As control systems become more complex, the use of automated control has increased. At the same time, the role of the human operator has changed from primary system controller to supervisor or monitor. Safe design of the humancomputer interaction becomes more difficult. In this paper, we present a visual task modeling language that can be used by system designers to model human computer interac...

The next generation computing will be human-centered, which weaves computation and communication technologies into the background of people’s working and living spaces, and changes the interactions between human and computers into implicit mode. In this regard, computers analyze people’s actions and intentions based on multi-modal sensor data, and further provide attentive services to them with...

Human–computer interaction (HCI) is a flourishing field of research about the interaction between human beings and computer technologies. HCI theories and research seek to understand the various rules that human beings employ to communi­ cate with computers and explore creative ways of designing computer‐based interfaces to improve usability and the quality of user experience. HCI applications ...

In this paper, human interaction with embedded or ubiquitous technology is considered. The techniques focus on the use of what might be termed "everyday" objects and actions as a means of controlling (or otherwise interacting with) technology. While this paper is not intended to be an exhaustive review, it does present a view of the immediate future of human-computer interaction (HCI) in which ...

While human-to-human communication takes advantage of an abundance of information and cues, human-computer interaction is limited to only a few input modalities (usually only keyboard and mouse) and provides little flexibility as to choice of communication modality. In this paper, we present an overview of a family of research projects we are undertaking at Carnegie Mellon and Karlsruhe Univers...