Workshop @ Informatik 2006:
Mobile and Embedded Interactive Systems (MEIS'06)

Date & Location

The workshop takes place in Dresden (Germany) on Friday, Oct. 6th 2006 and is a part of the Conference Informatik 2006.

Overview

Interaction with mobile devices and embedded systems has become a part of everyday life. As mobile devices get more sophisticated and embedded systems are increasingly interconnected the creation of usable interactive software poses many new challenges. Issues and opportunities arise from emerging novel paradigms in user interfaces. In particular tangible interaction, device and interfaces ecologies, and implicit interaction create new requirements for user centred design and system development.

Topics of interest

• novel tangible user interfaces and interaction metaphors
• new interaction techniques for mobile and embedded interactive systems
• new interface technologies and concepts
• sensing and actuator technologies for mobile and embedded interactive systems
• alternative sensory modalities, e.g. auditory and tactile feedback
• software models and frameworks
• methods, tools, models and design guidelines for emerging user interfaces
• validation, evaluation methods and tools for novel user interfaces
• experience with complex and compound user interfaces
• ad-hoc user interfaces for multiple device orchestration
• ad-hoc interaction with embedded systems via handheld devices
• prototyping mobile and embedded interactive systems
• experience of creating everyday objects that become user interfaces
• experience reports on building, using, and deploying mobile and embedded interactive systems