Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!swanee!i1!peterj From: peterj@swanee.ee.uwa.oz.au (Peter E. Jones) Newsgroups: comp.human-factors Subject: Re: adaptive user interfaces Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 91 02:33:17 GMT References: <3320@sparko.gwu.edu> <1991Jun19.073731.13715@hfnet.bt.co.uk> Sender: news@swanee.ee.uwa.oz Organization: Elec Eng, Univ of Western Australia Lines: 27 ncliffe@hfserver.hfnet.bt.co.uk (Nigel Cliffe) writes: >It might be useful to get hold of the UK Alvey reports on the Adaptive >Intelligent Dialogues (AID) project. This project addressed the issues of >adaption in a user interface. The work was done about 4 or 5 years ago. >Unfortunately I don't have the papers, or the references. >(For those who don't know, the Alvey programme was a UK initiative to >promote research in IT, by collaboration between academic and commercial >organisations). You can contact Mr. Paul Cooper, STC Technology, London Road, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9NA, England. +44 279 29531 email: pac@stl.stc.co.uk. He was the main architect for the project which completed in Sept 1988 after 4 years collaborative work involving STL, Data Logic, BTRL, the Universities of Heriot Watt, Strathclyde, Hull and Essex. He has a list of papers and reports that are a) for the public, b) for Alvey club members. There is also a video of the several adaptive exemplars in action. The final report is probably also available from the DTI, Joint Framework for Information Technology, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SW, England. +44 71-215-8308. -- Peter Jones .-_!\ Phone: +61 9 380 3100 Electrical & Electronic Eng / \ Fax: +61 9 380 1065 University of Western Australia --->> *_.-._/ NEDLANDS, Western Australia 6009 o E-mail: peterj@swanee.uwa.oz.au