[Colloq] Hiring Talk, Friday, Feb. 8, 11:30AM

[Rachel Kalweit]

College of Computer and Information Science Colloquium

Presents a hiring talk by:
Krzysztof Gajos
University of Washington

Who will speak on:
“Automatically Generating Personalized Adaptive User Interfaces”

Friday, February 8, 2008
11:30am
366 West Village H
Northeastern University

Abstract:
User Interfaces delivered with today's software are usually created in a one-size-fits-all manner, making implicit assumptions about the needs, abilities, and preferences of the "average user" and  characteristics of the "average device."  The central thesis of this talk is that personalized user interfaces, which are adapted to a person’s devices, tasks, preferences, and abilities, can improve user satisfaction and performance.  To support it, I will report on the results of four user studies of adaptive user interfaces that demonstrate how such interfaces can significantly improve the quality and efficiency of daily interactions for typical computer users.  I will then present three concrete systems, which I have developed to enable a broad range of personalized adaptive interfaces: SUPPLE, which uses decision-theoretic optimization to automatically generate user interfaces adapted to a person’s device and usage pattern; ARNAULD, which allows optimization-based systems to be adapted to users’ preferences; and SUPPLE++, a system that first performs a one-time assessment of a person’s motor capabilities and then automatically generates user interfaces adapted to that user.  The results of my experiments show that these automatically generated, ability-based user interfaces significantly improve speed, accuracy, and satisfaction for users with motor impairments compared to manufacturers’ default interfaces.

Host: Carole Hafner