Proceedings of the CHI'19 Workshop: Addressing the Challenges of Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities in Mobile Interaction
This work tackles the problem of context-driven usability issues in mobile technology for users in varied environments, but it is incremental as it organizes a workshop rather than presenting new findings.
The paper addresses the challenges of situationally-induced impairments and disabilities (SIIDs) in mobile interaction, focusing on understanding, sensing, modeling, and adapting technology to reduce their effects, with the result being a workshop aimed at identifying research gaps and fostering collaboration.
Situationally-induced impairments and disabilities (SIIDs) make it difficult for users of interactive computing systems to perform tasks due to context (e.g., listening to a phone call when in a noisy crowd) rather than a result of a congenital or acquired impairment (e.g., hearing damage). SIIDs are a great concern when considering the ubiquitousness of technology in a wide range of contexts. Considering our daily reliance on technology, and mobile technology in particular, it is increasingly important that we fully understand and model how SIIDs occur. Similarly, we must identify appropriate methods for sensing and adapting technology to reduce the effects of SIIDs. In this workshop, we will bring together researchers working on understanding, sensing, modelling, and adapting technologies to ameliorate the effects of SIIDs. This workshop will provide a venue to identify existing research gaps, new directions for future research, and opportunities for future collaboration.