Press Release

Predicting the Future By Creating It

Conference on Computers and the Future Offers Valuable Courses On User Interface Design

The Hague, NL -- Thirty one short courses (tutorials) on designing user interfaces to computers and to the World Wide Web will be offered at this year's CHI 2000 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Among the highlights of the tutorials are courses on user interface design for the World Wide Web (WWW), user-centered design, drawing on the right side of the brain, and interface design for interactive television.

These courses range from basic classes, such as "Human-Computer Interaction: Introduction and Overview" to narrow advanced topics, such as "Cognitive Factors in Design: Basic Phenomena in Human Memory and Problem Solving". Other examples of the wide range of offerings include "Usability Techniques for Web-based Services: Diversity and Technology"; "Enabling Technology for Users with Special Needs"; and "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", a one-day version of Betty Edwards' famous drawing course.

Tutorials concentrating on the Web abound at CHI 2000, reflecting the tremendous interest in the Web, and the idea that most people interact with computers by using the Web. Examples include "Styling the New Web: Web Usability with Style Sheets", "Web Sites that Work: Designing with your Eyes Open", and "Design and Rapid Evaluation of Usable Web Sites". Predict the future by helping to create it - plan to attend CHI 2000.

CHI is the premier worldwide forum for the exchange of information on all aspects of how people interact with computers. The annual conference on human factors in computing systems features a full program of presentations, tutorials and vendor exhibits. Researchers, practitioners, educators, and students from around the world join in exploring and creating the future of computer-human interaction. Approximately 2200 professionals from over 35 countries will examine the future of human-computer interaction from 1-6 April at the Nederlands Congress Centre in The Hague, The Netherlands.

CHI conferences are sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM)'s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI). In addition to ACM, various organizations in the technology industry support the CHI conference. The CHI 2000 champion sponsors include: Diamond Bullet, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Unisys and Yahoo! Inc.

For more information, contact the CHI 2000 Conference Office at +1 410 263 5382 or send e-mail to chi2000-office@acm.org.