|
HCI Research . Tara Matthews . tára@táramatthews.org
Interests: Peripheral Interfaces, Information
Visualization, Glanceability, Evaluation, Multitasking, Interface
Design, Accessibility, Ubicomp, Toolkits
Current Projects
|
|
|
Designing and Evaluating
Glanceable Visuals for Multitasking
Dissertation Research
Glanceable visuals better help users monitor secondary tasks
while multitasking by enabling quick and easy information
uptake. However, little is known about how to best design glanceable
information abstractions for multitasking situations. I conduct a
series of interviews and studies to inform the design and evaluation
of glanceable interfaces. The major contribution of
this work is an understanding of how to design and evaluate
glanceable interfaces, which will improve user ability
to manage multiple tasks through low-effort monitoring. more >>
|
|
|
 
|
|
Sound Awareness for the Deaf
Sounds constantly occur around us, keeping us aware of
our surroundings. People who are deaf have difficulty maintaining an
awareness of these ambient sounds. We are exploring various ways in
which we can support increased sound awareness for people who are
deaf or hard-of-hearing.
more >>
|
|
|
|
|
A Toolkit for Managing User Attention
in Peripheral Displays
As displays become embedded throughout our environment
and daily lives, increasing numbers of them must operate on the
periphery of our attention. We present the Peripheral Displays
Toolkit (PTK), a toolkit that provides structured support for
managing user attention in the development of peripheral displays.
more >>
|
|
Past Projects
|
|
|
Location Disclosure to Social Relations: Why, When, & What People Want to Share
Advances in location-enhanced technology are making it easier for us to be located by others.
These new technologies present a difficult privacy tradeoff, as disclosing one’s location to
another person or service could be highly risky, yet valuable. To explore whether and what
users are willing to disclose about their location to social relations, we conducted a
three-phased formative study. Our results show...
more >>
|
|
|
|
|
The Hanger Display
One of the opportunities of ubiquitous computing is to provide information in new ways
in our everyday environments. In this paper we explore novel display opportunities in
everyday situations with the design and study of the Hanger Display – a system for
ambiently conveying information embedded in a wardrobe.
more >>
|
|
|
|
|
Navigating the Human Body
Tangible interfaces have the potential to produce common artifacts to improve collaboration,
ease learning for non-expert users and ease 3D navigation. We have developed two physical
devices for navigating a 3D virtual model of the human body aimed at school children.
Results from a user study show that a tangible interface can be useful for encouraging
collaboration, improving the learnability of a navigational interface as well as for personalizing
human slice data.
more >>
|
|
|
|
|
WebQuilt
WebQuilt is a web usability logging and visualization system that helps web design teams
record and analyze usability tests. It is designed to conduct remote usability testing on
a variety of Internet-enabled devices and provide a way to identify potential usability
problems when the tester cannot be present to observe and record user actions.
more >>
|
|
|