Most 3D modelling tools available today operate using interfaces based on traditional static menus, which implies that the user must go through a long training period before he can use the modelling tool in a productive manner. In this paper we explore the definition and use of new embodied modelling tools within a 3D environment. Each embodied tool works in its own virtual 2D space that senses...

This paper discusses the capabilities of the Vist3D system which enables non-technical users, specifically users without knowledge of 3D modelling techniques, interface design, data manipulation and creation of multimedia artefacts to build historical 3D spatiotemporal visualisations from natural language narratives. The user (e.g. museum curator, people involved with cultural heritage) need on...

ABIS ‘Adaptivität und Benutzermodellierung in interaktiven Softwaresystemen’ is the special interest group on Adaptivity and User Modeling in Interactive Systems of the German Computer Society. The ABIS Workshop has been established as a highly interactive forum for discussing the state of the art in personalization and user modeling. Latest developments in industry and research are presented i...

The paper looks at the current state of development in transportation modelling and tries to identify future developments which are either likely or desirable. It discusses developments in the fields of data modelling, surveying techniques for supply and demand data, traffic assignment and travel forecasting models, microscopic modelling, and user interface.

The visualization of 3D models of the patient’s body emerges as a priority in surgery. In this paper two different visualization and interaction systems are presented: a virtual interface and a low cost multi-touch screen. The systems are able to interpret in real-time the user’s movements and can be used in the surgical pre-operative planning for the navigation and manipulation of 3D models of...

A 3D virtual model of the human lower extremity has been developed for the purpose of examining how the neuromuscular system controls the muscles and generates the desired movement. Our virtual knee currently incorporates the major muscles spanning the knee joint and it is used to estimate the knee joint moment. Beside that we developed a graphical interface that allows the user to visualize th...

User modeling [15,9] is concerned with acquisition and representation of assumptions about users of technical systems, and with the exploitation of these assumptions for system individualization. In many user modeling systems, the following shortcomings can be observed: Assumptions about mental attitudes like knowledge or goals are modeled, while behaviororiented assumptions, e.g. about interac...

This paper presents a design method for user interfaces based on some ideas from conversation analysis. The method uses interaction diagram and it is conceived to design the overall flow of conversation between the user and the computer system in an abstract way, as an architectural prolegomenon to the designer’s choice of the actual interface elements that will be used.

User model can be defined as a machine-readable representation of user characteristics of a system. We have developed a user model that considers users with physical, age-related or contextual impairment and can be used to personalize electronic interfaces to facilitate human machine interaction. This paper presents a case study of exploiting this Inclusive User Model to personalize an electron...

The integration of software components becomes a more and more important issue in software engineering. Process-oriented approaches should provide automated information processes. Therefore, the software components have to be integrated in a consistent way, i.e., their export interfaces have to be respected by the importing components. Furthermore, the type system of component interfaces has to...