NSERC/AITF/SMART Industrial Research Chair in Interactive Technologies

现代社会要求人们以越来越快的速度管理、交流和交互数字信息和数字设备。问题不在于信息本身，而在于其数量之大，以及目前提供的介绍、交流、查看和互动方式之笨拙。因此，主席的总体目标是：设计、开发和评估交互技术，使其支持人们如何看待、表示、管理并与信息互动以及如何与信息合作。主席将通过两个相互关联的研究主题实现这一目标。首先，交互式可视化研究了数字世界为人们探索密集和复杂的信息空间提供的可能性。总体目标是通过为人们提供适当的互动技术和数字显示，帮助他们将信息转化为知识，从而促进理解。第二，流体交互考虑了如何将显示这些信息的技术设计成真实的世界环境的真正不可分割的一部分。总体目标是创造新的显示器和设备，以适应，支持和参与-而不是忽视-人们及其周围环境的日常社会实践。这两个主题紧密交织在一起：交互式可视化考虑信息的基本性质以及人们如何通过技术与信息进行有效交互，而流体交互则考虑这些技术如何以与人们的日常实践和惯例相结合的方式表现出来。这项研究将利用Carpendale的专业知识，为互动技术创造新颖的设计。她与她的工业赞助商SMART Technologies，ULC有着悠久的合作历史，这是一个赞助 **，其中包括由SMART Technologies，Inc.共同资助的工业主席。和阿尔伯塔的AITF机构。

Modern society demands that people manage, communicate and interact with digital information and digital**devices at an ever-increasing pace. The problem is not with the information itself, but rather with its sheer**volume and the unwieldy ways now provided to present, exchange, view and interact with it. Consequently, the**overall objective of the Chair is to: design, develop and evaluate interactive technologies so that they support**the everyday-world practices of how people view, represent, manage, and interact with information and how**they collaborate with it. The Chair will realize this objective through two inter-related research themes. First,**interactive visualization investigates the possibilities the digital world affords for peoples' exploration of dense**and complex information spaces. The overall goal is to promote comprehension by providing people with**appropriate interactive technologies and digital displays that help them transform information into knowledge.**Second, fluid interaction considers how the technology that displays this information can be designed as a truly**integral part of the real world environment. The overall goal is to create new displays and devices that fit,**support and participate in - rather than ignore - the everyday-world social practices of people and their**surrounding environment. Both themes are tightly intertwined: Interactive visualization considers the**fundamental nature of information and how people can effectively interact with it through technology, while**fluid interaction considers how these technologies manifest themselves in ways that integrate with the everyday**practices and routines of people.**This research will leverage Carpendale's expertise in the creation of novel designs for interactive technologies.**Her strong history of collaboration with her industrial sponsor, SMART Technologies, ULC, is a sponsorship**that includes an Industrial Chair co-funded by SMART Technologies, Inc. and Alberta's AITF agency.