Preface.-For Clarisse de Souza Festshcrift.- Elucidating Frames of Reference for HCI.- Meaning and Ubiquitous Technologies.- Exploring Richer Ecologies between Designers and Users.- 6,000 Years of Programming Language Design: A Meditation on Eco's Perfect Language.- Semiotic Engineering - An Opportunity or an Opportunity Missed?.- Semiotic Engineering as Teaching.- Generative Art - a Semiotic Exchange.- An Overview of Semiotic Engineering Epistemic Tools for the Design of Collaborative Systems.- Semiotic Engineering as a Reflective Transdisciplinary, and Humanistic Theory in and Beyond HCI.

Demonstrating the influence of Semiotic Engineering in Human-Computer Interaction, this book focuses on the work of one of the pioneers of the field - Clarisse de Souza  - and her influence on this broad and wide-ranging area of research. It contains a selection of essays written by those that have worked with her over the years and will encourage readers to extend their reading and research in this area. Clarisse de Souza, widely known as the founder of Semiotic Engineering, will reach her 60th birthday in 2017, and the Semiotic Engineering Research Group that she founded will also celebrate its 20th anniversary. A key figure in HCI, Clarisse argued that human-computer interaction enables computer-mediated communication between the designer and the user at the point of interaction thus enabling and facilitating designers in understanding who their users are, and what their requirements may be. This book brings together prominent researchers who have helped to shape semiotic engineering by their insightful discussions on the theory.

Charts the evolution of semiotic engineering, from human-computer interaction to human-centred computing Engages diverse scientific perspectives on HCI and their relation with semiotic engineering Starts provocative discussions about the role of theory in HCI