Advance Program - Workshop

9. Research Directions in Situated Computing

Sunday, 08:30 - 17:00

Organizers
Michel Beaudouin-Lafon, Wendy E. Mackay, University of Aarhus, Denmark

The goal of this one-day workshop is to launch a CHI special interest area to discuss how to explicitly incorporate context throughout all aspects of interactive system design. Situated Computing describes socio-technical systems in which situations of use and context play a central role in the use of computers. Since most computing is arguably situated computing, we need to reflect on our current understanding of context, establish a common language for discussion and define processes for developing "systems-in-use".

Research in Situated Computing requires a multidisciplinary approach, drawing from various HCI fields, including:

• Augmented reality
• Computer-supported cooperative work
• Mobile computing
• Multimodal interaction
• Participatory design
• Persuasive computing
• Ubiquitous computing
• User-centered design
• Wearable computing

The workshop is designed to bring together researchers who work in diverse areas of human-computer interaction and who actively address local context and situations of use in the design, development and evaluation of interactive systems. The workshop is organized around two main activities: presenting current research by the participants and discussing directions for future research. Participation will be based on two-page statements describing the author's interest in situated computing within the context of their work. See www.daimi.au.dk/~mbl/chi2000-sitcomp.

Contact
Michel Beaudouin-Lafon
University of Aarhus
Dept of Computer Science
Aabogade 34
DK-8200 Aarhus N - Denmark
Tel: +45 89 4256 44
Fax: +45 89 4256 24
Email: mbl@daimi.au.dk