Interactive Systems

Interactive Systems

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The first class starts on Thursday April 10 2025, 14:15-16:00 (Building E1 3 – Lecture Hall 2).

Registration Deadline for Course & Tutorials: Saturday, April 12 2025 (23:59)

Note: We will upload videos from the last online iteration of this lecture. These will serve as additional learning material. 
Nevertheless, only the content of the on-site lecture is relevant for the exam. The online videos may differ from this.

 

Registration

It is mandatory for all participants to register (in CMS) before or on Saturday, April 12 2025 (23:59).

• Students of Media informatics B.Sc.: no restriction. Note that this lecture replaces Ubiquitous Media; i.e., you cannot attend this lecture if you have previously completed Ubiquitous Media.
• Students of Media informatics M.Sc.: you can enroll in this class if you have not taken it as part of your B.Sc. (either because you have been at another university, or you were enrolled in a BSc program other than Media Informatics). If you have taken the course “Ubiquitous Media Design” previously, then you cannot take this course.
• Students of Computer science: from summer term 2020, the lecture counts as an Advanced Lecture for Bachelor/Master Computer Science, Embedded Systems and Entrep. Cypersecurity. Please refer to LSF for details on the curriculae, and version of exam.
• Students of other curricula where Interactive Systems is part of your Module Handbook (e.g. Educational Technology) and you have not taken Ubiquitous Media: You can just register for the lecture.
• Students of other curricula where Interactive Systems is not part of your Module Handbook: Decision on a case-by-case basis. Please contact Dr. Ashwin Ram for further information.

 

Important: Later in the semester, you have to register for the exam on HISPOS.

 

Note on transfer of credit from previous semesters:

• “I have successfully completed the exercises and projects of IAS in summer term 24, but have not passed the final exam. Can I just write the exam?”
  Yes you can transfer your exercises and projects from IAS in summer term 24 to IAS in summer term 25, so you do not have to hand in exercises and project assignments a second time. Please contact Dr. Ashwin Ram before April 12 2025 (23:59).
• You cannot transfer partial grades from previous IAS lectures.

 

 

Description

This course introduces technical concepts, software paradigms and hardware technologies of modern interactive systems. Their application is illustrated using seminal and recent examples from graphical user interfaces, mobile interfaces, ubiquitous computing (internet of things), augmented reality, and physical interfaces.

Technologies:

• Device technology, basic electronics, microcontrollers
• Sensors, displays, and actuators
• Touch input
• Capturing physical context
• Physical prototyping and digital fabrication

Applications in:

• Mobile interfaces
• Ubiquitous computing (Internet of Things)
• Tangible interfaces
• Augmented and virtual reality
• Wearable and embodied interfaces
• Interactive robotics

 

Literature

The lecture will be partly based on the following books:

• Rogers, Y. et al.: Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, Wiley, 2011
• Butz, A., Krüger, A.: Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion, De Gruyter, 2014
• Krumm, J.: Ubiquitous Computing Fundamentals, Chipman and Hall, 2009
• Evans B.: Beginning Arduino Programming, Springer, 2011
• Scherz, P., Monk, S.: Practical Electronics for Inventors, McGraw-Hill, 2013 (3rd ed.) or 2016 (4th ed.)
• Noble, J.: Programming Interactivity, O‘Reilly, 2009 (1st ed.) or 2012 (2nd ed.)