UMAP 2011 - UMAP 2011 19th International Conference on User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization

UMAP concerns (interaction with) systems that acquire information about a user (or group of users) so as to be able to adapt their behavior to that user or group.

The following lists describe several dimensions along which UMAP systems can vary. A submission to UMAP will normally describe either (a) an advance with respect to one or more of these dimensions or (b) results that shed new light on the current state of the art and suggest possible advances.

Purposes of UMAP

Personalizing information
Recommending products
Tailoring search results
Enhancing learning outcomes
Personalizing help
Assuming routine tasks
Adapting interfaces
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User Characteristics for UMAP

Knowledge and skills
Interests and preferences
Special needs
Affective states
Goals and plans
Contexts of use
Roles
Cultural characteristics
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Application domains for UMAP

Electronic commerce
E-learning and intelligent learning environments
Cultural heritage
Health care
Assistive technologies
Digital libraries
Office work
Telecommunication
Customer support
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Environments for UMAP

Web-based systems (including the semantic/social Web)
Desktop systems
Groupware systems
Mobile and wearable systems
Smart environments
Smart objects
Virtual environments
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Computational methods for UMAP

Data collection
User model extraction and representation
Adaptation methods
Architectures for UMAP
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Evaluation of UMAP

Requirements specification
Formative evaluation
User testing
Validation
Performance tests
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Practical aspects of UMAP

Privacy and security
Cost-justifying UMAP
Integrating UMAP
Valuing user experience
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User interfaces and interaction in UMAP systems

Design principles
Experimental evaluation of interfaces
Innovative interaction in profile gathering, rofile editing, and personalized interaction
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Case studies of UMAP systems

Examples of deployed systems with significant detail and analysis to guide and motivate future systems development and research.