Search results for "User"

Adaptation of the Presentation in a Multi-tenant Web Information System

2012

We introduced a Web Information System (WIS) adaptation architecture that is based on Software as a Service (SaaS) ideas. It includes adaptation components, which allow adaptation in two levels: the organizations and the users get their own adapted instance of the WIS. The user interface in case of multi-tenancy should be dynamically adapted according to the particular organization and user. The same application component that contains a set of fields, controls and other interface elements should be varied according to the usage context. In this paper we provide a method for adapting the user interface within the proposed adaptation architecture that uses a set of rules describing the seque…

Establishing Usability for Interactive Music Applications that Use Embodied Mediation Technology

2009

This paper proposes a research method to address usability issues in the early stage of development of interactive or collaborative embodied music applications. The central topic is how concepts of usability testing, goal composition, game enjoyment and technology assessment can be actively incorporated in the development and improvement of music applications that use embodied mediation technology. The method presented involves discourse analysis of interviews to develop an approach to constructively use the feedback of test persons to enhance interactive music applications. This analysis is used to determine whether users can properly interact with the system, whether they understand it an…

What Motivates Internet Users to Search for Asperger Syndrome and Autism on Google?

2020

Social campaigns are carried out to promote autism spectrum disorder (ASD) awareness, normalization, and visibility. The internet helps to shape perceptions of Asperger syndrome and autism. In fact, these campaigns often coincide with the increase in searches for both diagnoses on Google. We have two study objectives: to use Google Trends to identify the annual time points from 2015 to 2019 with the highest Google search traffic in Spain for the terms &ldquo

NFC-maksaminen : mahdollisuudet ja haasteet käyttäjän näkökulmasta

2013

Mobiilit päätelaitteet ja niitä käyttävien kuluttajien määrä on lisääntynyt nopeasti viime vuosien aikana, mikä tuo uusia mahdollisuuksia erilaisille mobiilin maksamisen sovelluksille. Tässä tutkielmassa paneuduttiin kirjallisuuskatsauksen avulla Near Field Communication -teknologian eli NFC:n ominaisuuksiin sekä NFC-maksamiseen liittyvien mahdollisuuksien ja haasteiden erityispiirteisiin käyttäjän näkökulmasta. Tutkimustuloksina todettiin NFC-maksamisella olevan huomattava määrä kehittäjiä ja muita tukijoita takanaan, mikä edesauttaa nopeaa teknologista kehitystä. NFC:llä vaikuttaisikin olevan hyvät mahdollisuudet kilpailla muiden elektronisten maksutapojen kanssa. NFC-maksamisen helppous …

A secret sharing scheme for anonymous DNS queries

2013

Since its adoption in the early 90's, several privacy concerns have emerged about the Domain Name System (DNS). By collecting the DNS queries performed by each user, it is possible to characterize habits, interests and other sensitive data of the users. Usually, users resolve their {\em url} requests by querying the DSN server belonging to their Internet Service Provider (ISP) and therefore they assume they can trust it. However, different DNS servers can be used, by revealing sensitive data to a partially untrusted entity that can collect and sell this data for several purposes (target advertising, user profiling, etc.). In this paper we address the possibility to integrate tools in the cu…

Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, N. 4 

2014

The Logic of User Interface Design

2016

Technical artefacts exist so that people can use them to make something happen. Their capacity to do so depends on the functions and functionalities of the technology, which requires users. Technologies thus have to give users the ability to control them, and the designer’s role is to create the actions and work processes for which the artefacts are intended. This basic HTI pursuit is called user interface design. It applies technical interaction concepts to solve design problems. This chapter presents the overall principles and goals for the user interface design of any technical artefact.

Current communication technologies in language processing

2015

Even the most cutting-edge communication-mediated technology like satellite navigation for orbit positioning, pedestrian movement recognition systems based on inertial sensors, 5G systems, let alone medical devices for coordination of human organs functionality would not be invented without technologies for language processing as an information source between humans and communication systems. Regardless of the way we communicate that is via emails, website short tweets, video conferencing systems, social networking, blogs, instant messaging through websites or mobile applications, or texting only, we use a language that is processed by computer system. Thus, the keynote paper discusses lang…

Appetizer or main dish? Explaining the use of Facebook news posts as a substitute for other news sources

2019

An increasing number of, especially younger, users use Facebook as their primary source for news about political and societal issues. At the same time, research suggests that Facebook use contributes to societal knowledge gaps. Against this background, we investigate the antecedents of using Facebook as a substitute for other news sources. We argue that exposure to news posts on Facebook increases the feeling of being well-informed, regardless of actual knowledge acquisition. This might lead users, especially those with a low need for cognition (NfC), to use Facebook as a substitute for other news sources. We test these assumptions with an online survey (n=390) of German Internet users. Res…

Neuroevolution of Actively Controlled Virtual Characters - An Experiment for an Eight-Legged Character

2018

Physics-based character animation offers an attractive alternative for traditional animations. However, it is often strenuous for a physics-based approach to incorporate active user control of different characters. In this paper, a neuroevolutionary approach is proposed using HyperNEAT to combine individually trained neural controllers to form a control strategy for a simulated eight-legged character, which is a previously untested character morphology for this algorithm. It is aimed to evaluate the robustness and responsiveness of the control strategy that changes the controllers based on simulated user inputs. The experiment result shows that HyperNEAT is able to evolve long walking contr…