Understanding Severely Constraining Situational Impairments When Accessing Mobile Technologies

My research aims to investigate ways to support mobile users facing “severely constraining situational impairments” (SCSI) where multiple channels of communication are restricted, overloaded or unavailable. An empirical study will initially be undertaken to identify the range of limitations faced by mobile device users when facing unpredictable situations (e.g. when receiving a text message while concentrating on the road when driving). Based on the findings, a second study will be developed to map feasible forms of technology to the impairments faced. A final study will then be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the mappings, with the ultimate goal of producing a set of guidelines that will inform interface designers when developing tools to support individuals who are facing severely constraining situational impairments. The outcomes of this research will hopefully inform design of mobile technology in addressing SCSIs.

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Sidas Saulynas

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Publication date: July 2016

Publication date (Print): July 2016

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2016.5

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 30

Conference location: Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

Conference date: 11 - 15 July 2016

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Fusion

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[1] L. BarnardJ. YiJ. A. JackoA. Sears 2007 Capturing the Effects of Context on Human Performance in Mobile Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 11 2 81 96

[2] A. BianchiI. OakleyV. KostakosD. Kwon 2011 The Phone Lock: Audio and Haptic Shoulder-Surfing Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction 197 200 Funchal, Portugal ACM

[3] A. De LucaK. HertzschuchH. Hussmann 2010 ColorPIN: securing PIN entry through indirect input Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 1103 1106 Atlanta, GA USA ACM

[4] A. De LucaE. von ZezschwitzN. NguyenM.-E. MaurerE. RubegniM. ScipioniM. Langheinrich 2013 Back-of-Device Authentication on Smartphones The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2389 2398 Paris, France ACM

[5] A. K. DeyG. D. AbowdD. Salber 2001 A Conceptual Framework and a Toolkit for Supporting the Rapid Prototyping of Context-Aware Applications Human-Computer Interaction 16 97 166

[6] M. GoelL. FindlaterJ. Wobbrock 2012 WalkType: Using Accelerometer Data to Accommodate Situational Impairments in Mobile Touch Screen Text Entry Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2687 2696 Austin, Texas USA ACM

[7] M. LinR. GoldmanK. J. PriceA. SearsJ. Jacko 2007 How Do People Tap When Walking? An Empirical Investigation of Nomadic Data Entry International Journal of HumanComputer Studies 65 9 759 769

[8] S. A. SaulynasR. Kuber 2015 Going beyond “beyond being there”: An inquiry into the use of brain-computer interface technologies and intelligent machine agents to facilitate inconspicuous communication 2015 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS) 454 459 Atlanta, GA USA IEEE

[9] A. SearsM. LinJ. JackoY. Xiao 2003 When Computers Fade: Pervasive Computing and Situationally-induced Impairments and Disabilities HCI International 2 3 1298 1302

[10] A. SearsM. YoungJ. Feng 2008 Physical Disabilities and Computing Technologies: An Analysis of Impariments A. SearsJ. A. Jacko The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook 2nd 829 852 New York, NY, USA Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Taylor & Francis Associates

[11] J. O. Wobbrock 2006 The Future of Mobile Device Research in HCI CHI 2006 workshop proceedings: what is the next generation of human-computer interaction 131 134

[12] S. ZhuY. MaJ. FengA. Sears 2009 Don’t Listen! I Am Dictating My Password! Proceedings of the 11th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility 229 230 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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