WUD 2011 in Aachen
On November 10th the Media Computing Group of RWTH Aachen University and P3 Communications GmbH will host the World Usability Day Aachen for the 6th time.
For this year's edition of this annual worldwide usability event, we have put together a truly unique program.
We are very excited to welcome Bruce “Tog” Tognazzini as our Keynote speaker. He is one of the
most widely known experts in HCI and usability, and his pioneering work as Apple's
Human Interface Evangelist is universally acknowledged.
He is the author of Tog on Interface and Tog on Software Design, both from Addison Wesley, as well as co-author and contributing author of numerous other books. Tog has also published dozens of papers and articles on computer design.
He has delivered keynote addresses at dozens of conferences and conventions around the world, including Siebold, Agenda, and Unix Expo (in America and Europe). His First Principles of Interaction Design are fundamental to the design and implementation of effective interfaces, whether for traditional GUI environments, the web, or mobile devices.The second highlight of the day will be the announcement of the new HCI-Center at RWTH Aachen University. The HCI Center conducts academic research in usability, and designs, develops, and evaluates innovative user interfaces for clients from industry.
The HCI Center is a new kind of interdisciplinary institution, established by four RWTH faculty and P3 Communications GmbH:
Prof. Dr. Jan Borchers, Media Computing Group (founding director)
Prof. Dr. phil. Eva-Maria Jakobs, Text Linguistics and Technical Communication
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. M.Arch. Peter Russel, Computer Aided Architectural Design
Prof. Dr. phil. Martina Ziefle, Communication Science
and Dipl.-Ing Markus Jordans, P3 Communications
One of the first projects of the HCI Center will be to establish a new usability award. Come and join us at the vent to find out more.
