AdaM: Adapting Multi-User Interfaces for Collaborative Environments in Real-Time

TY - GEN

T1 - AdaM: Adapting Multi-User Interfaces for Collaborative Environments in Real-Time

AU - Park, Seonwook

AU - Gebhardt, Christoph

AU - Rädle, Roman

AU - Feit, Anna Maria

AU - Vrzakova, Hana

AU - Dayama, Niraj

AU - Yeo, Hui-Shyong

AU - Klokmose, Clemens Nylandsted

AU - Quigley, Aaron

AU - Oulasvirta, Antti

AU - Hilliges, Otmar

PY - 2018/4/20

Y1 - 2018/4/20

N2 - Developing cross-device multi-user interfaces (UIs) is a challenging problem. There are numerous ways in which content and interactivity can be distributed. However, good solutions must consider multiple users, their roles, their preferences and access rights, as well as device capabilities. Manual and rule-based solutions are tedious to create and do not scale to larger problems nor do they adapt to dynamic changes, such as users leaving or joining an activity. In this paper, we cast the problem of UI distribution as an assignment problem and propose to solve it using combinatorial optimization. We present a mixed integer programming formulation which allows real-time applications in dynamically changing collaborative settings. It optimizes the allocation of UI elements based on device capabilities, user roles, preferences, and access rights. We present a proof-of-concept designer-in-the-loop tool, allowing for quick solution exploration. Finally, we compare our approach to traditional paper prototyping in a lab study.

AB - Developing cross-device multi-user interfaces (UIs) is a challenging problem. There are numerous ways in which content and interactivity can be distributed. However, good solutions must consider multiple users, their roles, their preferences and access rights, as well as device capabilities. Manual and rule-based solutions are tedious to create and do not scale to larger problems nor do they adapt to dynamic changes, such as users leaving or joining an activity. In this paper, we cast the problem of UI distribution as an assignment problem and propose to solve it using combinatorial optimization. We present a mixed integer programming formulation which allows real-time applications in dynamically changing collaborative settings. It optimizes the allocation of UI elements based on device capabilities, user roles, preferences, and access rights. We present a proof-of-concept designer-in-the-loop tool, allowing for quick solution exploration. Finally, we compare our approach to traditional paper prototyping in a lab study.

KW - Cross-device interaction

KW - Distributed user interface

KW - Optimization

KW - UI adaptation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046934807&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/3173574.3173758

DO - 10.1145/3173574.3173758

M3 - Article in proceedings

BT - CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

ER -