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==Enhancing Interaction with Supplementary Supportive User Interfaces: Meta-UIs, Mega-UIs, Extra-UIs, Supra-UIs ...==
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-828/introduction.pdf
Enhancing interaction with supplementary Supportive
User Interfaces (UIs): Meta-UIs, Mega-UIs, Extra-UIs,
Supra-UIs …
Alexandre Demeure Grzegorz Lehmann Mathieu Petit, Gaëlle Calvary
University of Grenoble, LIG DAI-Labor, TU-Berlin University of Grenoble, CNRS, LIG
INRIA, 655 av. de l’Europe, 38334 Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7 385, av. de la bibliothèque
St Ismier Cedex, France 10587 Berlin, Germany 38400 St Martin d’Hères, France
First.Last@inrialpes.fr First.Last@dai-labor.de First.Last@imag.fr
ABSTRACT In the aftermath of “pervasive intelligibility” researches [5],
In order to improve the interaction control and this workshop focuses on human-computer interaction and
intelligibility, end-user applications are supplemented with more specifically on the engineering of user interfaces to
Supportive User Interfaces (SUI), like meta-UIs, mega-UIs, foster intelligibility and control. User interface
helping or configuration wizards. These additional UIs intelligibility has been approached from different
support the users by providing them with information about perspectives. The concept of “Meta-UI” has been
the available functionalities, the context of use, or the introduced as a metaphorical UI to control and evaluate the
performed adaptations. Such UIs allow the user to supervise state of interactive ambient spaces [1]. Other works focus
and modify an application interactive behavior according to on self-explanatory user interfaces, and make it possible for
her/his needs. the end-user to understand the design of the user interface
Given the rising complexity of interactive systems, [4]. The Crystal tabletop prototype has been developed to
supportive UIs are highly desirable features. However, handle a complex platform composed of components like
there is currently no common understanding of types and TVs, robots, picture frames, etc. [3]. Crystal provides the
roles of supportive UIs. Enabling concepts and definitions users with intelligible UIs to control the media distribution
underlying the engineering of such UIs are also missing. In and the component discovery.
order to fill this gap, the workshop seeks a discussion with a Such research projects exemplify the notion of supportive
broad audience of researchers, who have experience with UI. In a broader context this workshop aims to identify and
the design and development of supportive UIs. classify the supportive UIs that may enhance the interaction
(e.g., by rendering the workflow in e-government
Author Keywords applications or making it possible to the end-user to see the
Supportive User Interfaces, UIs quality, explanative UIs, available platforms in the surrounding and redistribute the
help systems, awareness of the context of use, meta-UI, UIs him/herself). These include Meta-UIs [1], Mega-UIs
mega-UI, supra UI. [2], self-explanatory UI, Supra-UIs and others. The goals of
ACM Classification Keywords the workshop are to:
H.5.2 [User Interfaces]: Ergonomics, Graphical user Define the concept of supportive UI,
interfaces (GUI), Prototyping, User-centered design, Elicit the dimensions of supportive UIs through a
Evaluation/methodology. D.2.2 [Software Engineering]: taxonomy that would cover both the abstraction
Design Tools and Techniques, User Interfaces. and presentation of supportive UIs,
General Terms Discuss the properties supportive UIs should
Design, Human factors, Algorithms. convey,
Explore how to integrate supportive UIs into
INTRODUCTION development processes and Model-based UI
Enabling technologies make it possible to create more and development,
more complex systems in terms of functional core, new Identify the key research stakeholders for further
interaction techniques and context-of-use dynamics. research.
Coming along with systems complexity, the users require a To that end, examples of points of discussion could be:
better understanding and control of their applications.
What is the added-value for the users? Which one
is the border between UI and supportive UI? Do
Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). UIs for help, personalization or end-user
EICS’11, June 13–16, 2011, Pisa, Italy. programming belong to supportive UIs?
ACM 978-1-4503-0670-6/11/06.
Are supportive UIs parts of the original UI? Are statements. Afterwards, the groups will report back to the
they generic or do they require application-specific plenary forum. The following is a tentative schedule for the
features or rendering? workshop, time given in working hours, excluding breaks:
How to take benefit from model-based approaches 0:00-0:15 Introduction by the organizers
to integrate supportive UIs by design? 0:15-45 Brief introduction talk by each
How to evaluate supportive UIs? participant, using predefined template (e.g.,
The relevance of the workshop is two-fold: first, to improve background, experience, favorite problem)
the quality of UIs, and to reconcile research areas (e.g., 0:45-1:15 Invited talk : “Quality properties of intelligent
model-based approaches, end-user programming). interfaces” by Jérémie Melchior
1:15-2:15 Selected paper presentations
ORGANIZATION 2:15 Break
Alexandre Demeure is assistant professor at the University 2:15-3:15 Selected paper presentations
of Grenoble. His main research interests include plasticity 3:15-3:30 Summary and presentation of afternoon works
of UIs, software architecture for HCI, multitouch 3:30 Lunch
3:30-5:00 Breakout groups – initiation
interaction and creativity support. Grzegorz Lehmann is a
5:00-6:30 Plenary discussion on group results, future
PhD student at the Technische Universität Berlin. His
agenda and follow-up activities
research focuses on the utilization of runtime and
executable models for developing ubiquitous UIs. Mathieu PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Petit is a post doctoral fellow at the University of Grenoble. Jean Vanderdonckt Oscar Pastor
His current research focuses on model description and Gerrit Meixner Victor Lopez
automated transformation to design plastic UIs. Gaëlle Joëlle Coutaz Dominique Scapin
Calvary is professor at the University of Grenoble. Her Kris Luyten Philippe Palanque
research area is about UI plasticity to ensure UI quality Peter Forbrig Marco Winckler
along the variations of the context of use. She mostly Marco Blumendorf Audrey Serna
explores model-driven engineering. Melanie Hartmann Dirk Roscher
Natalie Aquino
FORMAT
We propose a one-day workshop with six working hours, WEBSITE AND CONTACT
excluding the breaks. Our goal is to facilitate a combination http://www.supportiveui.org/ ; chairs@supportiveui.org
of presentations, demonstrations, discussions and
community building. REFERENCES
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