Models of attention in computing and communication

Horvitz, Eric; Kadie, Carl; Paek, Tim; Hovel, David

doi:10.1145/636772.636798

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“…This section reviews the work done so far in attention aware systems. It should be noted, however, that attention has not often been prioritised as a specific subject of research in HCI (with some notable exceptions including the Attentional User Interface project at Microsoft research (Horvitz, Kadie, Paek, & Hovel, 2003)). As a consequence, much of the work relevant to the development of attention aware systems appears in the context of other research frames.…”

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Attention aware systems: Theories, applications, and research agenda

Roda

Thomas

2006

Computers in Human Behavior

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Human perceptual and cognitive abilities are limited resources. Attention is the mechanism used to allocate such resources in the most effective way. Current technologies, in addition to allowing fast access to information and people, should be designed to support human attentional processes on which they impose further strain. This paper analyses the issues related to the design of systems capable of such support: attention aware systems. We introduce the research aimed at understanding and modelling human attentional processes, including perceptual and cognitive processes as studied in cognitive psychology, as well as rhetorical, aesthetic, and social aspects related to attentional mechanisms. We analyse current approaches to the design of attention aware systems along three major features: detection of user's current attentional state, detection and evaluation of possible alternative attentional states, strategies for focus switch or maintenance. Finally, we discuss the most promising research direction for the development of systems capable of supporting human attentional mechanisms.

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Attention aware systems: Theories, applications, and research agenda

Roda

Thomas

2006

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…There have been attempts to develop models to support reasoning about information awareness vs. interruption of the user [12]. In addition to defining the rules for managing interruptions, the user also needs to be able to manage her interruptions in a context-sensitive and effective manner.…”

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To Be or Not to Be Aware: Reducing Interruptions in Pervasive Awareness Systems

Petersen

Cassens

Kofod-Petersen

et al. 2008

2008 the Second International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies

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In this paper we look at awareness systems that use mobile and ambient devices for collecting or presenting awareness information and operate within an Ambient Intelligence Environment. Our focus is on Pervasive Awareness Systems (PAS) that mediate awareness with the aim to improve the feeling of being connected. In particular, we concentrate on the challenges that are connected to participation in multiple communities, requiring a continuous balancing between the need to "keep in touch" and to reduce interruptions. In the paper, we discuss software agents as a possible solution and identify the different roles that agents can play in reducing interruptions.

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“…This can be achieved by predicting when humans are likely to change viewing. To do so one can use Markov or Hidden Markov Models [7,1].…”

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“…Surprisingly, very few research results have been utilized in real-world applications [1,2]. A typical example is that of semi-automatic road tracking in images where the human is only used to initialize automated processes or as an editor at the end, with only a few or no human-computer interactions along the way [3].…”

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Understanding Human-Computer Interactions in Map Revision

Zhou

Bischof

Caelli

2004

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. It is difficult to track, parse and model human-computer interactions during editing and revising of documents, but it is necessary if we are to develop automated technologies that will aid or replace humans. This paper introduces a system for accessing and recording a stream of events related to human actions in a real-time cartographic map revision system. The recorded events are parsed into a sequence of meaningful user actions and an action representation in XML format is generated. We also report results of experiments on predicting user actions such as view changes, edits, road tracking/production using hidden Markov models.

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Models of attention in computing and communication

Abstract: Creating computing and communication systems that sense and reason about human attention by fusing together information from multiple streams.

Cited by 227 publications

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Attention aware systems: Theories, applications, and research agenda

Attention aware systems: Theories, applications, and research agenda

To Be or Not to Be Aware: Reducing Interruptions in Pervasive Awareness Systems

Understanding Human-Computer Interactions in Map Revision

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