Author: Sharon Oviatt
Ph.D
SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE Human-centered design; Educational interfaces; Interfaces for universal access, lifespan use, and diverse populations (e.g., students varying in ability); Adaptive interfaces; Cognitive modeling and low-load interfaces; Mobile & ubiquitous interfaces; Multimodal interfaces; Pen-based and spoken language interfaces; Collaborative teamwork interfaces; Communication models and modality effects; Empirically-based interface design, evaluation and methodology
EDUCATION
1979 - Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, University of Toronto
1974 - M.A., Experimental Psychology, University of Toronto
1972 - B.A., Psychology, with Highest Honors
Publications
Co-authors
Productive Colleagues
- Philip R. Cohen
- Terry Winograd
- James A. Landay
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Publications
Oviatt, Sharon, Seneff, Stephanie (2004): Introduction to mobile and adaptive conversational interfaces. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 11 (3) pp. 237-240. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1017494.1017495
Oviatt, Sharon, Darves, Courtney, Coulston, Rachel (2004): Toward adaptive conversational interfaces: Modeling speech convergence with animated perso. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 11 (3) pp. 300-328. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1017494.1017498
Oviatt, Sharon (2003): Flexible and robust multimodal interfaces for universal access. In Universal Access in the Information Society, 2 (2) pp. 91-95. https://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=1615-5289&volume=2&issue=2&spage=91
Oviatt, Sharon (2000): Multimodal System Processing in Mobile Environments. In: Ackerman, Mark S., Edwards, Keith (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 06 - 08, 2000, San Diego, California, United States. pp. 21-30. https://acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/354401/p21-oviatt/p21-oviatt.pdf
Oviatt, Sharon, Cohen, Philip R., Wu, Lizhong, Duncan, Lisbeth, Suhm, Bernhard, Bers, Josh, Holzman, Thomas C., Winograd, Terry, Landay, James A., Larson, Jim, Ferro, David (2000): Designing the User Interface for Multimodal Speech and Pen-Based Gesture Applications: Sta. In Human-Computer Interaction, 15 (4) pp. 263-322.
Oviatt, Sharon (1999): Mutual Disambiguation of Recognition Errors in a Multimodal Architecture. In: Altom, Mark W., Williams, Marian G. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 99 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference May 15-20, 1999, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. pp. 576-583. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/302979/p576-oviatt/p576-oviatt.pdf
Oviatt, Sharon, DeAngeli, Antonella, Kuhn, Karen (1997): Integration and Synchronization of Input Modes during Multimodal Human-Computer Interactio. In: Pemberton, Steven (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 97 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference March 22-27, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia. pp. 415-422. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/258549/p415-oviatt/p415-oviatt.pdf
Oviatt, Sharon, Wahlster, Wolfgang (1997): Introduction to This Special Issue on Multimodal Interfaces. In Human-Computer Interaction, 12 (1) pp. 1-5.
Oviatt, Sharon (1997): Multimodal Interactive Maps: Designing for Human Performance. In Human-Computer Interaction, 12 (1) pp. 93-129.
Oviatt, Sharon (1996): Multimodal Interfaces for Dynamic Interactive Maps. In: Tauber, Michael J., Bellotti, Victoria, Jeffries, Robin, Mackinlay, Jock D., Nielsen, Jakob (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 96 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 14-18, 1996, Vancouver, Canada. pp. 95-102. https://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi96/proceedings/papers/Oviatt/slo_txt.htm
Oviatt, Sharon, Lunsford, Rebecca, Coulston, Rachel (2005): Individual differences in multimodal integration patterns: what are they and why do they e. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2005, . pp. 241-249. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1054972.1055006
Oviatt, Sharon, Arthur, Alex, Cohen, Julia (2006): Quiet interfaces that help students think. In: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology , 2006, . pp. 191-200. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1166253.1166284
Oviatt, Sharon, Swindells, Colin, Arthur, Alex (2008): Implicit user-adaptive system engagement in speech and pen interfaces. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008, . pp. 969-978. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1357054.1357204
Oviatt, Sharon (2001): Designing robust multimodal systems for universal access. In: Proceedings of the 2001 EC/NSF Workshop on Universal Accessibility of Ubiquitous Computing , 2001, . pp. 71-74. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/564526.564546
Barthelmess, Paulo, Kaiser, Edward, Lunsford, Rebecca, McGee, David, Cohen, Philip, Oviatt, Sharon (2006): Human-centered collaborative interaction. In: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM International Workshop on Human-Centered Multimedia , 2006, . pp. 1-8. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1178745.1178747
Oviatt, Sharon, Coulston, Rachel, Tomko, Stefanie, Xiao, Benfang, Lunsford, Rebecca, Wesson, Matt, Carmichael, Lesley (2003): Toward a theory of organized multimodal integration patterns during human-computer interac. In: Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces , 2003, . pp. 44-51. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/958432.958443
Xiao, Benfang, Lunsford, Rebecca, Coulston, Rachel, Wesson, Matt, Oviatt, Sharon (2003): Modeling multimodal integration patterns and performance in seniors: toward adaptive proce. In: Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces , 2003, . pp. 265-272. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/958432.958480
Oviatt, Sharon, Coulston, Rachel, Lunsford, Rebecca (2004): When do we interact multimodally?: cognitive load and multimodal communication patterns. In: Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces , 2004, . pp. 129-136. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1027933.1027957
Lunsford, Rebecca, Oviatt, Sharon, Coulston, Rachel (2005): Audio-visual cues distinguishing self- from system-directed speech in younger and older ad. In: Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces , 2005, . pp. 167-174. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1088463.1088494
Lunsford, Rebecca, Oviatt, Sharon (2006): Human perception of intended addressee during computer-assisted meetings. In: Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces , 2006, . pp. 20-27. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1180995.1181002
Arthur, Alexander M., Lunsford, Rebecca, Wesson, Matt, Oviatt, Sharon (2006): Prototyping novel collaborative multimodal systems: simulation, data collection and analys. In: Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces , 2006, . pp. 209-216. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1180995.1181039
Lunsford, Rebecca, Oviatt, Sharon, Arthur, Alexander M. (2006): Toward open-microphone engagement for multiparty interactions. In: Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces , 2006, . pp. 273-280. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1180995.1181049
Cohen, Phil, Swindells, Colin, Oviatt, Sharon, Arthur, Alex (2008): A high-performance dual-wizard infrastructure for designing speech, pen, and multimodal in. In: Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces , 2008, . pp. 137-140. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1452392.1452419