Ubiquitous Work Assistant: Synchronizing a Stationary and a Wearable Conversational Agent to Assist Knowledge Work

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Autoren

  • Shashank Ahire
  • Michael Rohs
  • Simon Benjamin
Forschungs-netzwerk anzeigen

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksCHIWORK 2022
UntertitelProceedings of the 1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work
Herausgeber (Verlag)Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ISBN (elektronisch)9781450396554
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 8 Juni 2022
Veranstaltung1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work, CHIWORK 2022 - Virtual, Online, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 8 Juni 20229 Juni 2022

Publikationsreihe

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Abstract

Recent research in Human-Computer Interaction for work has shown that conversational agents (CA) are beneficial for supporting focused work and well-being while at work. Knowledge workers struggle in maintaining focus, work schedule, and well-being. Typically, they rely on multiple tools and services for work productivity, scheduling tasks, and reminding breaks. With the goal of tackling these problems, we propose the concept of a ubiquitous work assistant (UWA), which consists of two components: a stationary CA (S-CA) and a wearable CA (W-CA). S-CA is meant to be placed on user's work desk while W-CA is fixed on the user's wrist. The UWA interface is distributed between S-CA and W-CA. We initiated our study by conducting semi-structured interviews with knowledge workers (N = 14). We identified their expectations from conversational agents (CAs) that would assist them in their daily work life. From the interview findings, we developed an UWA prototype that could assist users by briefing their daily schedule, monitoring their schedule, and reminding breaks. We conducted a lab study simulating a home-office environment. The findings of the study show that the knowledge workers see potential in the UWA system. Further, we discuss implications of distributed user interface (DUI) for UWA design.

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Zitieren

Ubiquitous Work Assistant: Synchronizing a Stationary and a Wearable Conversational Agent to Assist Knowledge Work. / Ahire, Shashank; Rohs, Michael; Benjamin, Simon.
CHIWORK 2022: Proceedings of the 1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. 3 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Ahire, S, Rohs, M & Benjamin, S 2022, Ubiquitous Work Assistant: Synchronizing a Stationary and a Wearable Conversational Agent to Assist Knowledge Work. in CHIWORK 2022: Proceedings of the 1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work., 3, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work, CHIWORK 2022, Virtual, Online, USA / Vereinigte Staaten, 8 Juni 2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3533406.3533420
Ahire, S., Rohs, M., & Benjamin, S. (2022). Ubiquitous Work Assistant: Synchronizing a Stationary and a Wearable Conversational Agent to Assist Knowledge Work. In CHIWORK 2022: Proceedings of the 1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work Artikel 3 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3533406.3533420
Ahire S, Rohs M, Benjamin S. Ubiquitous Work Assistant: Synchronizing a Stationary and a Wearable Conversational Agent to Assist Knowledge Work. in CHIWORK 2022: Proceedings of the 1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2022. 3. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3533406.3533420
Ahire, Shashank ; Rohs, Michael ; Benjamin, Simon. / Ubiquitous Work Assistant : Synchronizing a Stationary and a Wearable Conversational Agent to Assist Knowledge Work. CHIWORK 2022: Proceedings of the 1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).
Download
@inproceedings{7f0ce2ee858a48089e8f7f4025bfbe2c,
title = "Ubiquitous Work Assistant: Synchronizing a Stationary and a Wearable Conversational Agent to Assist Knowledge Work",
abstract = "Recent research in Human-Computer Interaction for work has shown that conversational agents (CA) are beneficial for supporting focused work and well-being while at work. Knowledge workers struggle in maintaining focus, work schedule, and well-being. Typically, they rely on multiple tools and services for work productivity, scheduling tasks, and reminding breaks. With the goal of tackling these problems, we propose the concept of a ubiquitous work assistant (UWA), which consists of two components: a stationary CA (S-CA) and a wearable CA (W-CA). S-CA is meant to be placed on user's work desk while W-CA is fixed on the user's wrist. The UWA interface is distributed between S-CA and W-CA. We initiated our study by conducting semi-structured interviews with knowledge workers (N = 14). We identified their expectations from conversational agents (CAs) that would assist them in their daily work life. From the interview findings, we developed an UWA prototype that could assist users by briefing their daily schedule, monitoring their schedule, and reminding breaks. We conducted a lab study simulating a home-office environment. The findings of the study show that the knowledge workers see potential in the UWA system. Further, we discuss implications of distributed user interface (DUI) for UWA design.",
keywords = "breaks, Conversational agent, distributed user interface, focus work, knowledge worker, work organization",
author = "Shashank Ahire and Michael Rohs and Simon Benjamin",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1145/3533406.3533420",
language = "English",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)",
booktitle = "CHIWORK 2022",
address = "United States",
note = "1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work, CHIWORK 2022 ; Conference date: 08-06-2022 Through 09-06-2022",

}

Download

TY - GEN

T1 - Ubiquitous Work Assistant

T2 - 1st Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work, CHIWORK 2022

AU - Ahire, Shashank

AU - Rohs, Michael

AU - Benjamin, Simon

PY - 2022/6/8

Y1 - 2022/6/8

N2 - Recent research in Human-Computer Interaction for work has shown that conversational agents (CA) are beneficial for supporting focused work and well-being while at work. Knowledge workers struggle in maintaining focus, work schedule, and well-being. Typically, they rely on multiple tools and services for work productivity, scheduling tasks, and reminding breaks. With the goal of tackling these problems, we propose the concept of a ubiquitous work assistant (UWA), which consists of two components: a stationary CA (S-CA) and a wearable CA (W-CA). S-CA is meant to be placed on user's work desk while W-CA is fixed on the user's wrist. The UWA interface is distributed between S-CA and W-CA. We initiated our study by conducting semi-structured interviews with knowledge workers (N = 14). We identified their expectations from conversational agents (CAs) that would assist them in their daily work life. From the interview findings, we developed an UWA prototype that could assist users by briefing their daily schedule, monitoring their schedule, and reminding breaks. We conducted a lab study simulating a home-office environment. The findings of the study show that the knowledge workers see potential in the UWA system. Further, we discuss implications of distributed user interface (DUI) for UWA design.

AB - Recent research in Human-Computer Interaction for work has shown that conversational agents (CA) are beneficial for supporting focused work and well-being while at work. Knowledge workers struggle in maintaining focus, work schedule, and well-being. Typically, they rely on multiple tools and services for work productivity, scheduling tasks, and reminding breaks. With the goal of tackling these problems, we propose the concept of a ubiquitous work assistant (UWA), which consists of two components: a stationary CA (S-CA) and a wearable CA (W-CA). S-CA is meant to be placed on user's work desk while W-CA is fixed on the user's wrist. The UWA interface is distributed between S-CA and W-CA. We initiated our study by conducting semi-structured interviews with knowledge workers (N = 14). We identified their expectations from conversational agents (CAs) that would assist them in their daily work life. From the interview findings, we developed an UWA prototype that could assist users by briefing their daily schedule, monitoring their schedule, and reminding breaks. We conducted a lab study simulating a home-office environment. The findings of the study show that the knowledge workers see potential in the UWA system. Further, we discuss implications of distributed user interface (DUI) for UWA design.

KW - breaks

KW - Conversational agent

KW - distributed user interface

KW - focus work

KW - knowledge worker

KW - work organization

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132402104&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/3533406.3533420

DO - 10.1145/3533406.3533420

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85132402104

T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

BT - CHIWORK 2022

PB - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Y2 - 8 June 2022 through 9 June 2022

ER -