Sycophant: an API for research in context-aware user interfaces

Anil Shankar; Juan Quiroz; Sergiu M. Dascalu; Sushil J. Louis; Monica N. Nicolescu

doi:10.1109/ICSEA.2007.67

Sycophant: an API for research in context-aware user interfaces

Anil Shankar^*, Juan Quiroz, Sergiu M. Dascalu, Sushil J. Louis, Monica N. Nicolescu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Research in context-aware user interfaces aims to improve human-computer interaction by providing more effective, smarter and user-friendlier solutions for computer applications. Currently, software available for performing such research and developing context-aware interfaces is very limited both in scope and possibilities of extension. Sycophant was designed with two objectives in mind: first, to allow easy insertion of new features and capabilities needed for conducting research and, second, to provide a reusable, readily available programming resource for developing new context-aware interactive software applications. Available as open source software, Sycophant's API and the calendaring application we created using it are presented in this paper in terms of functional capabilities, high level architecture, detailed design, and results of use. Procedural steps for developing new context-aware user interfaces using our API are also described in the paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Second International Conference on Software Engineering Advances - ICSEA 2007
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	0769529372, 9780769529370
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSEA.2007.67
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd International Conference on Software Engineering Advances - ICSEA 2007 - Cap Esterel, France Duration: 25 Aug 2007 → 31 Aug 2007

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Conference	2nd International Conference on Software Engineering Advances - ICSEA 2007
Country/Territory	France
City	Cap Esterel
Period	25/08/07 → 31/08/07

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Shankar, A, Quiroz, J, Dascalu, SM, Louis, SJ & Nicolescu, MN 2007, Sycophant: an API for research in context-aware user interfaces. in The Second International Conference on Software Engineering Advances - ICSEA 2007., 4299963, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2nd International Conference on Software Engineering Advances - ICSEA 2007, Cap Esterel, France, 25/08/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSEA.2007.67

Sycophant: an API for research in context-aware user interfaces. / Shankar, Anil; Quiroz, Juan; Dascalu, Sergiu M. et al.
The Second International Conference on Software Engineering Advances - ICSEA 2007. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007. 4299963.

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