Bio:
Kasper Hornbæk is a professor of human-computer interaction at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen. He has been at the university since receiving his Ph.D. there in 2002. His research focuses on what makes interactive systems good for their users. He approaches this question in three ways. First, he creates new user interfaces for interactive systems, innovating the way we use our bodies in interaction and how we can act in extended reality. Second, he analyzes and improves HCI methodology for evaluating what makes an interface good. This includes studies of usability, user experience, and meaning. Third, he develops theories about the relationship between humans and user interfaces that help understand and predict when users will like or perform well with an interactive system. As part of this work, he has critically analyzed the nature of theory in HCI and the ways in which it is currently developed and used.
Hornbæk has been a member of the CHI Academy since 2022 and is an co-editor of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. He is also on the editorial board of the journal Human-Computer Interaction, and has served as an associate or subcommittee chair for the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI) more than 10 times. He is the author (with Per Ola Kristensson and Antti Oulasvirta) of the textbook Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (Oxford University Press).
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Interaction In Extended Reality
Extended reality (XR) refers to technologies that in real time blend sensations/actions in the world with digital content to enhance human capabilities and experiences....
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Theory in Human-Computer Interaction
Theory is supposed to be central to science. Yet, the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) seems confused about what theory is and what to do with it. In this talk, I will present some data...
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Thinking Tools for HCI Research
Researchers in Human-computer Interaction face many decisions about methodology, research questions, and appropriate theories. Improving the tools that we use to think about these questions is...
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