Human-Centered Computing Long-range plan John Canny UC Berkeley

HCC overview Our reason for being To make computing more useful to people. To use computing to learn more about people. Computing is permeating our daily lives, and becoming our environment.

HCC overview The center model We want to have social sciences participate as primary partners. Interdisciplinary collaboration is hard, and happens sporadically by itself. Collaboration happens much more often when facilitated by:  Shared space or proximity  Regular face-to-face contact  Shared funding

HCC overview What we want to deliver The center provides those resources, and seeks to generate: Focussed research projects involving collaboration between 2-7 faculty. Industry partnerships in those projects. Opportunities for graduate students: contact with or co-advising by faculty across departments. Contacts with industry.

HCC overview Three projects in the pipeline Being There: (2 CS, 2 EE, 2 psychologists). Tacit Knowledge Mining (2 CS, 2 sociologists, 1 anthropologist) Knowledgescapes (2 CS, 2 sociologists, 1 SIMS)

HCC overview Lessons from the GVU Create a core group of faculty (and industry people) with specific responsibilities. Hire some staff people to manage day-to-day functioning of the center. Create partnerships with industry. Go after government support. Create shared labs.

HCC overview The Berkeley Brand Balance and strength in SS and CS. Of the 30 main graduate research disciplines, Berkeley has departments in the top 10 in 28. Rigor in both theoretical and experimental work.

HCC overview Next semester The HCC seminar continues: speakers from CS, social sciences, academic and industry. New graduate course on HCC: Covers  Presence and non-verbal communication  Social network theory and applications  Tacit knowledge  Activity theory, social learning Web site is Reading group: Mark and Eric

HCC overview How you can help UCB folks: Be involved in the seminar, retreats etc. Direct support at the center level. Partnerships: Focussed projects, fixed-duration, IP contracts need to be figured out. Steering committee or IAB.