Category: Teaching

Bachelor Theses 2023 in HCI

Join our workshop for planning your bachelor thesis!

If you are interested in writing your bachelor thesis in HCI, in the areas of e-health and/or conversational UIs, write us at deco@inso.tuwien.ac.at and come join our workshop!

We are offering a workshop to help students write their research proposal in HCI. We will provide a friendly, small-group, seminar-like setting. You will learn how to plan an empiricial study in HCI… and we will practically guide you through the process of writing a research proposol (“exposé”) that you can then use for writing your bachelor thesis.

The workshop will take place on the following two dates in the INSO library, Wiedner Hauptstr. 76/2/2, 1040 Wien:

  • April 19th from 9am to 6am (with breaks, of course)
  • May 12th from 9am to 1pm

Feel free to contact us at deco@inso.tuwien.ac.at until March 17th, 2023.

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Suggested Research Topic: Influence of Response Times on Perceived Trustworthiness

This topic is no longer available. If you have interest in similar topics regarding trust and HCI, please contact us with a proposal.

Long, unexpected waiting times can damage the trust a user has placed in a system. This is particularly important in the context of online banking and electronic payment systems, where long waiting times leave users uncertain about the success of a transaction.

One specific research idea is to evaluate and quantify the influence of a payment system’s response time on the users’ perceived trustworthiness of the system. Multiple studies can be conducted based on this research idea by varying the design elements (i.e., UI elements that set expectations regarding waiting time), the risk involved (e.g., the sum involved in a transaction), and the domain (e-banking, p2p payment, e-commerce).

Suggested Research Topic: Influence of Branding + GUI Design on Perceived Trustworthiness in the Domain of Online Banking

This topic is no longer available. If you have interest in similar topics, please contact us with a proposal.

User interface design and branding is known to have a strong influence on how trustworthy a system is perceived by users. This is particularly important in the domain of online banking and electronic payment systems because of the high risk of financial fraud.

Influence of design factors on the perceived trustworthiness of online banking or payment systems.

One specific, suggested research goal is to evaluate and quantify the influence of design factors (e.g., user interface styling and consistency, branding, shopping seals etc.) on the perceived trustworthiness of an online banking or e-payment system. This topic is not available anymore.