[AG-TECH] Human factors and AG

Brian Corrie brian.corrie at newmic.com
Wed Aug 28 20:01:04 CDT 2002


Hi Julia,

I'm not a human factors expert either, but one of the things that I would be
interested in seeing some research on is the difference between an AG
approach to communication VS a talking heads approach to communication. Much
of the CSCW literature says that typical video conferencing (the talking
head) does not add a lot to the effectiveness of tasks being performed. One
of the intriguing things about the AG approach is that it trys to give a feel
for the "space" at the other end via multiple cameras and large projection
spaces. As far as I know (correct me if I am wrong those of you that have
been AGing for a long time) this has not been formally studied with human
factors or human computer interaction research.

This would be a really interesting project!!!

Cheers,

	Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennifer Teig Von Hoffman [mailto:jtvh at bu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:09 PM
> To: Julia Shiela Mullen
> Cc: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Human factors and AG
> 
> 
> Hi Julie,
> 
> Cool! Here are some ideas, with the big caveat that I'm not a human 
> factors expert (I don't even play one on TV).
> 
> * How does the presence of a node operator affect interpersonal 
> dynamics? Can this be positive? How can it be minimized?
> 
> * What human factors implications come into play when bridging the AG 
> with VR environments?
> 
> * What human factors implications come into play when a given 
> AG session 
> is joined by "regular" AG nodes, PIGs, VRVS clients, etc?
> 
> * What would happen if we gave all session participants 
> laptops and MOO 
> access?
> 
> * What advantages does AG-based communication have over face-to-face 
> communication, and how can we make better use of these advantages?
> 
> And of course, since you folks at WPI are close by, I'm happy 
> to drive 
> out to brainstorm sometime if that's helpful (or have her 
> come to visit 
> BU, of course).
> 
> - Jennifer
> 
> Julia Shiela Mullen wrote:
> > Hi -
> > 
> > We have an undergraduate who is interested in
> > human factors and the Access Grid.  At WPI
> > we require each student to complete a major
> > project which relates technology and society.
> > (This project is a graduation requirement.)
> > The descriptions and content of such projects
> > is fairly flexible.  We are currently at the
> > beginning of her project experience so I am
> > turning to the AG community for suggestions.
> > 
> > What is the AG community most interested in
> > with regards to 'human factors and the AG'?
> > Is there a wish list of studies that folks
> > would like to see?   Are there project ideas
> > that we just didn't have the manpower for?
> > 
> > I welcome any and all suggestions - I will
> > present them to the student and we will
> > see what interests her.
> > 
> > Thanks for your help on this -
> > 
> >   Julie
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------
> >   Julia S. Mullen, Ph.D
> >   Academic Computing Application Scientist
> >   Computing and Communications Center
> >   Worcester Polytechnic Institute
> >   Worcester, MA
> >   phone: 508.831.6054
> >   fax:   508.831.5680
> >   email: jsm at wpi.edu
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 



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