Bridging User Context and Design Models to Build Adaptive User Interfaces

Abstract

With respect to modeling the context of interaction, two different research communities consider the context from different viewpoints. The usercentered view which prevails in the HCI and the device-centered view which is dominant in the mobile and ubiquitous computing. Despite existing advances, context modeling and user interface (UI) design methods are still poorly integrated, making it difficult to use the contextual elements directly in UI design. This paper focuses on bringing user-related aspects of the interaction context in UI design. We propose a model-driven framework for the development of adaptive user interfaces. The framework describes the interaction context by integrating contextual factors from different context perspectives in a unison manner. Then it provides formal semantic relations between contextual and UI elements. The framework has been used in the data visualization domain, particularly in the design of the software instrument table for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that takes into account user context, namely human perceptual abilities.

Engineering human-in-the-loop interactions in cyber-physical systems

“…In addition to the above-mentioned themes, another key issue in the involvement of humans in CPSs is the consideration of the interaction context in the design of user interfaces. Since Thevenin et al introduced the concept of plasticity in [30], several efforts have been made to build user interfaces with the capability of being aware of the context (context awareness) and to react to changes in this context [31,32]. Similarly to these proposals, we use the user context to select the appropriate interaction mechanisms to allow human-system interactions.…”

Engineering Context-Adaptive UIs for Task-Continuous Cross-Channel Applications

“…UIs with adaptation capabilities have been proposed in the context of various domains (e.g. [19], [20], [26] or [27]) and there are also proposals for integrating adaptive UI capabilities in enterprise applications (e.g. [16]).…”