DSVIS: 2001

- Programme -





Wednesday 13th - Friday 15th June 2001, The Senate Room, University of Glasgow.


Programme: This is still being finalised.

Wednesday 13th June

09.30-10.00
Welcome and Introduction.

10.00-11.00
Invited talk
Chair: C. Johnson, University of Glasgow.

Symmetry as a connection from affordance to state space,
Harold Thimbleby, Gresham Professor of Geometry, Middlesex University.

11.00-11.30
Coffee

11.30-12.30
Paper Session: Mobile Interface Design
Chair: P. Gray, University of Glasgow.

An XML-Based Runtime User Interface Description Language for Mobile Computing Devices
K. Luyten and K. Coninx, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium.

Model Based User Interface Design Using Markup Concepts
A. Muller, P. Forbig and C. Cap, University of Rostock, Germany.

12.30-14.00
Lunch

14:00-15:00
Paper Session: Context Sensitive Design for Mobile and Non-Mobile Interaction
Chair: M. Dunlop, University of Strathclyde.

Abstract user interfaces: A Model and a Notation to Support Plasticity in Interactive Systems
K. Schneider and J. Cordy, University of Saskatchewan and Queens University, Canada.

Task Modelling for Context Sensitive User Interfaces
C. Pibeanu, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, Romania.

15:00-15.30
Tea

15:30-17:00
Paper Session: Design Support
Chair: F. Paterno (CNUCE-CNR)

QTk: An Integrated Model-Based Approach to Designing Executable User Interfaces
D. Grolaux, P. Van Roy and J. Vanderdonckt, Universite Catolique de Louvain, Institute d' Administration et de Gestion, Belgium.

Automatic Evaluation of Ontology
G. Smith and A. Howes, Cardiff University, UK.

Towards Uniformised Task Models in a Model Based Approach
Q. Limbourg, C. Pribaneau and J. Vanderdonckt, Universite Catolique de Louvain, Belgium.

Thursday 14th June

09.30-11.00
Paper Session: Safety-Critical Systems
Chair: P. Palanque, Univ. de Toulouse.

Models and the use of Counter-Factual Reasoning in Accident Investigations
C. Johnson, University of Glasgow, UK.

Design Models for Data Capture in Clinical Anaesthesia on a Pen-Based PDA
P. Gray et al, University of Glasgow, UK.

11.00-11.30
Coffee

11.30-13.00
Paper Session: Supervisory and Control Systems
Chair: C. Johnson, Univ. of Glasgow.

Industrial User Interface Evaluation Based on Coloured Petri Net Modelling and Analysis
M. de Turnell, A. Scaico, M. de Sousa, A. Pekusich, University Federal de Paraiba, Brasil.

A Tool Suite for Integrating Task and System Specific Models Through Scenarios
D. Navarre, P. Palanque, R. Bastide, F. Paterno and C. Santoro, University of Toulouse I, France, CNUCE-CNR, Pisa, Italy.

13.00-14.30
Lunch

14:00-15:30
Discussion Session

15.30-
Social event : to be announced.

Friday 15th June

09.30-11.00
Paper Session: Design for the Web
Chair: S. Brewster (Univ. of Glasgow)

Representing the Producer:
The Use of Semiotic Analysis to Inform the Design of Interactive Components in Networked Media

A. Light, University of Sussex, UK.

Heuristic Evaluation of web site attractiveness and usability
A. Sutcliffe, UMIST, UK.

11.00-11.30
Coffee

11.30-13.30
Paper Session: Temporal and Stochastic Properties of Interaction
Chair: A. Sutcliffe, UMIST.

Resoning about Interactive Systems with Stochastic Models
G. Doherty, M. Massink and G. Faconti, Rutherford Appleton Labs. UK, CNR-CNUCE, Italy.

NGT: Natural Specification of Temporal Properties of Interactive Systems with Multiple Time Granularities
M. Kutar, C. Nehaniv and C. Britton, University of Hertfordshire, UK.

Temporal Patterns for Complex Interaction Design
M. Du and D. England, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

13.30-14.30
Lunch

14:30-16:00
Paper Session: Group-Based Interaction
Chair: M. Sage, University of Glasgow

Modelling Dynamic Group Behaviours
J.L. Garrido and M. Gea, University of Granada, Spain.

Structuring Distributed Virtual Environments Using a Relational Database Model
B. van Schooten, University of Twente, Netherlands.

16.00-17.00
Close, hand-over and tea

Saturday 16th June This will provide the opportunity for informal discussions about the issues raised during the workshop. The day will be spent on the Isle of Arran, off the west Coast of Scotland.

Further Information:
Registration? Social programme? Visiting the University of Glasgow?

For any further details contact: Chris Johnson, Department of Computer Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QJ, Scotland. email: johnson@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk tel.: +44 141 330 6053 fax.: +44 141 330 4913