User Interface Description Languages for Next Generation User Interfaces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


CHI 2008 Workshop

Welcome to the workshop on "User Interface Description Languages for Next Generation User Interfaces".  The workshop will take place on April 6 at CHI 2008 in the Fortezza da Basso, Palazzina Lorenese building, room 219, Florence, Italy.

This website provides information for participants as well as an archive of position papers, presentation slides, and other information about the workshop.

 

Organizers

 

 

 

Orit Shaer, Tufts University, MA, USA contact

Robert Jacob, Tufts University,  MA, USA

Mark Green, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada

Kris Luyten, Hasselt University and transnationale Universiteit Limburg, Belgium

  

 

Theme

In recent years HCI researchers have developed a broad range of interaction styles that diverge from the "window, icon, menu, pointing device" (WIMP) paradigm employing novel interaction techniques and devices. These include:

  • virtual,  augmented and mixed reality
  • tangible user interfaces
  • ubiquitous, pervasive, and handheld interaction
  • embodied interfaces
  • sensing interfaces
  • multi-modal interfaces.

Developers of these next generation user interfaces currently face challenges that are not addressed by state of the art user interface software tools. As part of the user interface software community’s effort to address these challenges, the concept of a User Interface Description Language (UIDL) reemerges as a promising approach.

 To date, the UIDL research area has demonstrated extensive development, mainly targeting multi-platform and multi-modal user interfaces. However, many open questions remain regarding the usefulness and effectiveness of UIDLs in supporting the development of next generation interfaces. 

The aim of this workshop is to bring together interaction designers, developers and UIDL researchers interested in  next generation user interfaces in an effort to identify key challenges facing this community, to jointly develop new approaches aimed at solving these challenges and finally to consider future spaces for UIDL research.

 

 

Participants and Papers

 

 

Participants list, with links to papers.

 

Handouts, Schedules

 

Workshop schedule

 

 

Proceedings

Proceedings containing all the papers in one file (5.5MB PDF).

 

 

Program Committee

 

 

 

Mark Green

Eva Hornecker

Robert Jacob

Kris Luyten

Jeffery Nichols

Fabio Paterno

Robbie Schaefer

Orit Shaer

Jean Vanderdonckt

 

 

 

More Information

 Workshop abstract [pdf]

CHI 2008 main website

CHI 2006 Workshop on What is the Next Generation of Human Computer Interaction?

AVI 2004 Workshop on Developing User Interfaces with XML: Advances on User Interfaces Description Languages

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

Florence, Italy  April 2008   CHI2008