This special field treats the interaction between humans and machines from several different perspectives; utility, safety, job satisfaction, work environment and consequences on society.
Understanding the technological effect on the individual is crucial in order to make adequate technological choices. Assessing a product’s usability is necessary in order to develop products with high utility that are easy to use. This calls for knowledge of the latest technological developments so that the way from a technological concept to a usable product becomes as short as possible. The group's interests are concentrated on two main sectors:
User experience
This is a special field where we apply processes for user-centred design (UCD) in accordance with ISO 13407, and methods and tools for user-centred analysis, specification, design and evaluation. Our attention is centred on the individual user's requirements and practice.
Project areas
The focus of attention in our projects is on:
* Requirement specification
* User-centred evaluation
* ICT utility models
* Universal design
* Mobile ICT
Flexible solutions
The focus of this sector is on how to meet the challenge of increased need for flexible solutions in organisations and development of various services. We look at methods and tools for model-driven UI-development, methods and tools for enterprise modelling, groupware, technology for natural language processing. One case in point is the use of one's native language to access the information society and prevent digital discrimination. We have been working in forstering R&D in language technology and evaluating progress in the field. See our natural language processing activities.
Project types
* Enterprise modelling
* Knowledge work
* Mobile ICT
* Model-based UI development
