Abstract
Emerging technologies are making it feasible for people to capture large amounts of personal information that can support important aspects of their lives. When that information is stored in a persistent storage so that it can drive personalisation, it is called a user model. There has been little exploration of systematic approaches to enable people to gain control over such user models using forgetting mechanisms. This paper first presents reasons why such forgetting mechanisms are desirable. Then it analyses core forms of human forgetting as the basis for a theoretical model of forgetting in user models. Our key contribution is to establish theoretical foundations for the design of mechanisms and interfaces for forgetting in stores of personal information, with the goal of user control of these mechanisms, so that we can enable people to achieve a new form of control over their personal information and its use.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | OzCHI 2011 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Pages | 40-49 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450310901 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011 - Canberra, ACT, Australia Duration: 28 Nov 2011 → 2 Dec 2011 |
Other
| Other | 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2011 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Canberra, ACT |
| Period | 28/11/11 → 2/12/11 |
Keywords
- pervasive and ubiquitous computing
- personal information stores and its use
- long term user model
- scrutability and user control
- intelligent user interface
- mechanisms of forgetting