Introduction: Toward a Multidisciplinary Science of Human-Computer Interaction
John M. Carroll, Virginia Tech
Human-computer interaction (HCI) lies at the intersection between the social and behavioral sciences on the one hand, and computer and information technology on the other. It is concerned with understanding how people make use of devices and systems that incorporate or embed computation, and how such devices and systems can be more useful and more usable. It is the fastest-growing and the most visible part of computer science. Across the world, computer-science graduates are flooding into HCI courses and careers. The exciting, and also sometimes troubling, impacts of computing on societies, economies, cultures, and all ...
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