T4 The Disappearing Computer: Designing Interaction for Smart Artefacts

Duration: 14:00 – 18:00 (half day), Saturday 14.10

Location: Meeting room 2, Oslo Kongressenter

Dr. Dr. Norbert A. Streitz, Fraunhofer IPSI, Darmstadt, GERMANY

Email:streitz@ipsi.fraunhofer.de

Intended audience

Both practitioners and researchers at beginners to intermediate level

Tutorial goals

The goal of this tutorial is to make researchers and practitioners aware of the implications for interaction design that are caused by the increasing trend of embedding computation in everyday objects creating so called smart artifacts and smart environments. Attendees will gain an overall understanding of the basic principles of designing for ubiquitous and pervasive computing and ambient intelligence, and learn about examples from different applications domains (office, home, public spaces, games and entertainment). While "disappearance" is a major aspect, smart artifacts are also characterized by the use of sensors collecting data about the environment, the devices and humans acting in this context. This combination creates a new set of issues for interaction design as, e.g., privacy aspects. Tutorial attendees will learn about the state-of-the-art in this area and obtain information that will allow them to realize the full potential of this new field in their current and future work.

Tutorial outline

• Smart Environments of the Future: Overview
• The Disappearing Computer
• Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence
• Disappearance and Interaction
• From Interaction Design to Experience Design
• Sensor-Based Environments and Privacy
• Application Examples
  • Cooperative Buildings and Roomware
  • The EU-funded "Disappearing Computer" Initiative
  • Ambient Displays and Mobile Devices
  • Awareness for Distributed Teams: Connecting Remote Sites
  • Interactive Hybrid Games
  • Smart Homes: Intelligent User Services
• Summary and Conclusions

Instructor

Dr. rer. nat. Dr. phil. Norbert Streitz (Ph. D. in physics and Ph.D. in psychology) is a Senior Scientist and Strategic Advisor with more than 20 years of experience in information and communication technology. Until recently, he was is the head of the research division "AMBIENTE – Smart Environments of the Future" at the Fraunhofer institute IPSI in Darmstadt, Germany, where he also teaches at the Department of Computer Science of the Technical University Darmstadt. He has published/edited 16 books and (co)authored more than 100 technical papers. He was the Chair of the Steering Group of the EU-funded research initiative "The Disappearing Computer" and was/is involved in many other EU-funded projects and efforts. He is now the co-chair of the recently established ERCIM Working Group "Smart Environments and Systems for Ambient Intelligence (SESAMI)".

Home page: http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/~streitz