2. Emerging applications of interactive information technologies INSEAD Seminar, January 2004 Thomas BaudelThomas Baudel, Principal Scientist

3. a word about me Principal Scientist, in charge of User Interface Research at ILOG: Evaluate the new interactive software technologies that will impact ILOG’s business in the years to come and define product evolutions taking advantage of those trends. Background: University of Paris, University of Toronto, Xerox PARC, Alias (3D graphics leader) http://thomas.baudel.name

4. a word about ILOG 1st worldwide publisher of Software Components Visualization, Optimization, Business Rules, Middleware Complete offer of « software bricks » + services Customers: major ISVs such as SAP, Siebel, Oracle… “Changing the rules of business” business rule management systems deploy and apply policy changes across the enterprise. Our customers rapidly react to customer demands, regulatory changes and competition http://www.ilog.com

5. Interactive Information Technologies are about...

6. Draw a computer… 60’s 80’s 00’s

7. A true computer CPU RAM I/O

8. Importance of the User Interface The user interface is the only perceived part of a computer system. 50% of the development effort is spent at constructing the user interface And yet, nothing changes… Well, almost !

9. Where are Interactive Information Technologies going ? New Applications Distributed IT WWW… Ubiquitous IT portable computing… Specialized IT new tasks creation supervision interactive analysis… New Enabling Technologies Information Visualization Morphology of interaction New design and construction techniques Software Components Business Rules Management Systems

10. Some trends we explore New Enabling Technologies: –New interaction techniques –Information visualization –“Business Graphic Objects”: returning graphic design to graphic designers –Customizable software components –Business Rules For specialized IT applications