CfP: IUI 2010 Workshop on Semantic Models for Adaptive Interactive Systems

IUI 2010 Workshop on Semantic Models for Adaptive Interactive Systems (SEMAIS) February 7, 2010 Hong Kong, China Submission deadline: November 15, 2009 http://www.semais.org Motivation and goals Semantic technologies and, in particular, ontologies as formal, shareable representations of a domain of interest play an increasingly important role also for the design and development of user interfaces and more generally interactive systems. Semantic models can serve a number of different purposes in this context. They can be used as application or interface models in model-driven design and generation of user interfaces. Semantic Models can also be applied for representing the various kinds of context information for context-aware and adaptive systems. In particular, they have promise to provide a technique for representing external physical context factors such as location, time or technical parameters and 'internal' context such as user interest profiles or interaction context in a consistent, generalized manner. Owing to these properties, semantic models can also contribute to bridging gaps, e.g., between user models, context-aware interfaces and model-driven UI generation. There is, therefore, a considerable potential for using semantic models as a basis for adaptive interactive systems. The range of potential adaptations is wide comprising, for example, context- and user-dependent recommendations, interactive assistance when performing application-specific tasks, adaptation of the application functionality, or adaptive retrieval support. Furthermore, a variety of reasoning and machine learning techniques exist, that can be employed to achieve adaptive system behavior. Topics of interest - Representing user models, domain knowledge and interaction context by means of semantic models - Cognitively or neurally founded reasoning techniques such as activation spreading for semantic user models - Context-aware interaction based on semantic models - Adaptation strategies and techniques based on semantic models for e.g. recommender systems, adaptive retrieval, collaboration support systems and others - Generating explanations or visualizations to increase user confidence and support traceability - Scalability of semantic model-based interactive systems. - Semantic model-driven UI development - Generation and evolution of semantic models for interactive systems - Evaluation approaches for adaptive interaction Objectives of the Workshop The workshop generally aims at sharing experiences and identifying a set of shared research issues that need to be addressed in future research. Specifically, we intend to identify and structure approaches and techniques for ontology-based interaction and adaptation with the aim of developing a conceptual framework, to identify the potential for building and sharing sharing ontologies for adaptive UIs and, possibly, to start an initiative for developing them. Identify evaluation methods and criteria for semantic model-based interactive systems (shorten) Submission guidelines Prospective participants should submit a 2-page position paper describing their interests and work in the topic of the workshop and first comments concerning a list of research issues we will compile and publish on the workshop website prior to the deadline. We will select participants based on the abstract's quality and their response to the list of issues; the diversity of their backgrounds, aiming at an interdisciplinary group. A list of issues to be discussed at the workshop will be distributed through the workshop Website. The selected presenters will be asked to provide an extended 5-page position paper one month before the workshop. These position papers will be circulated in advance for participants to get an understanding of the mutual views and to provide a starting point for the discussion. Please send your submissions to submissions@semais.org. Important Dates: Submission deadline: November 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance: December 14, 2009 Revised, formatted document due: January 7, 2010 Workshop date: February 7, 2010 Plan for dissemination The results of the workshop will be available on the workshop website and will be presented as an interactive poster during the IUI conference. We will also consider an edited publication depending on the workshop results. Organizers Alan Dix (Lancaster University, GB) Tim Hussein (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Stephan Lukosch (Delft University of Technology, NL) Juergen Ziegler (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Workshop Homepage: http://www.semais.org