[Acpc-l] H.-W. Gellersen: Embedded Interactive Systems

[Alois Ferscha]

dear colleague,

we would like to announce Prof. Hans Werner Gellersen
from Lancaster University as a guest speaker at the 
university of linz. please forward this announcement
to where appropriate. (our sincere apologies if you
recv this multiple times.)

best regards
alois ferscha





Embedded Interactive Systems

The graphical user interface, commonplace on our desktops and mobile
computers, has been criticized as being isolated (and isolating) from
the overall situation in which people use computers. Under headings such
as ubiquitous, invisible and ambient computing, alternative approaches
are investigated that give primacy to the physical world. A consequence
of this paradigm shift is that everyday objects and architectural spaces
become the interfaces to an otherwise invisible computational system.
Such physically embedded interfaces mediate between the physical and
digital world; they promise to facilitate interaction with information
away from the desktop and as part of everyday activities. Embedded
interfaces radically differ from standard user interfaces for desktop
and mobile computers: they make use of non-traditional interface
technologies (e.g. sensors, perception); they require new interaction
models and conceptual frameworks (e.g. tangible interfaces, situated
interaction); and they require new architectural models for the
realization of embedded interface systems. This talk will discuss system
prototypes that we have implemented to explore novel types of embedded
interface, as well as tools and methods emerging from this research.
 
 
Zeit: Donnerstag, 22. Mai 2003, 17:15 
Ort: Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, HS 1
Information: http://www.soft.uni-linz.ac.at
 
 
Hans Gellersen is Professor for Interactive Systems in the Computing
Department at Lancaster University. His research interest is in
technologies and methods that enable novel interactions between people,
their physical environment, and computational systems. He is a principal
investigator in major initiatives on emerging technologies for
human-computer interaction, including the Disappearing Computer
programme of the European Commission and the Equator research
collaboration in the United Kingdom. Hans Gellersen holds an MSc and a
PhD in Computer Science, both from University of Karlsruhe, Germany.


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Univ. Prof. Dr. Alois Ferscha
Department of Computer Science
Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Altenberger Straße 69
A-4040 Linz, Austria

Tel.:   +43 732 2468 - 8555
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