Interaction design challenges and solutions for ALMA operations monitoring and control

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8451, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pietriga, Emmanuel ^a,b   Cubaud, Pierre ^c   Schwarz, Joseph ^d   Primet, Romain ^a   Schilling, Marcus ^d   Barkats, Denis ^e   Barrios, Emilio ^e   Vila Vilaro, Baltasar ^e  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b INRIA Chile CIRIC ^*  (Chile)

^c Unité de Recherches Mesures Physiques Métrologie   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^e JOINT ALMA OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

ALMA; Control room; Human computer interaction; Information visualization; Operations monitoring and control; Radio telescope

Indexed keywords

ALMA; BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS; COGNITIVE LOADS; CRITICAL ISSUES; DATA USERS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; INTERACTION DESIGN; INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY; JOINT IMPLEMENTATION; MENTAL MAPS; MONITORING AND CONTROL; NORTHERN CHILE; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

ASTRONOMY; CONTROL ROOMS (POWER PLANTS); GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RAPID PROTOTYPING; TELESCOPES;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84872199208     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.925180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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