UC Institute for Software Research
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Terry
Winograd
Professor
of Computer Science
Stanford University
Fluent
Interaction in an Interactive Workspace
(slides
- PPT)
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January 18
, 2002
Friday
Refreshments
and Networking: 1:30 - 2:00
Presentation: 2:00 - 3:30
Faculty Host:
Paul Dourish, jpd@ics.uci.edu
RSVP: Email RSVP required to Rick Martin at remartin@uci.edu
by Monday, January 14.
Location: McDonnell Douglas Auditorium
(building #311)
Cost: No cost to attend.
Directions and parking information are available.
Abstract: Much of the research on human-computer interaction has
focused on use by a single individual seated in front of a computer display,
who is focusing on the task at hand on the computer. As we begin to implement
ubiquitous computing environments, we need to consider use by people who
are engaged in interaction with other people, standing at a board or using
a mobile device, and in general using the computer as an augmentation
to an activity, not as the primary focus of attention. This calls for
the development of interaction techniques that are less intrusive and
cognitively demanding, and on the integration of computer interaction
into the physical and social environment. We have been experimenting with
new interfaces in our "interactive workspace," focusing initially
on direct interaction with large display surfaces. I will describe some
of our recent experiments in the context of a general approach to designing
fluent interaction.
See http://interactivity.stanford.edu
for more detail.
About the Speaker: Terry Winograd is Professor of Computer Science
at Stanford University, where he directs the Interactivity
Laboratory and the teaching and research program in Human-Computer
Interaction Design. He is one of the principal investigators in the
Stanford Digital Libraries project, and the Interactive Workspaces Project.
His early research on natural language understanding by computers (SHRDLU)
was the basis for two books and numerous articles. Understanding
Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design (Addison-Wesley,
1987, co-authored with Fernando Flores) took a critical look at work in
artificial intelligence and suggested new directions for the integration
of computer systems into human activity. He co-edited a volume on usability
with Paul Adler, Usability: Turning Technologies into Tools
(Oxford, 1992), and edited Bringing Design to Software (Addison-Wesley,
1996).
Winograd was a founder of Action Technologies, a developer of workflow
software, and was a founding member of Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility, of which he is a past national president. He is on the
editorial board of several journals, including Human-Computer Interaction,
Personal Technologies, and Information Technology, and People.
