Lectures

Handouts HCI & Information Visualization 2026-2027
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 2026-2027 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.

TitledateLocationSubjects discussedReading AssignmentFileVideo
01Aug 31 2026

Gorlaeus
EM 1.09

Introduction to HCI/InfoVis
Key Principles
Ch. 1[LINK][VIDEO]
02Sep 03 2026Gorlaeus
BW 0.39
Human Perception & Cognition,
User Psychology
Ch. 22, Ch. 24[LINK][VIDEO]
03Sep 07 2026Gorlaeus
BE 0.18
Reasoning, Gestalt,
Perception & Senses
Ch. 24, Ch. 26,
Additional papers
[LINK][VIDEO]
04Sep 10 2026Gorlaeus
BW 0.39
Affordance, Knowledge representation,
Mental Models, Metaphors
Practical Assignment Structure
Ch. 9, Additional Papers[LINK][VIDEO]
05Sep 14
2026
Gorlaeus
BE 0.18
Mental Models & Metaphors,
Interaction Paradigms, Models and Concepts
PM TEST 1 25/26-09-2025, 8.30 hrs
Ch. 2[LINK][VIDEO]
06Sep 17 2026Gorlaeus
BW 0.39
Interaction Styles,
Windowing Systems
Ch. 2, Ch. 14[LINK][VIDEO]
07Sep 21
2026
Gorlaeus
BE 0.18
Fundamentals of Color,
Iconic Messaging
Ch. 2, Ch. 14[LINK][VIDEO]
08Sep 24 2026Gorlaeus
BW 0.39
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]
09Sep 28 2026Gorlaeus
BE 0.18
User Analysis, Task Analysis
Cognitive Task Analysis
Ch. 3, Ch. 5, Ch. 11[LINK][VIDEO]
10Oct 01 2026Gorlaeus
BW 0.39
Dialogue analysis
Data & Task Abstraction
Ch. 11, Ch. 14[LINK][VIDEO]
11Oct 05 2026Gorlaeus
BE 0.18
Usability, Prototyping
PM TEST 3 (16-10-2025, 8.30 hrs)
Ch. 4, Ch. 7, Ch. 8[LINK][VIDEO]
12Oct 08 2026Gorlaeus
BW 0.39
Usability Engineering, Evaluation, Service DesignCh. 10, Ch. 18[LINK][VIDEO]
13Oct 12 2026Gorlaeus
BE 0.18
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]
14Dec TBD
2026

TBD

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
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]