Richard Foulds
Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories
University of Delaware
ASEL
University of Delaware
P.O. Box 269
Wilmington, DE 19899
http://www.asel.udel.edu/~foulds/
http://www.asel.udel.edu/hcc-workshop/ (workshop reports)
Intelligent Interactive Systems for Persons with Disabilities
Multimodal, universal access, human-centered computing, telecommunications, intermedia, disabilities.
Human-centered computing embraces the use of advanced computing beyond traditional scientific computing. It addresses the potential for computing to become essential in the lives of indi viduals as a means to enhance education through learning technologies, extend communication via telecommunications, and increase access to information through digital libraries and the NII.
Access to such computing systems requires a broadening of the notion of human-centered computing. The use of such technology and the modes of human/machine interaction must be broadened to accommodate the wide range of differences in physical, sensory, and cognitive capabilities found in the population of users.
This workshop focused on the expansion of human/computer interactions to include persons with a wide range of capabilities, including those individuals with physical disabilities, blindness, deafness, and learning disabilities. Among the topics
The Workshop was held at the Wintherthur Museum and the A.I. duPont Institute, May 21, 22, and 23, 1997, and included approximately 40 invited participants.
Report on the National Research Council Workshop on Every-Citizen
Interface to the Nation's Information Infrastructure (not yet available
for dissemination)
http://www2.nas.edu/cstbweb/5486.html
Proceedings of the 1996 ASSETS Conference, ACM
"Enabling America: Assessing the Role of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering", National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 1997
The Workshop included approximately 40 participants who are listed at the Workshop URL. The program included two cornerstone presentations by David Rose, from the Center for Applied Special Technology and Harvard University, and Elliot Soloway, of the University of Michigan. A final summary overview was provided by Alan Newell, of the University of Dundee.
No position papers were solicited from participants, however, working groups prepared draft segments of the final report prior to the close of the Workshop. The final report is being developed by a subcommittee including Alan Goldschen (Mitre Corp.), Beth Mynatt (Xerox PARC), Michael Muller (Microsoft), and Francis Quek (U. Illinois at Chicago). The report will be available at the Workshop URL after final review.