Lectures
Handouts HCI & Information Visualization 2025-2026
aka Lectures Interactive Information Visualization
The table below gives access to lecture slides for each lecture and relevant corresponding chapters in the book Designing Interactive Systems. If any additional reading material is expected to be studied for a lecture, it can be found in the table below. The subjects are due to change - this is a provisional list.
The reading assignment is indicated for the lecture at that date; it refers to the 2nd edition of the Benyon course book. Please use this chapter mapping that shows what chapters you need to use if you have the 3rd edition version of the book. Links to the addition papers are given in the table after the lecture schedule.
Lecture slides provided, comprise a summary per lecture. These are exclusively made for the LIACS HCI&IV course 2025-2026 and should only be used for that purpose. Please report errors, omissions and/or additional remarks. Thanks in advance.
Monday lectures are from 11.00 - 12.45, incuding a 15 min break.
Thursday lectures are from 13.15 - 15.00, including a 15 min break.
Schedule is updated according to My TimeTable;
The lecture materials, slides & video, are released after each lecture. The links are given in the schedule below.
Title | date | Location | Subjects discussed | Reading Assignment | File | Video |
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01 | Sep 11 2025 | van Steenis F1.04 | Introduction to HCI/InfoVis Key Principles | Ch. 1 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
02 | Sep 15 2025 | Gorleaus BM 1.23 | Human Perception & Cognition, User Psychology | Ch. 22, Ch. 24 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
03 | Sep 18 2025 | van Steenis F1.04 | Reasoning, Gestalt, Perception & Senses | Ch. 24, Ch. 26, Additional papers | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
04 | Sep 22 2025 | Gorleaus BM 1.23 | Affordance, Knowledge representation, Mental Models, Metaphors Practical Assignment Structure | Ch. 9, Additional Papers | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
05 | Sep 25 2025 | van Steenis F1.04 | Mental Models & Metaphors, Interaction Paradigms, Models and Concepts PM TEST 1 25/26-09-2025, 8.30 hrs | Ch. 2 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
06 | Sep 29 2025 | Gorleaus BM 1.23 | Interaction Styles, Windowing Systems | Ch. 2, Ch. 14 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
07 | Oct 2 2025 | van Steenis F1.04 | Fundamentals of Color, Iconic Messaging | Ch. 2, Ch. 14 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
08 | Oct 6 2025 | Gorleaus BM 1.23 | Text, Visual Coding, Visual Support, Interaction Design, PACT,Rules/Guides, Software Life Cycle PM TEST 2 (02-10-2025, 8.30 hrs) | Ch. 2, Ch. 9, Ch,14 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
09 | Oct 9 2025 | van Steenis F1.04 | User Analysis, Task Analysis Cognitive Task Analysis | Ch. 3, Ch. 5, Ch. 11 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
10 | Oct 13 2025 | Gorleaus BM 1.23 | Dialogue analysis Data & Task Abstraction | Ch. 11, Ch. 14 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
11 | Oct 16 2025 | van Steenis F1.04 | Usability, Prototyping PM TEST 3 (16-10-2025, 8.30 hrs) | Ch. 4, Ch. 7, Ch. 8 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
12 | Oct 20 2025 | Gorleaus BM 1.23 | Usability Engineering, Evaluation, Service Design | Ch. 10, Ch. 18 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
13 | Oct 23 2025 | van Steenis F1.04 | Group Ware. Ubiquitous Computing, Captology, Agents, Affective Computing PM TEST 4 (06-11-2025, 8.30 hrs) | Ch. 15, Ch. 19, Ch. 20, Ch. 21 | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
14 | Dec 2025 | tba | Structure Final Paper, 16-12, starting at 11.00 hrs. | Assignment | [LINK] | [VIDEO] |
Additional Reading Material
These additional papers cover subjects that have been discussed in the lectures. Not all of these subjects are discussed in the book and therefore the additional background reading is provided and expected to be studied as preparation for the written exams. In the table below, it is indicated in which lecture each of the content of the paper is discussed.
Link | ||
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S. Lee, Proprioception | Lecture 3 | [LINK] |
F.J. Verbeek, Gestalt Theory | Lecture 3 | [LINK] |
D. Norman, Affordance | Lecture 4 | [LINK] |
Notes, Mental models | Lecture 4 | [LINK] |
P.N. Johnson-Liard, Mental Models and Deduction | Lecture 4 | [LINK] |
V. Bush, As we may think. | Lecture 5 | [LINK] |
B.B. Bederson, Fisheye Menus | Lecture 6 | [LINK] |
S. Brewster et al., Earcons | Lecture 7 | [LINK] |
E.R.Tufte, Envisioning Information | Lecture 8 | [LINK] |
Div. Authors, Task Analysis | Lecture 9 | [LINK] |
S. Moritz, Practical Access to Service Design | Lecture 12 | [LINK] |
M. Weiser, Ubiquitous computing | Lecture 13 | [LINK] |
BJ Fogg, Persuasive Design (Captplogy) | Lecture 13 | [LINK] |