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Constrained Access

Franz J. Kurfess

Cal Poly SLOComputer Science Department

Franz Kurfess: Knowledge Interaction

Some of the material in these slides was developed for a lecture series sponsored by the

European Community under the BPD programwith Vilnius University

as host institution

Acknowledgements

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Use and Distribution of these Slides

❖These slides are primarily intended for the students in classes I teach. In some cases, I only make PDF versions publicly available. If you would like to get a copy of the originals (Apple KeyNote or Microsoft PowerPoint), please contact me via email at fkurfess@calpoly.edu. I hereby grant permission to use them in educational settings. If you do so, it would be nice to send me an email about it. If you’re considering using them in a commercial environment, please contact me first.

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Overview Constraint Access to Knowledge

❖ Motivation

❖ Objectives

❖ Access Constraints Technology Domains Tasks User Limitations and Preferences Culture and Society Economics

❖ Examples

❖ Important Concepts and Terms

❖ Chapter Summary

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Access Constraints

TechnologyDomains

TasksSituations

User Limitations and PreferencesCulture and Society

Economics

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Technology

Input and Output DevicesComputation

StorageTransmission

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Domains

Intelligence (as in CIA)MilitarySecurityHealthFinance

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Tasks

ActivitiesEnvironment

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Situations

Focus of AttentionPrivacy

Annoyance Avoidance

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User Limitations and Preferences

DisabilitiesInput: Vision, Hearing

Output: Speech, Movement

Preferenceslanguage: spoken vs. written

presentation: textual vs. visual

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Culture and Society

LanguageNorms and Laws

Intellectual PropertyEducation

Infrastructure

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Economics

Monetization of Knowledge

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