Advance Program - Workshop

14. Situated Interaction in Ubiquitous Computing

Monday, 08:30 - 17:00

Organizers
Albrecht Schmidt, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Walter Van de Velde, Starlab Nv/Sa, Belgium
Gerd Kortuem, University of Oregon, USA

This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners who are concerned with the design, development, and implementation of novel interfaces for mobile devices and environment-based appliances.

The availability of sensing technology gives the opportunity to include information implicitly provided by the situation of use as well as by the surrounding environment in the process of human-computer interaction. Situated interaction is especially attractive for mobile devices and for shared appliances in common spaces.

The main goal of the workshop is to develop an understanding of how the situation of use influences the interaction process. This comprises the following topics:

• Adaptation and optimization of input and output to the situation
• Reducing need for input and output by usage of situational context
• Choosing interruption time and mode appropriate to the situation

We will have a small number of presentations of current research work and time for discussion. We expect participants to search for a common understanding of situated interaction and to define a research agenda in this field.

Participants will be selected based on their submissions, either a position paper or an extended abstract describing ongoing research. Participants accepted for presentation will be expected to submit longer versions that will be presented on a pre-workshop web site. The goal is to produce a review of research in situated interaction in ubiquitous computing that may be published in post-proceedings by the participants. See www.teco.edu/chi2000ws/.

Contact
Albrecht Schmidt
Telecooperation Office
University of Karlsruhe
Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 1
D-76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel: +49 721 6902 29
Fax: +49 721 966 3418
Email: albrecht@teco.edu