Wendy Mackay · INRIA/Stanford
Enhancing Creativity with Interactive Paper

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Human context is critical: we need to provide designers with tools and methods that actively take context into account. This requires a deeper understanding of the complementary characteristics of humans and computers as well as an analysis of specific situations of use. My goal is to develop and facilitate the creation of such situated interfaces, which take optimal advantage of context to provide users with the particular tools they need to address the problems at hand. In order to move beyond the current generation of desktop environments and envision the next generation of interactive environments, we create prototype interactive environments that explore what this next generation of interactive systems will look like.

I am currently a Research Director with INRIA Saclay in France, currently on sabbatical at Stanford University. I run a research group called in|situ|. Our focus is on the design of innovative interactive systems that truly meet the needs of their users.