Document Type

Article

Publication Date

July 2019

Publication Title

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

Volume

35

Issue Number

14

First Page

1229

Last Page

1269

DOI

10.1080/10447318.2019.1619259

ISSN

1044-7318

Disciplines

Industrial Engineering | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the Grand Challenges which arise in the current and emerging landscape of rapid technological evolution towards more intelligent interactive technologies, coupled with increased and widened societal needs, as well as individual and collective expectations that HCI, as a discipline, is called upon to address. A perspective oriented to humane and social values is adopted, formulating the challenges in terms of the impact of emerging intelligent interactive technologies on human life both at the individual and societal levels. Seven Grand Challenges are identified and presented in this article: Human-Technology Symbiosis; Human-Environment Interactions; Ethics, Privacy and Security; Well-being, Health and Eudaimonia; Accessibility and Universal Access; Learning and Creativity; and Social Organization and Democracy. Although not exhaustive, they summarize the views and research priorities of an international interdisciplinary group of experts, reflecting different scientific perspectives, methodological approaches and application domains. Each identified Grand Challenge is analyzed in terms of: concept and problem definition; main research issues involved and state of the art; and associated emerging requirements.BACKGROUNDThis article presents the results of the collective effort of a group of 32 experts involved in the community of the Human Computer Interaction International (HCII) Conference series. The group’s collaboration started in early 2018 with the collection of opinions from all group members, each asked to independently list and describe five HCI grand challenges. During a one-day meeting held on the 20th July 2018 in the context of the HCI International 2018 Conference in Las Vegas, USA, the identified topics were debated and challenges were formulated in terms of the impact of emerging intelligent interactive technologies on human life both at the individual and societal levels. Further analysis and consolidation led to a set of seven Grand Challenges presented herein. This activity was organized and supported by the HCII Conference series.

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SJSU users: Use the following link to login and access the article via SJSU databases.This is the version of record of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction on July 1, 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10447318.2019.1619259.© 2019 The Authors. Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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