The input/output (I/O) facilities are the machine’s way to communicate with its human users. For their implementation, certain constraints have to be considered, mostly related to issues of ergonomics, health, productivity and efficiency — and thus, in the end, general econ-

Nowadays, more and more people play games on touch screen mobile phones. This phenomenon raises a very interesting question: does touch behavior reflect the player’s emotional state? If possible, this would be a valuable evaluation indicator for game designers but also for realtime personalization of the game experience. Psychology studies on acted touch behaviour show the existence of discrimi...

In this paper we argue that approaches to annotate multimodal human face-to-face interaction are not suitable for current device-based human-computer interaction. Instead, existing extensions proposed to established parameters describing the interaction with spoken dialog systems are presented and discussed. A standardization activity for annotating user interactions with multimodal systems is ...

Multidisciplinary collaboration is essential for effective human computer interaction. Historically computer science, psychology and the social sciences have operated as discreet disciplines. However with the increased use of Information communication technologies in everyday life issues of appropriate design, functionality and accessibility assume increased importance. In this paper a model fo...

The belief that humans will be able to interact with computers in conversational speech has long been a favorite subject in science fiction. This reflects the persistent belief that spoken dialogue would be the most natural and powerful user interface to computers. With recent improvements in computer technology and in speech and language processing, such systems are starting to appear feasible...

In 1966, anthropologist Edward Hall coined the term “proxemics.” Proxemics is an area of study that identifies the culturally dependent ways in which people use interpersonal distance to understand and mediate their interactions with others [1]. Recent research has demonstrated the use of proxemics in human-computer interaction (HCI) for supporting users’ explicit and implicit interactions in a...

Historically, computer security has its roots in the military domain with its hierarchical structures and clear and normative rules that are expected to be obeyed (Adams & Sasse, 1999). The technical expertise necessary to administer most security tools stems back to the time where security was the matter of trained system administrators and expert users. A considerable amount of money and expe...