[Asis-l] talk June 9 - Leonardo's Laptop

[Shneiderman, Ben]

Leonardo's Laptop:  Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies
   Ben Shneiderman, author of Leonardo's Laptop, 
   Professor, Department of Computer Science
   University of Maryland College Park

June 9, 2003 Monday 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Cost:  Free
Location: Lister Hill Center Auditorium, NIH Bldg. 38A
  Bethesda, MD (near Red line Medical Center stop)

Leonardo's Laptop:  Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies
  http://mitpress.mit.edu/leonardoslaptop

Ben Shneiderman dramatically raises your expectations of what you should get
from technology. He opens your eyes to new possibilities and invites you to
think freshly about future technology that you might be designing. According to
Dr. Shneiderman, the "old" computing was about what computers could do; the new
computing is about what people can do.  Don't miss this exclusive presentation
from one of the best-known human-computer interaction researchers.  

What You Will Learn:

. Three goals that are shaping the shift from old to the new computing;
. How to better recognize user needs more effectively, understand the
sources of user frustration;
. How "universal usability" will enable participation by young and
old, novice and expert, able and disabled. 
. Techniques for accommodating diverse technologies and user populations.



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