Interaction Design and Accessibility
Cluster
- Human-Computer Interaction
Description
A theme of this research deals with the problem of the design and analysis of the interaction of users with IT systems. In particular, several analysis approaches, both qualitative and quantitative, of the features of the user interface are studied. Some of these are based on using behavioural models of the user interface so as to derive experimental metrics allowing conclusions as to the usability of the user interface, even before this has been built.
As to the designing, approaches based on models for prototyping the user interface are studied, so as to be able to anticipate the activities for the experimental assessment of the usability. Also, the interactions between approaches for the agile management of software projects and the designing of user interfaces are analysed. In fact, the iterative and incremental software development that is essential in agile methods does not sit well with the need for a consistent designing of the whole user interface of a system. Similarly, the functional testing activities concerning the user interface must be suitably organised so as to be carried out within the time frames and modes that agile methods require. The second research theme is focused on the problem of making a user interface usable by a user with disabilities, and within this scope it chiefly deals with methods and tools for verifying accessibility.
Research subjects
- Definition of model-based metrics of usability
- Design of user interfaces with agile methods
- Methods and tools for verifying accessibility
ERC panels
- PE6_9 Human computer interaction and interface, visualisation
- PE6_3 Software engineering, programming languages and systems
Tags
- Predictive Usability metrics
- Model driven engineering
- Model-based user interfaces
- Accessibility methods and tools