Group “A” Researchers 7/20/2005 Tablet PC Workshop Group “A” Researchers 7/20/2005

Progress Since Last Year Good discussion between interaction researchers and recognition researchers UIST AAAI Workshop ICMI Eurographics Workshop

How About Next Year? Vision of new style of computing Speculate about Killer Apps that will drive it Steps to achieve that Not thinking about "PEN" computing Move to MultiModal interfaces Multi points of contact Not thinking about "text"

Research Themes Taking advantage of multiple modalities Switching between pen & Keyboard Fast Data Input Recognition/Analysis of stuff other than text Drawings and shapes Math

Research Themes (cont’d) Interfaces that adapt To input context To users' tasks/language Designing interfaces with intelligence Dealing with system mistakes as systems get more intelligent

Research Themes (cont’d) New Metaphors (beyond extending pen & paper) Give Interfaces "warmth" (Architecture) Beautification of handwriting Merging Ink & Existing Apps

Tablet Interface Research Obstacles Tablet interfaces need work: Who’s the culprit? No one? (research needs to trickle down) Microsoft? Researchers? Collaboration between MSR & Academia Too much work to build complete apps Needed for ecologically valid assessments Can't modify office