We know more about how baboons forage and play than about how humans
behave in the privacy of their offices. In the Interactive Cognition Lab
we are studying human behavior in natural settings such as offices,
computer games, and classrooms in order to deepen our understanding of
the principles underlying everyday activity.
"How do office dwellers work in their everyday
environment?"
Designers are eager to
create new digital supports for offices, kitchens and classrooms, but
before such tools can be invented it is important to learn how people
actually work and manage their tasks. The product that has been
emerging is a better theoretical grasp of the dynamics of activity, one
that is based on a richer ontology of resources and the activity space
in which people operate. This work is helping to set the stage for
Context Aware Environments in which networked sensors and processors
continuously model the state of an environment, and work with new
digital artifacts to help offices and other environments
adapt to the changing needs of their inhabitants.
Congratulations to Aaron Cicourel!
Jul 09
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Cognitive Science emeritus professor Aaron Cicourel has received an honorary doctorate from
the Complutense University of Madrid.
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