DC ACM Fall Lecture Series: Current Issues in Human-Computer Interaction and Public Policy
- In-Person
- New America
740 15th St NW #900
Washington, D.C. 20005 - 7:30PM – 9:30PM EDT
On
September 21, Dr. Jonathan Lazar discussed current issues in computer-human
interaction and public policy. Dr. Lazar described how government
policy impacts the work done in human-computer interaction, and will discuss the
current status of policy initiatives in a number of areas.
The
first lecture of the DC ACM Fall Lecture Series, Dr. Lazar covered a wide array
of policy topics, voting machine usability, web accessibility, ergonomic rules,
privacy, and identification systems. A memorable issue from recent elections,
the usability of voting machines, Dr. Lazar explained, directly relates to the
ability of a citizen to place their vote. Accessibility of websites was another
policy area discussed, in the challenge and legal implications of making not
only for government, but online shopping websites like Target, accessible to the
blind.
Dr.
Lazar is an associate
professor in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Towson
University,
author of Web Usability: A User-Centered
Design Approach and an advisor for Recovery.gov.
Participants
Featured Speaker
Dr. Jonathan
Lazar
Associate Professor, Department of
Computer and Information Sciences
Towson University
Author, Web Usability: A User-Centered Design
Approach
Editor, Universal
Usability