A Usercentric and Multidisciplinary Framework for Designing Contextaware
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A User-centric and Multidisciplinary Framework for Designing Context-aware Applications Nick Bradley; Mark Dunlop Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK
Motivation n n Context-aware computing has uncovered new ways in which to support the mobile activities of people User’s context shifted from a traditional static desktop environment to a dynamic mobile setting Human & social issues of context-aware design not fully addressed A greater understanding of ‘context’ is still required These issues should be tackled through a multidisciplinary approach
Our approach to designing usable context-aware systems n Our research objectives: – Provide a foundation in which human and social design issues can be identified and investigated – Provide a user-centred process to compliment software application development n Multidisciplinary model of context – Derives from theories in Psychology, Linguistics, and Computer Science n User-centred design framework – Built on our model of context and includes 3 parts
Multidisciplinary model of context: User’s world
Multidisciplinary model of context: User’s world
Multidisciplinary model of context: User’s world
Multidisciplinary model of context: Application’s world
Multidisciplinary model of context: Application’s world
Multidisciplinary model of context: Integration of User’s & Application’s world
Multidisciplinary model of context: Integration of User’s & Application’s world Prioritization of incidental services with respect to the user’s meaningful activity n Transmitting information to different user’s and within different environments n Prioritisation of meaningful and incidental information left for others n
Conclusions The unpredictable nature of users and the environments in which they interact can be investigated n Allows researchers to investigate which dimensions of context influence mobile activities of users n Builds richer descriptions and scenarios of Ubi. Comp services n
Contact details Nick Bradley; Mark Dunlop Department of Computer & Information Sciences Strathclyde University Glasgow, UK Tel: 0141 552 5330 Email: {Nick. Bradley; Mark. Dunlop}@cis. strath. ac. uk