About this ebook
As mobile devices become increasingly diverse and continue to shrink in size and weight, their portability is enhanced but, unfortunately, their usability tends to suffer. Ultimately, the usability of mobile technologies determines their future success in terms of end-user acceptance and, thereafter, adoption and social impact. Widespread acceptance will not, however, be achieved if users’ interaction with mobile technology amounts to a negative experience. Mobile user interfaces need to be designed to meet the functional and sensory needs of users.
Social and Organizational Impacts of Emerging Mobile Devices: Evaluating Use focuses on human-computer interaction related to the innovation and research in the design, evaluation, and use of innovative handheld, mobile, and wearable technologies in order to broaden the overall body of knowledge regarding such issues. It aims to provide an international forum for researchers, educators, and practitioners to advance knowledge and practice in all facets of design and evaluation of human interaction with mobile technologies.
About the author
Prof. Joanna Lumsden (PhD) is Dean of the School of Computing, Engineering & Built Environment at Glasgow Caledonian University (Glasgow, UK). Prior to this she was Head of Department (Computer Science), Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Integrity), and Director of the Aston HCI Lab at Aston University. Prior to moving to Aston University in 2009, Joanna was a researcher with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the designer and lab manager for a state-of-the-art mobile human computer interaction (HCI) evaluation lab within the NRC facility. For two decades, Joanna held an adjunct professor appointment with the University of New Brunswick (Canada). She obtained her BSc in Software Engineering (Hons) from the University of Glasgow (Scotland), where she also later achieved her PhD in HCI. Her research interests and expertise are mainly in mobile HCI and associated evaluation techniques. She has served on program committees for several international HCI/general computer science conferences and was also editor of the Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology. [Editor]
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