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In my talk, I described the work that I have been doing since March 2020, leading a multi-disciplinary team of 20+ volunteer scientists working very closely with the Presidency of the Valencian Government in Spain on 4 large areas: (1) human mobility ...

Digital technology is ubiquitous and has transformed many aspects of domestic and business life. At a personal level there is an ‘app for everything’, in commerce banks are shifting online and even the heat and oil of the factory floor is being ...

The subject of human-computer interaction can serve for motivation of students of computing undergraduate courses, by empowering them in addressing problems of social importance and raising awareness on ethical issues. This is particularly important as ...

Card-based design toolkits are growing in popularity to support more inclusive and creative design processes. They are also adopted in educational contexts to promote rich and playful learning experiences. Most toolkits are used in co-located workshops ...

This paper describes an interactive art installation, placed at a central location in Athens, that utilises live data from environmental sensors and maps them to visual, auditory, and tactile / kinaesthetic elements. The installation in question is ...

Card sorting is one widely used method to design website information architectures based on an understanding of their users’ mental models. This paper studies the effect of participants’ sense of direction on card sorting results. To this end, a two-...

User interfaces utilising multiple modalities or even multisensory feedback are more common, creating the need for evaluation techniques that can consider various quality dimensions. This paper demonstrates how the trained panel method can support the ...

The number of elderly people is projected to increase notably around the globe in the coming decades. At the same time, the speed of technology adoption by elderly is moving slowly, while technology around both web platforms and touchscreens is ...

Location-based games can engage visitors of a cultural site in learning and sensitization activities about local heritage. This paper reflects on the design thinking approach followed to develop a mobile learning game about the cultural heritage (CH) of ...

Recent technological advances in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence have led to the proliferation of AI-powered decision support systems. This partially explains the HCI research community’s increased interest in investigating how to design ...

Advances in machine learning (ML) open up possibilities for better supporting the decision making that occurs in high-stakes domains such as air traffic management (ATM). The success of such decision-making systems highly depends upon end users’ ...

Game-based competitive or cooperative robotics activities constitute an effective approach to exploit the child-robot interaction perspective. However, in most game-based robotics activities robots act autonomously to achieve the goal. In this work, we ...

Self-tracking enables individuals to monitor things like their behavioral, biological, physical or environmental data, offering the means for reflection and self-growth. Reflective Analytics utilizes educational data mining and learning analytics to ...

Touchscreens are a widely used medium for interacting with digital applications in public and they are found in various contexts including entertainment, culture, travel, marketing, etc. However, in the current times of COVID-19 pandemic there are ...

The design of mid-air, accessory-free, gesture-based control of multiple targets (devices) in the physical space presents several challenges, including: (a) user control entails both addressing the device and providing input to it (either sequentially ...

In 2020, there was a sudden and internationally widespread shift towards remote learning, primarily stemming from a need to facilitate learning while also maintaining the physical safety of students and community members. While there are benefits to ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a national lock down that saw universities completely switch to online teaching and learning. Lecturers were ill prepared for a change of such magnitude. This study sought to investigate the views and ...

Aiming at bridging the gap between the recent advancements in eXtended Reality (XR) research and real-world scenarios, in this paper we describe the first steps of an iterative user-centered methodology developed to elicit user requirements and to ...

In this paper, we present a novel system aimed at replacing large-display information dashboards in industrial control rooms, with a flexible, dynamic and reconfigurable immersive virtual reality environment, which can afford high mobility without ...

The use and adoption of VR solutions have increased rapidly due to recent technological developments. Over the last years, there have been many initiatives to develop and adopt VR in many different fields, including education and business. This paper ...

Collaborative mapmaking provides an opportunity for aggregating and maintaining the knowledge of convenient and enjoyable pedestrian paths into a map which visualizes them in a way that supports positive walking experience. In this work, we present two ...

Recent developments in digital storytelling technologies regarding the cultural tourism domain have driven technological trends in comfortable and convenient travelling, by offering interactive and personalized user experiences. The emergence of ...

Perceived usability is an important requirement of interactive systems, affecting greatly the overall user experience. The Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire (PSSUQ) is a popular instrument, developed in English, for assessing perceived usability ...

This paper discusses the design and evaluation of a tool to provide interactive museum experiences to visitors. It is an online application that enables the juxtaposed presentation of two works of art from different historical periods and artistic ...

Online teaching and learning became everyday practice during the Covid-19 pandemic in education worldwide. There is a strong belief that it will remain part of common practice even in post-pandemic times. Therefore, it is important to systematically ...

The study proposes a Kansei Engineering methodology for the evaluation of customer impressions formed by the product information presenting a food supplement on e-commerce product pages. The study examined the design elements currently used for ...

Marginalized communities in Africa present a challenge for sustainable and equal development. Opportunities for breaking out from poverty are scarce. Electrification has been seen to act as an important enabler for improving livelihood in such ...