User Modeling and Adaptation for Daily Routines: Providing Assistance to People with Special and Specific Needs

Motivation

Topics

Important Dates

CFP

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The International Workshop on User Modeling and Adaptation for Daily Routines (UMADR): Providing Assistance to People with Special and Specific Needs will be held in Hawaii, 21 of June 2010 (afternoon), within the 18th International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2010).

Motivation

During our life, we are involved in a huge variety of activities that we constantly repeat associated to diverse contexts. These activities can be related to domestic routines, working tasks, everyday urban-life, and so on. However, not all users have the same capabilities. For example, whilst travelling in public transportation can be trivial for some users, it can be quite hard for others (i.e., elder people, or those with cognitive limitations or motor disabilities). The same happens with most daily routines.

Similarly, during each day, there are a lot of decisions to be taken, both in regular situations (e.g. "what would I buy for tonight dinner?") and in unexpected ones (e.g.: "the underground is not working, how will I go home now?"). While some users can take this type of decisions with an insignificant effort, it may not be easy at all for others. For example, it seems to be more complicated for users with special needs (such as those with psychological or cognitive limitations), or users facing situation for the first time.

The main aim of this workshop is to bring light about how adaptive methods and techniques can be used to help users (with some kind of either disability or specific need) to accomplish daily tasks and to take decisions, both in foreseen and unforeseen situations, considering their capabilities, preferences and needs in each context. In this direction, modeling user’s capabilities, limitations and needs is an essential task.

The workshop targets work on analysis, design, implementation and evaluation of adaptive models, methodologies, systems or technologies to assist users with special/specific needs daily, with special emphasis on major trends in: modeling user features, limitations and special/specific needs; representing daily activities and potential problems during the day; designing and building adaptive assistants for daily routines; and evaluating the use of this type of assistants. The workshop will focus on the following key questions to be discussed:

Which are the difficulties and the potential solutions for helping the users to carry out routine tasks?
How can usual tasks and expected/unexpected situations be modeled?
Which aspects of the user (capabilities, preferences, personality, cognitive limitations, motor disabilities, affective states, context, etc.) should be taken into account to assist to users in their daily routines at different contexts, such as home, work, transport, learning, leisure, etc.?
What adaptation methods and techniques are more appropriate for adaptive assistance in daily activities?
How should adaptive systems’ potential trade-offs (e.g. proactivity, predictability, privacy) be managed in the context of adaptive assistants for daily routines?
How can recommendations of context-based adaptive assistants for daily routines be evaluated?
Which experiences exist in this research area?

Motivation

CFP

Call For Papers

Dear colleague,

We are pleased to announce and invite you to submit a paper to the: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON USER MODELING AND ADAPTATION FOR DAILY ROUTINES (UMADR'2010): PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL AND SPECIFIC NEEDS

http://hada.ii.uam.es/umadr2010

Big Island of Hawaii, June 21st, 2010

At The 18th Intl. Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP 2010)(http://www.hawaii.edu/UMAP2010/)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

IMPORTANT DATES
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* Paper submission: April 12th, 2010 (extended)
* Notification of acceptance: May 3rd, 2010
* Camera-ready version of accepted papers: May 24th, 2010
* Workshop: June 21st, 2010 (afternoon)

MOTIVATION
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The main aim of this workshop is to bring light about how adaptive methods and techniques can be used to help users (with some kind of either disability or specific need) to accomplish daily tasks and to take decisions, both in foreseen and unforeseen situations, considering their capabilities, preferences and needs in each context. In this direction, modeling user's capabilities, limitations and needs is an essential task.

* Which are the difficulties and the potential solutions for helping the users to carry out routine tasks?
* How can usual tasks and expected/unexpected situations be modeled?
* Which aspects of the user (capabilities, preferences, personality, cognitive limitations, motor disabilities, affective states, context, etc.) should be taken into account to assist to users in their daily routines at different contexts, such as home, work, transport, learning, leisure, etc.?
* What adaptation methods and techniques are more appropriate for adaptive assistance in daily activities?
* How should adaptive systems? potential trade-offs (e.g. proactivity, predictability, privacy) be managed in the context of adaptive assistants for daily routines?
* How can recommendations of context-based adaptive assistants for daily routines be evaluated?
* Which experiences exist in this research area?

TOPICS
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The workshop focuses on, but is not restricted to, the following topics:

* User modeling: special/specific needs
* Context-aware user modeling
* Modeling routines
* User behavior prediction
* Design patterns for adaptive personal assistants
* Recommender systems for daily activities
* Methods and techniques for personal assistants
* Novel applications based on user routines
* Collaborative assistants for daily activities
* Adaptive applications for urban services
* Mobile and pervasive urban applications
* Context-aware urban applications
* Daily assistants for all
* Usability and accessibility issues
* Personalized and adaptive interfaces
* Privacy and security issues in ubiquitous applications
* Evaluation of adaptive mobile assistants
* Case studies and experiences

SUBMISSION FORMAT AND REVIEW PROCESS
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All submissions must adhere to the Springer LNCS format, and be made through the EasyChair conference system. All articles selected for publication will be blind reviewed by at least two reviewers with expertise in the area. Participants can also send proposals of "key questions" in advance to be discussed during the workshop.

Full papers: 10-12 pages. Original mature research
Short papers: 4-6 pages. Original ongoing research
Posters: 2 pages. Original ongoing research or research ideas of visual nature

VENUE
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UMADR 2010 will be held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Kona side of the Big Island of Hawaii. More detailed information can be found at the main conference web page (http://www.hawaii.edu/UMAP2010/)

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
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Dr. Estefania Martin - University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Pablo A. Haya - University Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Dr. Rosa M. Carro - University Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

CONTACT
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Dr. Estefania Martin
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Department of Languages and Computer Systems I
Ampliacion del Rectorado, Room 2027
Tulipan s/n
28933 Mostoles, Madrid
Phone: + 34 91 488 8266
Fax:+ 34 91 488 7049
http://www.escet.urjc.es/~emartin/
E-mail: estefania.martin@urjc.es

Dr. Pablo A. Haya
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Department of Computer Science, Room B-207
Tomas y Valiente, 11. EPS. Campus de Cantoblanco
28049 Madrid
Phone: + 34 91 497 2267
Fax:+ 34 91 497 2235
http://www.eps.uam.es/~phaya
E-mail: pablo.haya@uam.es

Dr. Rosa M. Carro
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Department of Computer Science, Room B-318
Tomas y Valiente, 11. EPS. Campus de Cantoblanco
28049 Madrid
Phone: + 34 91 497 2276
Fax:+ 34 91 497 2235
http://www.eps.uam.es/~rcarro
E-mail: rosa.carro@uam.es

Motivation

Schedule

Schedule

Proceedings of UMADR2010 (7,5 MB)

1:00-1:15	Presentation
	Research on Cognitive Disabilities
1:15-1:45	Where Am I: How Travelers With A Cognitive Impairment Ask For And Use Help Stephen Fickas¹, Rik Lemoncello², McKay Moore Sohlberg¹ ¹University of Oregon,²Portland State University Abstract. A study of getting-lost behavior is described. Two matched groups of subjects, one with and one without acquired cognitive impairments, were asked to navigate a walking route. Two foils were introduced to induce problems in route following. A phone helper was available to assist with problem solving. Both quantitative and qualitative results are reported.
1:45-2:10	Designing Safety Services for Intellectually Disabled People at Home: Preliminary Findings from an Ongoing Empirical Study Rob Moonen, Jukka Ojasalo, Heikki Seppälä, Niko Suomalainen Laurea University of Applied Sciences Abstract. This article reports on an ongoing empirical study aiming at designing safety services for intellectually disabled people living at home. Firstly, this article discusses why research and development in this area is needed. Then, it briefly discusses ethical issues when implementing safety technologies in the home environment. Next, it explains the ongoing empirical study. After that, it explains the method. Then, it introduces preliminary empirical findings related to safety concerns of people with cognitive disabilities living at home. The preliminary empirical findings of the present user research relate to the following three aspects: firstly, disabled persons' desire to live at home vs. motivation to take care of basic routines independently; secondly, using wristband technologies; and thirdly, disabled persons' desire for increased social interaction. Finally, the conclusions are drawn. This paper results from ITEA2 (Information Technology for European Advancement) strategic cluster project 'GUARANTEE - A Guardian Angel for the Extended Home Environment'.
2:10-2:30	Methods and Challenges for Doing Research with Intellectually Disabled People: an Ongoing Empirical Study Rob Moonen, Sami Kauppinen, Anusha Iyer, and Katri Ojasalo Laurea University of Applied Sciences Abstract. This paper reports on an ongoing empirical study aiming to introduce methods and target challenges of doing user centered research and design with intellectually disabled people. First this paper will explain why research is needed within this area. Then it introduces several research and design methodologies. After this it explains the ongoing empirical study. Then it will describe the usability, drawbacks and challenges of implementing certain methods with intellectually disabled people. Finally it will give some recommendations of doing research and design with challenging target groups. This paper results from ITEA2 (Information Technology for European Advancement) strategic cluster project 'DIYSE Do-it-Yourself Smart Experiences'.
2:30-3:00	Coffee Break
	Advances on Adaptive User Interfaces
3:00-3:25	Towards Model-based Runtime Evaluation and Adaptation of User Interfaces Michael Quade, Marco Blumendorf, and Sahin Albayrak Technische Universität Berlin Abstract. The development of adaptive applications addresses the need to build computer systems that are ubiquitously available and support the user in various situations. However, as adaptations are performed at runtime and can sometimes hardly been predicted at design time, dynamic evaluation and measurement methods for usability and accessibility are required. In our work we utilize user interface models at runtime to make design information accessible for adaptation processes. In this paper we present an approach to run a user model against a system model at runtime to dynamically simulate and evaluate adaptation quality for users with specific needs.
3:25-3:40	Adaptive User Interfaces to Assist Users Accessing General-Purpose Machines and Services Amaia Aizpurua, Idoia Cearreta, Raúl Miñón and Myriam Arrue University of the Basque Country Abstract. Due to the wide range of devices that exist nowadays, and the diverse needs and abilities of users, it is very difficult to design a user interface that fits all scenarios. This paper presents a prototype of a system which adapts user interfaces to achieve accessibility of web-based services for anybody, anyplace and anytime. For this purpose, interaction context aspects are taken into account basing on an ontological model. The objective is to provide users with adaptive user interfaces, allowing them to use several web-based services and devices from their own handheld device in a personalized way.
3:55-4:25	Questions and Discussion
4:25-4:30	Best Paper Award