Tutorial on Model-Based User Interface Optimization. Presented by Antti Oulasvirta and Anna Feit at SICSA Summer School on Computational Interaction 2015. The tutorial is targeted for Master’s and PhD level computer science students working in the field of HCI. Some familiarity with basic math and algorithms is required.

1. INTRODUCTION
2. LETTER ASSIGNMENT (Anna Feit)
3. SOLVING REAL PROBLEMS
4. ADVANCED TOPICS
5. DISCUSSION

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