Transcript HCI: Where are we going and how do we get there?

HCI: Where are we going and
how do we get there?
June 15, 2007
Where are we now?
• We discussed on June 14 the assets in
the UK HCI community.
– Talented people
– Large variety of skills
– Recognition internationally
Where are we going?
• So we asked the question what are our
goals?
– More £££
– More good researchers
– Have a discipline that has broad impact from our
contributions
– Produce knowledge that can be used by people
and society as a whole
Is the world ready for that?
• One of the main goals of the EPSRC in
the coming years is to participate in the
Digital Economy
• What aspects of our discipline can we
leverage to meet our goals through the
digital economy?
• More to the point … what does the
knowledge economy need from HCI?
Inclusivity
• Accessibility
– Removing barriers
– Aging
• Usability
– Include everyone in usable systems
• Social
– Immersion
– Ramifications of immersion
– Experience
Information Use by NonExperts
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Visualization
Navigation
Mediation
Learning
– Life long learning
– Just-in-time learning
– E-Learning Content
• Pesonalization
• Optimization
• Communication of trust worthiness and
security
Ubiquitous/Pervasive
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Dynamic Context awareness
Changing contexts
Interoperability of interfaces/systems
Interruptability
Configuration of systems
End-User Design (EUP)
Communicative Ecology
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Design of Interactive Tools between people
Evaluation of multi-user communication tools
Issues of trust/reliability
Data Expiration
Censorship
Moderation
Long Term vs. Short Term Viability
Economics
• Electronic village shops
– Local-to-Local communications
• Enabling end-users
• Role descriptions
• Transformation of the economy
(currency = information)
Well-being
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Health and Medicine
Cultural Industries
Heritage Exploitation
Gambling