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HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
A Tool for Analyzing Categorical Data Visually with Granular Representation
Categorical data appears in various places, and dealing with it has been a major concern in analysis fields. However, representing not only global trends but also local trends of d...
Kousuke Shiraishi, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
A Multiple-Aspects Visualization Tool for Exploring Social Networks
Social network analysis (SNA) has been used to study the relationships between actors in social networks, revealing their features and patterns. In most cases, nodes and edges in g...
Jie Gao, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
The Art of Cross-Cultural Design for Usability
More and more HCI researchers and practitioners have realized the urgency of addressing culture as being more than just an interface tuning parameter. Recent publications, project ...
Heike Winschiers-Theophilus
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
Interaction with Colored Graphical Representations on Braille Devices
For several years there has been the wish to make colors accessible to blind people. Colors are all around us and sighted people often talk about colors as it is a simple means of ...
Christiane Taras, Thomas Ertl
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
Culture, Politeness and Directive Compliance
Christopher A. Miller, Peggy Wu, Vanessa Vakili, T...
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
Emotion Detection: Application of the Valence Arousal Space for Rapid Biological Usability Testing to Enhance Universal Access
Emotion is an important mental and physiological state, influencing cognition, perception, learning, communication, decision making, etc. It is considered as a definitive important...
Christian Stickel, Martin Ebner, Silke Steinbach-N...
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
Use Cases Functionality of the OASIS HCI
Abstract. Within OASIS, a set of detailed Use Cases have been developed, after capturing the specific needs of elderly users on the use and acquisition of services for the support ...
Maria Panou, Evangelos Bekiaris, Maria Fernanda Ca...
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
A Harmonised Methodology towards Measuring Accessibility
This paper introduces the harmonized accessibility methodology (HAM) that has been defined and deployed in the context of the ACCESSIBLE project. HAM is aimed to harmonize existing...
Alexandros Mourouzis, Grammati-Eirini Kastori, Kon...
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
The OASIS Concept
Abstract. OASIS is an Integrated Project with the aim to revolutionise the interoperability, quality, breadth and usability of services for all daily activities of the elderly, by ...
Evangelos Bekiaris, Silvio Bonfiglio
HCI
2009
13 years 10 months ago
Distributed Intelligence and Scaffolding in Support of Cognitive Health
Computers have dramatically changed the social landscape and living practices in the 21st century. Most of those changes have empowered typically abled adults, while it is only in ...
Stefan Carmien, Randal A. Koene