Invited Contribution: Technological Windows into Mind

There is More in Eyes and Brains for Human-Computer Interaction

Session Chair: Judy Hammond, University of Technology, Sidney

Boris M. Velichkovsky, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

We may be well on the eve of profound changes in CHI, and these changes will be brought about by the recent technological development in the field of cognitive neurosciences. The emerging perspective is that of subjective telematics. I am going to discuss -- and to demonstrate -- some of these perspectives concentrating on two following domains: Brain Imaging and, particularly, Imaging Eye-Tracking. At this new phase in the evolution of computer technologies it will be possible to take into account not just some characteristics of average human beings, but create systems sensitive to the actual states and intentions of interacting persons.

Boris M. Velichkovsky is professor of Cognitive Ergonomics and Head of Applied Cognitive Research Unit at the expanding Dresden University of Technology, Germany. His books include Knowing and Acting (Berlin, 1988), Computers and Cognition: Essays on Cognitology (Moscow, 1990), Language and Communication: Their Evolution, Development, and Change over Time (together with Duane Rumbaugh - Hillsdale, NJ, 1996). He has delivered keynote addresses to several international congresses and has organized a number of conferences and symposia, including INTERACT95.

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