Attention aware systems: Introduction to special issue

摘要

The inspiration for this special issue on Attention Aware Systems came from a workshop on Designing for Attention held at the Annual conference of the British HCI group in 2004. As digital environments become more and more complex and the tools for managing information become more and more advanced, it is crucial to assist users in selecting their short term and long term attentional focus. One of the major themes that emerged from the workshop was the importance of further in-depth interdisciplinary research on the theory, methodology, and implementation of systems capable of supporting attentional processes in digital environments. This issue aims at beginning to address this need. The interdisciplinary nature of the work in this field is well represented by the research described by the papers included, some of which were originally presented at the 2004 workshop.