.  NFB is on the northeast corner of the same intersection.

Driving Directions from the North/West via I-94:

  1. East on I-94
  2. Take the LYNDALE AVE exit- EXIT 231A- toward HENNEPIN AVE
  3. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto W LYNDALE AVE N.
  4. Turn LEFT onto OAK GROVE ST / W 15TH ST.
  5. Turn RIGHT onto OAK GROVE ST.
  6. Turn RIGHT onto LASALLE AVE.
  7. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto BLAISDELL AVE S.
  8. Turn LEFT onto W 22ND ST.

Driving Directions from the South/East via I-94:

  1. Take I-94 W / US-12 W.
  2. Take the LYNDALE AVE SOUTH / LYNDALE AVE NORTH exit- EXIT 231B- toward
  3. HENNEPIN AVE NORTH.
  4. Turn RIGHT onto DELL PL.
  5. Turn RIGHT onto GROVELAND AVE.
  6. Turn RIGHT onto NICOLLET AVE S.
  7. Turn LEFT onto E 22ND ST / 22ND ST E.

Driving Directions from the South via I-35E:

  1. Take I-35W N via EXIT 88A on the LEFT toward MINNEAPOLIS.
  2. Take the 31ST ST exit- EXIT 15- toward LAKE ST.
  3. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto 2ND AVE S.
  4. Turn LEFT onto E LAKE ST / CR-3.
  5. Turn RIGHT onto 1ST AVE S.
  6. Turn LEFT onto CECIL NEWMAN LN.
  7. Turn RIGHT onto NICOLLET AVE S.
  8. Turn RIGHT onto E 22ND ST / 22ND ST E. 

Driving Directions from the North via I-35W:

  1. Take I-35W S.
  2. Take the I-94 W exit- EXIT 17B.
  3. Take the 11TH AVE ramp.
  4. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto 17TH ST E.
  5. Turn LEFT onto CR-35 S / PORTLAND AVE S.
  6. Turn RIGHT onto E FRANKLIN AVE / CR-5.
  7. Turn LEFT onto 2ND AVE S.
  8. Turn RIGHT onto E 22ND ST / 22ND ST E.

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