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- ArticleApril 2007
Shared encounters
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2881–2884https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241101Our everyday lives are characterised by encounters, some are fleeting and ephemeral and others are more enduring and meaningful exchanges. Shared encounters are the glue of social networks and have a socializing effect in terms of mutual understanding, ...
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Increasing the impact of usability work in software development
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2873–2876https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241099A key challenge when producing usable and useful software is the lack of impact of usability work on software development. We aim at developing a more coherent and realistic understanding of this challenge and the possibilities of how to increase the ...
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Striking a c[h]ord: vocal interaction in assistive technologies, games, and more
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2869–2872https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241098Vocal interaction research has primarily been focused on the use of systems for automatic speech recognition and synthesis. Whilst ASR has been successful in various domains, it can be impractical in some contexts of use such as in time-sensitive and ...
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Beyond current user research: designing methods for new users, technologies, and design processes
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2865–2868https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241097With the rapid diversification of computing technologies, user researchers often encounter new applications, new users and scenarios of use, and even new design processes that require new research approaches. (For instance, how do you assess the ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Exploring design as a research activity
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2861–2864https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241096Human-computer interaction research often includes a significant design component. In cases where software or other tools are developed and described, but no empirical evaluation is provided, the research consists almost entirely of the knowledge ...
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- ArticleApril 2007
Exertion interfaces
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2857–2860https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241095Exertion as an interface has gained an increased momentum recently due to the belief that it can address current issues such as obesity, contribute to technology developments such as pervasive computing, and open new markets for entertainment ...
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Supple interfaces: designing and evaluating for richer human connections and experiences
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2853–2856https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241094The aim of this workshop is to create a common language for discussing the issues involved, the research challenges, and progress already made in designing and evaluating "supple" interfaces. Supple interfaces aim to build richer connections between ...
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Supporting non-professional users in the new media landscape
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2849–2852https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241093This workshop will discuss the implications of the new media landscape allowing non-professional users to co-produce and share media content in applications for (interactive) television, websites and mobile devices. This new media landscape represents ...
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Culture and collaborative technologies
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2845–2848https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241092This workshop will explore interactions among culture, features of collaborative technologies, and group processes and outcomes. The workshop will address several key challenges to this area of research, including identifying important dimensions of ...
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Mobile spatial interaction
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2841–2844https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241091Mobile phones are starting to become the major platform for interaction with spatial information. Recent research has yielded promising applications and approaches for exploring, accessing and augmenting information related to the user's immediate ...
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Converging on a science of design through the synthesis of design methodologies
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2837–2840https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241090The goals of this workshop are: (1) to bring together the community of researchers who are exploring innovative design theories and different design methodologies; (2) to evaluate the appropriateness of design methodologies for specific contexts and ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Security user studies: methodologies and best practices
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2833–2836https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241089Interest in usable security -- the research, development, and study of systems that are both usable and secure -- has been growing both in the CHI and information security communities in the past several years. Despite this interest, however, the ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Imaging the city: exploring the practices and technologies of representing the urban environment in HCI
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2829–2832https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241088Developing and employing technologies for the urban environment requires visualization techniques that can reflect and challenge how and what we design for this space. This one-day workshop will explore the practices and technologies of Imaging the City ...
- ArticleApril 2007
User centered design and international development
- Andy Dearden,
- Ann Light,
- Susan Dray,
- John Thomas,
- Mike Best,
- Celeste Buckhalter,
- Dan Greenblatt,
- Gaurishankar Krishnan,
- Nithya Sambasivan
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2825–2828https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241087This workshop explores User Centered Design (UCD) challenges and contributions to International economic and community Development. We are addressing interaction design for parts of the world that are often marginalized by the Global North as well as ...
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Supporting design studio culture in HCI
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2821–2824https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241086The workshop considers the needs and possibilities for integrating design studio culture within the research, education, and practice of interaction design and HCI. The primary goals of the workshop are (i) to assess the current state of design studio ...
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Tangible user interfaces in context and theory
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2817–2820https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241085Tangible User Interface (TUI) research has become increasingly widespread over the past 25 years. It is an essential component of Ubiquitous Computing and Augmented Reality research. It introduces many challenging problems in the theory and practice of ...
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HCI and new media arts: methodology and evaluation
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2813–2816https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241084Successful collaborations between New Media Arts and HCI tend to develop hybrid techniques that promote balanced contributions from both disciplines. However, since many of these collaborations are one-off or highly dependent on the researchers/artists ...
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Design and comparison of acceleration methods for touchpad
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2801–2812https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241082As the resolution of a notebook display increases, the efficiency of a touchpad is becoming a more important issue. In particular, it is often observed that users scrape the pad repeatedly to reach the close button of a window. In this paper, we propose ...
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Porta-person: telepresence for the connected conference room
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2789–2794https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241080This paper describes a telepresence device called Porta-Person. This is the first project in a larger initiative known as the Connected Conference Room, which aims to improve the user experience for remote people connected to meetings taking place in ...
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Sounding board: a handheld device for mutual assessment in education
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2783–2788https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241079We are developing a set of handheld input devices for mutual assessment in the course of a learning activity and a system to give on-the-spot feedback concerning the summary of the assessment to the learners visually with the aid of charts. This paper ...