Welcome to

USER Lab

The USability Engineering Research Lab

of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan

USER Lab is dedicated to putting people first in all we do.

We use the Putting Usability First Methodology that balances usability for both End Users and for Usability Engineers.

U of S Computer Science Classes Term 1 2010 offered by USERLab members

• CMPT 355 Theory and Application of Databases
  
• CMPT 455 / 826 Information Modeling and Retrieval
  
• CMPT 479 / 817 Usability Engineering
• CMPT 480 / 840 Accessible Computing
  

Who we are:

• Dr. Jim Carter, Professor and Lab Director
• Mr. Milan Bogunovic, Graduate Student and Database Specialist
  
• Ms. Tanya Lung, Graduate Student and Accessibility Engineering Specialist
• Mr. Muhammad Mughees, Graduate Student and Database Specialist
• Ms. Lisa Tang, Graduate Student, Usability Engineering Specialist and Accessibility Engineering Specialist

Associate Members:

• Mr. Darren Gilchrist, Associate Member and Accessibility Specialist (systems analyst with the Canadian Light Sourse)
  
• Mr. David Fourney, Associate Member and Accessibility Specialist (Ph.D. student with Ryerson University)
  
• Mr. Alan Wolinski, Associate Member and Usability Engineering Specialist (V.P. of Usability Engineering with VendAsta)
• Mr. Jon Titus, Associate Member and Database Specialist (database administrator with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan)
  
• Mr. James Ko, Associate Member and Valuation Specialist
• Ms. Fei Huang, Associate Member and Database Specialist
• Mr. Edgar Lelei, Graduate Student and e-Commerce Specialist
  

What Usability Engineering is:

Usability Engineering (UE) results from the intersection of software engineering (SE) with human-computer interaction (HCI). It provides a structured approach to developing usable user interface designs.

What we do:

• Research Projects (activities, publications, and related classes)
  • Usability Engineering Methodologies
  • Universal Accessibility
  • Software Ergonomic Standards
  • e-Commerce
• Usability Evaluations
  • Identifying Challenges and Opportunities
  • Evaluating Compliance
  • Evaluating Throughout Development
• Usability Consulting
  • please contact us for further information

Contact us:

userlab@cs.usask.ca