Nancy Workshop Timetable

Wednesday PM: Planning an evaluation

14:00 Introduction

Overview of workshop

Overview of HCI evaluation techniques

Split into four groups A1, A2, B1, and B2 followed by a presentation of system A to group A1 and A2 and of system B to groups B1 and B2.

15:30 Coffee
16:00 Individual groups to plan evaluation of their system
17:30 End of main day
18:30 Visit to LORIA

Thursday AM: Practical session on evaluation

09:00 Groups A1 and A2 prepare for evaluation
09:15 System A evaluations

Group A1 using group B1 as subjects; Group A2 using group B2 as subjects.

10:15 Groups A1 and A2 write report back
10:15 Groups B1 and B2 have coffee
10:30 Groups A1 and A2 join coffee
10:45 Groups B1 and B2 prepare for evaluation
11:00 System B evaluations

Group B1 using group A2 as subjects; Group B2 using group A1 as subjects.

12:00 Groups B1 and B2 write report back
12:00 Groups A1 and A2 have break
12:15 Report backs and discussion
12:35 Lunch

Thursday PM: Work-centered evaluation and design

14:00 How air traffic controllers work: Wendy MacKay
14:50 Coffee
15:00 A case study of IR on the web: Annelise Mark Pejtersen and Raya Fidel
17:00 End of main day
17:05 Leave for museum and dinner

Friday AM: Video and Audio Stream-based IR

09:00 MPEG 7 - an overview: Rob Koenen
10:00 Retrieval from an audio archive: Alan Smeaton
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Discussion groups on either Workplace IR evaluation or video and audio IR
12:30 Lunch

Friday PM: Finale

14:00 Business Meeting (groups may prepare reports backs in parallel)
15:00 Report backs
15:30 Coffee
16:00 Plenary
17:00 Close