Adaptive User Interfaces: Design Challenges for HCI
Tessa
Lau, IBM T.J. Watson Research
tlau
tlau.org
Seminar on People, Computers, and Design
Stanford University January 14, 2005
When it comes to software, one size does not fit all. Different users employ the same software for a variety of different tasks. Yet regardless of whether a user does a task five times, or a thousand times, the software remains unchanged. Why can't software learn from the people using it, and customize itself for a better fit?
My work explores the use of artificial intelligence techniques to design adaptive interfaces. These intelligent interfaces leverage knowledge about users and their tasks to provide a better experience for users. Specifically, my work focuses on the use of programming by demonstration to enable end users to customize applications and automate repetitive tasks simply by demonstrating what the system should do.
However, adaptive user interfaces raise a new set of design challenges for
HCI, especially concerning issues of trust and understandability. In this
talk, I discuss the challenges in designing intelligent interfaces, illustrated
with examples drawn from programming by demonstration systems.
Tessa Lau is a Research Staff Member at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center, where she pursues research in intelligent user interfaces: using artificial intelligence to improve human-computer interaction by building tools that adapt and learn from human use. Before joining IBM, Tessa completed a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Washington in 2001. In addition to her research, Tessa's interests include gadgets, games, textiles, and supporting women in technology.
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