When All Else Fails, Reverse Engineer the Instructions: Applying Information Extraction Technology to Written Task Narratives

Dr Keith Vander Linden
Calvin College

Tuesday 22 January at 11am

Abstract

Task models are a key element of model-based user interface design, but they are difficult to build. Written task narratives, on the other hand, are easier to write, helpful in design, but are not formal enough to be used rigorously. To bridge this gap, researchers have developed tools that aid in the extraction of formal task models from scenarios, but the process is still largely one of manually identifying key elements in the text. This paper proposes the use of Information Extraction techniques to automatically extract task information from scenarios.

Short resume

Keith Vander Linden is chair of the Department of Computer Science, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, USA. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and has worked on automated documentation systems since the early 90s.

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