HCI as an engineering discipline: to be or not to be (2006)
| Venue: | African Journal of Information and Communication Technology |
| Citations: | 2 - 1 self |
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@ARTICLE{Rauterberg06hcias,
author = {G. W. Matthias Rauterberg},
title = {HCI as an engineering discipline: to be or not to be},
journal = {African Journal of Information and Communication Technology},
year = {2006},
volume = {2},
pages = {163--184}
}
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Abstract
Abstract — One of the major challenges in the emerging interdisciplinary field of human-computer interaction (HCI) is the specification of a research line that can enable the development of validated design knowledge with a predictive power for the design of interactive systems. Based on the three different elements in the design of interactive systems: (1) human being(s), (2) technical artefact(s), and (3) context of use, different academic disciplines contribute with different research paradigms to this new field: social sciences with a strong empirical and experimental approach, industrial and interaction design with a strong emphasis on artistic design, and engineering disciplines with a strong technical and formal approach. This programmatic paper presents, discusses and recommends a possible way to integrate the strengths of different research and design paradigms based on triangulation, and we argue for HCI as an engineering discipline. Index Terms — human computer interaction, design
