[Colloq] PhD Thesis Proposal by Jun Gong - Tuesday, Nov. 7

[Rachel Kalweit]

College of Computer and Information Science
presents
PhD Thesis Proposal Presentation by:
Jun Gong
who will speak on:
Towards Better Text Entry for Mobile Devices:
Alternate Keypad Designs and Novel Prediction Methods

Tuesday, November 7, 2006
3:30pm
366 West Village H

Abstract:
Despite the ever-increasing popularity of mobile devices, text entry on
such devices is becoming more difficult due to shrinking device sizes 
that limit available display space, input modalities, and interaction
techniques. In attempting to resolve this issue, researchers have found
that predictive text entry methods are very efficient for text entry on
devices such as mobile phones that use keypads instead of full keyboards.
However, word ambiguity, limited dictionary sizes, and large learning
curves prevent this method from being practical in many situations.
Innovative solutions to these problems, focusing on both physical keypad
designs and predictive text entry techniques, are proposed in this
research. The goal of this research is to create and validate novel text
entry methods for mobile devices which are more effective than currently
available methods.

Advisor:
Peter Tarasewich

Thesis Committee Members:
Javed A. Aslam,
Harriet J. Fell,
Carole D. Hafner,
I. Scott MacKenzie (York University, Toronto, Canada)