Tangible interface for collaborative information retrieval

Blackwell, Alan F.; Stringer, Mark; Toye, Eleanor F.; Rode, Jennifer A.

doi:10.1145/985921.986093

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“…Collaborative activities are an important characteristic of the information searching process in task-based information retrieval [29]. Some solutions exploit tangible tokens [11,57]; other projects allow remote instead of co-located collaboration [16]. Morris et al in [37] describe the TeamSearch project, an application supporting co-present collaborative search of metadata-tagged digital content on an interactive table.…”

Section: Multi-touch Interface For Multimedia Retrievalmentioning

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Interactive multi-user video retrieval systems

Bertini

Bimbo

Ferracani

et al. 2011

Multimed Tools Appl

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In this paper we present two interactive multi-user systems for video search and browsing. The first is composed by web applications which allows multiuser interaction in a distributed environment; such applications are based on the Rich Internet Application paradigm, designed to obtain the levels of responsiveness and interactivity typical of a desktop application. The second system implements a multiuser collaborative application within a single location, exploiting multi-touch devices. Both systems use the same backend, based on a service oriented architecture (SOA) that provides services for automatic and manual annotation, and an ontology-based video search and browsing engine. Ontology-based browsing let users to inspect the content of video collections; user queries are expanded through ontology reasoning. User-centered field trials of the systems, conducted to assess the user experience and satisfaction, have shown that the approach followed to design these interfaces is extremely appreciated by professional archivists and people working on multimedia.

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Section: Multi-touch Interface For Multimedia Retrievalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interactive multi-user video retrieval systems

Bertini

Bimbo

Ferracani

et al. 2011

Multimed Tools Appl

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“…Recently the development of both ubiquitous computing devices and shared displays has facilitated the development of co-located collaborative information retrieval systems [46,47,48,49,50]. By bringing users together in a face-to-face environment, these systems improve the awareness across collaborating searchers inherently.…”

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Division of labour and sharing of knowledge for synchronous collaborative information retrieval

Foley

Smeaton

2010

Information Processing & Management

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Synchronous Collaborative Information Retrieval (SCIR) is concerned with supporting two or more users who search together at the same time in order to satisfy a shared information need. SCIR systems represent a paradigmatic shift in the way we view information retrieval, moving from an individual to a group process and as such the development of novel IR techniques is needed to support this. In this article we present what we believe are two key concepts for the development of effective SCIR namely division of labour (DoL) and sharing of knowledge (SoK). Together these concepts enable coordinated SCIR such that redundancy across group members is reduced whilst enabling each group member to benefit from the discoveries of their collaborators. In this article we outline techniques from state-of-the-art SCIR systems which support these two concepts, primarily through the provision of awareness widgets. We then outline some of our own work into system-mediated techniques for division of labour and sharing of knowledge in SCIR. Finally we conclude with a discussion on some possible future trends for these two coordination techniques.

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“…Blackwell et al (Blackwell et al 2004) have developed tangible interfaces for web search. This interface allows multiple users to contribute to query construction, by users interacting with a shared query interface, and supports this activity as a secondary task rather than forcing users to focus on query construction.…”

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An asynchronous collaborative search system for online video search

Halvey

Vallet

Hannah

et al. 2010

Information Processing & Management

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This version is available at https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/52294/ Strathprints is designed to allow users to access the research output of the University of Strathclyde. Unless otherwise explicitly stated on the manuscript, Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Please check the manuscript for details of any other licences that may have been applied. You may not engage in further distribution of the material for any profitmaking activities or any commercial gain. You may freely distribute both the url (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/) and the content of this paper for research or private study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.Any correspondence concerning this service should be sent to the AbstractThere are a number of multimedia tasks and environments that can be collaborative in nature and involve contributions from more than one individual. Examples of such tasks include organising photographs or videos from multiple people from a large event, students working together to complete a class project, or artists and/or animators working on a production. Despite this, current state of the art applications that have been created to assist in multimedia search and organisation focus on a single user searching alone and do not take into consideration the collaborative nature of a large number of multimedia tasks. The limited work in collaborative search for multimedia applications has concentrated mostly on synchronous, and quite often co-located, collaboration between persons. However, these collaborative scenarios are not always practical or feasible. In order to overcome these shortcomings we have created an innovative system for online video search, which provides mechanisms for groups of users to collaborate both asynchronously and remotely on video search tasks. In order to evaluate our system a user evaluation was conducted. This evaluation simulated multiple conditions and scenarios for collaboration, varying on awareness, division of labour, sense making and persistence. The outcome of this evaluation demonstrates the benefit and usability of our system for asynchronous and remote collaboration between users. In addition the results of this evaluation provide a comparison between implicit and explicit collaboration in the same search system.

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Tangible interface for collaborative information retrieval

Cited by 29 publications

References 6 publications

Interactive multi-user video retrieval systems

Interactive multi-user video retrieval systems

Division of labour and sharing of knowledge for synchronous collaborative information retrieval

An asynchronous collaborative search system for online video search

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