Jan Van den Bergh

Research Interests

My research interests include model-driven and user-centered design of user interactive applications, as well as the design and configuration of collaborative and social interactive software.

Publications

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Jan Van den Bergh's publications page at DBLP

Projects

I was involved in the SEESCOA project (1999-2003) and the CoDAMoS project (2003-2005), the IWT Participate project of Alcatel Bell (2005-2007). I was guiding research within EDM on several projects: IWT Warhol project of Punch Graphix, IBBT GBO CoCoMedia, IBBT ISBO CoCoNut and IBBT ISBO GRASP. I am currently working on the FWO project Transforming Human Interface Designs via Model Driven Engineering and the IBBT project A Touch of Memory (AToM).

Scientific Organization

I am co-organizer of a workshop around Combining Design and Engineering of Interactive Systems through Models and Tools (ComDeisMoto) at Interact 2011.
I was co-organizer and contact person of a workshop around Model Driven Design of Advanced User Interfaces at CHI 2010.
I was co-organizer of a workshop around Model Driven Design of Advanced User Interfaces at IUI 2009.
I am co-organizer of a workshop around Model Driven Design of Advanced User Interfaces at MoDELS 2007.
I was part of the program committee of a workshop around Model-Driven User-Centric Design & Engineering at IFAC-HMS 2007.
I was co-organizer of a workshop around Model Driven Design of Advanced User Interfaces at MoDELS 2006.
I was co-organizer of a workshop around Model Driven Design of Advanced User Interfaces at MoDELS 2005.

Reviewing

I am/was PC member of Interact 2011, EICS 2011, Modiquitous 2011 at EICS 2011, PEICS 2011 at EICS 2011, ComDeisMoto 2011 at Interact 2011, MDDAUI 2010 at CHI 2010, ICHI 2010, MDDAUI 2009 at IUI 2009, ICHI 2009, MDDAUI 2007 at MoDELS 2007, MDUCDE 2007 at IFAC-HMS 2007, MDDAUI 2006 at MoDELS 2006, MDDAUI 2005 at MoDELS 2005.

I am or was reviewer for EICS 2012, CHI 2012, IUI 2012, a special issue of SoSym Journal, CHI 2011, a special issue of ToCHI, a special issue of TSE, Interact 2007, TaMoDia 2006, Context 2005, TaMoDia 2004, UIXML 2004 at AVI 2004

PhD topics

My PhD thesis (High-Level User Interface Models for Model-Driven Design of Context-Sensitive User Interfaces is available online in PDF (15 MB).

Context-sensitive user interfaces

I'm interested in the creation of context-sensitive user interfaces (especially mobile devices are interesting in this regard). This research consists of two parts; the study of context and how it can be integrated in the design of user interfaces and the study of model-based user interface design and how it can be used for the design of context-sensitive user interfaces. Especially graphical representations of the models using UML 2.0.

This resulted in a UML 2.0 profile, called CUP. There are two versions of this profile:

A UML profile for the Contextual ConcurTaskTrees is also available: Contextual ConcurTaskTrees Profile and custom diagram Contextual ConcurTaskTrees custom diagram for MagicDraw 11.

Participatory Interactive Television

Participatory interactive television is a new form of interactive television in which the viewer really becomes a participant of the show. The viewer can participate in a television show from home, from behind a television or the PC. Webcams, microphones and remote controls can be used to participate to become a part of the show.

The main part of this work is performed within a research and development project funded by IWT in cooperation with Alcatel-Lucent.