Broad Area Colloquium For AI-Geometry-Graphics-Robotics-Vision
(CS 528)
Intelligent user interfaces: an AI challenge
Daniel S. Weld
Computer Science Department
University of Washington
Monday, February 9, 2004, 4:15PM
TCSeq 200
http://graphics.stanford.edu/ba-colloquium/
Abstract
Today's computer interfaces are one size fits all. Users with little
programming experience have very limited opportunities to customize an
interface to their task and work habits. Furthermore, the overhead
induced by generic interfaces will be proportionately greater on small
form-factor PDAs, embedded applications and wearable devices. Searching
for a solution, researchers argue that productivity can be greatly
enhanced if interfaces anticipated their users, adapted to their
preferences, and reacted to high-level customization requests. But
realizing these benefits is tricky, because there is an inherent tension
between the dynamism implied by automatic interface adaptation and the
stability required in order for the user to predict the computer's
behavior and maintain control. This talk will list challenges for the
field, describe principles governing effective adaptation, and present
new algorithms for data mining user action traces and dynamically
transforming interfaces.
About the Speaker
Daniel S. Weld is Thomas J. Cable / WRF Professor of Computer Science
and Engineering at the University of Washington. After formative
education at Phillips Academy, he received bachelor's degrees in both
Computer Science and Biochemistry at Yale University in 1982. He
landed a Ph.D. from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab in 1988,
received a Presidential Young Investigator's award in 1989, an Office
of Naval Research Young Investigator's award in 1990, and was named
AAAI Fellow in 1999. Weld is on the editorial board of Artificial
Intelligence, was a founding editor for the Journal of AI Research,
and was Program Chair for AAAI-96. Weld has published two books and
scads of technical papers on AI, planning, software agents, and
intelligent interfaces.
Weld is an active entrepreneur with several patents and technology
licenses. In May 1996, he co-founded Netbot, creator of
Jango Shopping Search, later acquired by Excite. In October 1998,
Weld co-founded AdRelevance, a revolutionary monitoring service for
internet advertising, which was acquired by Media Metrix and
subsequently by Nielsen NetRatings. In June 1999, Weld co-founded data
integration company Nimble Technology which was acquired by the
Actuate Corporation. In January 2001, Weld joined the Madrona Venture
Group as a Venture Partner and member of the Technical Advisory Board.
Contact: bac-coordinators@cs.stanford.edu
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