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SUMMARY:Supporting Active Reading Activities With a Multi-Slate System - N
 icholas Chen\, University of Maryland
DTSTART:20120402T085000Z
DTEND:20120402T093500Z
UID:TALK37162@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:Studies of how students and professionals read describe a comp
 lex mix of activities that support a variety of navigational\, organizatio
 nal\, and cognitive needs. Researchers have pointed out that paper documen
 ts tend to be good for this combination of activities by providing physica
 lly independent reading and writing surfaces. This talk presents a new rea
 ding system consisting of an extensible number of slate devices\, which pr
 ovide an electronic analog to the independent reading and writing surfaces
  of paper. Our work on the system includes the electronics design for the 
 custom reading devices\, the development of new interaction techniques tha
 t benefit reading activities\, and the creation of the underlying system i
 nfrastructure using cloud-based services. We tested the system in extended
 \, in-situ deployments with PhD students in the humanities who successfull
 y used the system for activities that were traditionally performed on pape
 r. Users also leveraged the electronic functionality present in the system
 \, finding the system superior to paper in many respects. Our research dem
 onstrates that the composition of multiple computing devices can be used t
 o provide new capabilities without sacrificing the unique functionality of
  each device.
LOCATION:Large lecture theatre\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 7 J J Thomson Av
 enue (Off Madingley Road)\, Cambridge
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