Search for dissertations about: "HCI"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 87 swedish dissertations containing the word HCI.

  2. 6. Usability – Who Cares? : The Introduction of User-Centred Systems Design in Organisations

    Author : Åsa Cajander; Jan Gulliksen; Inger Boivie; Bodil Jönsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; User-Centred System Design; UCSD; Human-Computer Interaction; HCI; Usability; Perspectives; Sensemaking; Communities of Practice; Action research; Interpretations; Organisational change; Work environment; IT systems development; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the difficulties encountered in the promotion of usability, especially in relation to occupation health issues, when developing IT systems in a public authority. It examines what happens when User-Centred Systems Design (UCSD) approaches are introduced to organisations with in-house systems development for their employees. READ MORE

  4. 7. Getting Work Done : The Significance of the Human in Complex Socio-Technical Systems

    Author : Rebecca Cort; Anders A. Jansson; Jessica Lindblom; Ann Blandford; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; work; work practice; socio-technical system; workscape; workplace studies; ethnography; distributed cognition; activity theory; operational train traffic; manufacturing; human-computer interaction; HCI; safety-critical domain; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to deepen the understanding of the role and relevance of the worker in the functioning of complex socio-technical systems. The perspective adopted is profoundly human-centred and the worker is considered as a resource. READ MORE

  5. 8. Transparent but incomprehensible : Investigating the relation between transparency, explanations, and usability in automated decision-making

    Author : Jacob Dexe; Henrik Artman; Ulrik Franke; Wanda Presthus; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Transparency; explanations; algorithms; automated decision-making; AI; HCI; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

    Abstract : Transparency is almost always seen as a desirable state of affairs. Governments should be more transparent towards their citizens, and corporations should be more transparent towards both public authorities and their customers. READ MORE

  6. 9. Bringing Augmented Reality to Mobile Phones

    Author : Anders Henrysson; Anders Ynnerman; Kari Pulli; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mobile Phone; Augmented Reality; HCI; Ubiquitous Computing; 3D Interaction; Computer Vision; Image analysis; Bildanalys;

    Abstract : With its mixing of real and virtual, Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that has attracted lots of attention from the science community and is seen as a perfect way to visualize context-related information. Computer generated graphics is presented to the user overlaid and registered with the real world and hence augmenting it. READ MORE

  7. 10. Evolving Systems – Engaged Users : Key Principles for Improving Region-wide Health IT Adoption

    Author : Rebecka Janols; Bengt Sandblad; Bengt Göransson; Erik Borälv; Anne Persson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HCI; eHealth; EPR; sociotechnical systems; enterprise-wide systems; deployment; change management; usability; health care; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction;

    Abstract : Many countries have formulated their eHealth visions and billions of dollars have been spent on supporting the eHealth development throughout the world. An important part of the development is the electronic patient record (EPR). READ MORE