Indo-European partnership to promote HCI and usability issues in the indian IT industry and academia

ABSTRACT

The Indo European Systems Usability Partnership (IESUP) is a European Commission funded project under Asia IT & C initiative, jointly supported by British Computer Society / British HCI Group, Computer Society of India and other European academic institutions, to facilitate collaboration between European and Indian academics and industry practitioners interested in the disciplines of usability and human-computer interaction (HCI). IESUP enables Europe and India to collaborate in issues relating to the design of usable interactive IT systems that support people in their everyday and working lives through activities that include seminars / workshops in India, visits from India to Europe, building virtual communities and other methods of larger scale communication and networking.

REFERENCES

• 1: Smith, A., Ghosh, K. and Joshi, A. (2003). Usability and HCI in India: cultural and technological determinants. In J. Jacko and C. Stephanidis (Eds.) Human-Computer Interaction, Proceedings of HCI International 2003
• 2: Engineered of offshore growth. Economic Times. Times of India Publication. May 2003

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.m Miscellaneous

Keywords:
Asia IT & C, IESUP, India, off-shoring, remote UCD