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Google Tech Talks
June 13, 2008
ABSTRACT
Spatial orientation is central to peoples senses.
Symbols, icons and images in space make up what we
look at. Diagrams maps and images can serve
different purposes; lots of kinds of maps exist.
In this talk I have been asked to talk about maps
and discuss some of the things I see in Googlemaps
"from the outside". The ever-present UI issues of
orientation and focus are so concrete with maps.
Integration of information without overloading a
UI is always a danger and especially with maps;
Annotation, undo and telling a story are all
topics that seem central to the directions online
maps are going. I will base my description of maps
on projects on visual language such as virtual
campus and placemap at MIT.
Speaker: Ted Selker
Dr. Ted Selker develops and tests new user
experiences. He spent ten years as an associate
professor at the MIT Media Laboratory where he ran
the Context Aware Computing group, co-directed the
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, and
directed the Counter Design Intelligence: product
design of the future project. His work is noted
for creating demonstrations of a world in which
human intentions are recognized and respected in
complex domains, such as kitchens, cars, on
phones, and in email. Ted's work takes the form of
prototyping concept products supported by
cognitive science research.
Prior to joining the MIT faculty in November 1999,
Ted was an IBM fellow and directed the User
Systems Ergonomics Research Lab. He has served as
a consulting professor at Stanford University,
worked at Xerox PARC and Atari Research Labs, and
taught at Hampshire College, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst, and Brown University.
Ted's research has contributed to products ranging
from notebook computers to operating systems. For
example, his design of the TrackPoint in-keyboard
pointing device is currently used in many
notebooks, his visualizations have been
responsible for performance and usability
improvements in products, and his adaptive help
system has been part of many IT products as well.
Ted's work has resulted in numerous awards,
patents, and papers and has often been featured in
the press. He was co-recipient of the Computer
Science Policy Leader Award for Scientific
American 50 in 2004 and the American Association
for People with Disabilities Thomas Paine Award
for his work on voting technology in 2006.
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