Jean Vanderdonckt

Jean Vanderdonckt received an M.Sc. in mathematics, an M.Sc. in computer science and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Namur, Belgium, in 1987, 1989 and 1997, respectively. He was Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University in 2000 and is Invited Professor at Polytechnic University of Valencia. He is currently Full Professor at Louvain School of Management, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, where he leads the Louvain Interaction Lab since 1998. His research interests include human-computer interaction (HCI), engineering interactive computing systems (EICS), intelligent user interfaces (IUI), usability engineering and software engineering. Dr. Vanderdonckt is co-editor-in-chief of the Springer Series of Human-Computer Interaction and the Springer Briefs in Human-Computer Interaction. He is a IFIP Fellow and ACM Distinguished Scientist.

Speech Title: To the end of our possibilities with adaptive user interfaces

Abstract:

adapting a user interface of an interactive application has always been considered for the ultimate benefit of the end user in terms of preference, performance, etc. But this has not always be the case: altering any element of the user interface inevitably induces a cognitive disruption in the head of the end user. On the basis of a review of three generations of adaptation techniques, we believe that the success of adaptive user interfaces is not only a matter of adaptation technique respecting this cognitive disruption, but more in terms of how to control the adaptation. For this purpose, we explore which adaptation techniques have been primarily investigated at which level of adaptation control and identify unexplored areas.