Publications and Presentations

Gottfried Zimmermann, Ph.D.
IT Accessibility Architect
gzimmermann@acm.org

Publications

• Zimmermann, G., and Vanderheiden, G. (2008). Accessible Design and Testing in the Application Development Process: Considerations for an Integrated Approach. In: Journal on Universal Access in the Information Society. ISSN: 1615-5289 (Print), 1615-5297 (Online). DOI: 10.1007/s10209-007-0108-6. Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2008. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/ZimmermannVanderheiden2008-UAIS/
• Zimmermann, G. (2007, Sep). Open User Interface Standards - Towards Coherent, Task-Oriented and Scalable User Interfaces in the Home Environments. In: Proceedings of 3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE07), Sep. 24-25, 2007, Ulm University, Germany, p. 36ff. The IET, 2007. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/Zimmermann2007-IE07/
• Zimmermann, G., and Vanderheiden, G. (2007, Aug). The Universal Control Hub: An Open Platform for Remote User Interfaces in the Digital Home. In: Springer LNCS, Volume 4551/2007. Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Platforms and Techniques. Pages: 1040-1049. ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349 (Online). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8. ISBN: 978-3-540-73106-1. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/ZimmermannVanderheiden2007-HCII/
• Vanderheiden, G., and Zimmermann, G. (2007, Aug). Non-homogenous Network, Control Hub and Smart Controller (NCS) Approach to Incremental Smart Homes. In: Springer LNCS, Volume 4555/2007. Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Ambient Interaction. Pages: 238-244. ISSN: 0302-9743 (Print) 1611-3349 (Online). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73281-5. ISBN: 978-3-540-73280-8. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007.
• Rodriguez-Ascaso, A., Santos, O., Boticario, J., Zimmermann, G. (2007, Jun). Towards universal access to eLearning. In: TUMAS-A Workshop Proceedings, pp. 27-31. 11th International Conference on User Modeling - UM 2007, Corfu, Greece, June 25-29, 2007.
• Zimmermann, G. (2006, Jul). Die neuen Web-Richtlinien WCAG 2.0. In: Informationsportal wob11.de. July 2006, Forschungsinstitut Technologie-Behindertenhilfe (FTB). Article available online: http://www.wob11.de/neuewcag2.html.
• Zimmermann, G. (2005, Sep). Usability und Barrierefreiheit - Gemeinsam sind wir stark? Proceedings of the 3rd annual GC-UPA Track, Linz, Sep. 2005, pp. 38-41. Konferenz Mensch & Computer 2005; Sep. 4-7, 2005; Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/Zimmermann2005-Usability-Barrierefreiheit.
• Zimmermann, G., and Vanderheiden, G. (2005, Jul). Creating accessible applications with RUP. In: The Rational edge, July 2005, IBM developerWorks. Article available on the WWW: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/jul05/zimmerman/index.html.
• Vanderheiden, G.; Zimmermann, G.; Blaedow, K.; and Trewin, S. (2005, Jul). Hello, What Do You Do? Natural Language Interaction with Intelligent Environments. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2005), July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• Vanderheiden, G.; and Zimmermann, G. (2005, Jul). Use of User Interface Sockets to Create Naturally Evolving Intelligent Environments. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2005), July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• Zimmermann, G. (2004, Sep). Der Business-Case für barrierefreies Design. Proceedings of the 2nd annual GC-UPA Track, Paderborn, Sep. 2004, pp. 23f. Konferenz Mensch & Computer 2004; Sep. 5-8, 2004; Paderborn, Germany. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/Zimmermann2004-BusinessCase/.
• Vanderheiden, G.; and Zimmermann, G. (2004, June). V2 - A New Industry Standard for Universal Interface Sockets. RESNA 27th International Conference; June 18-22, 2004; Orlando, Florida.
• Trewin, S.; Zimmermann, G.; and Vanderheiden, G. (2004, Apr). Abstract representations as a basis for usable user interfaces. In: INTCOM1417, Interacting with Computers Special Issue: Universal Usability Revisitied - Edited by M.Zajicek and A.Edwards. Vol 16/3 pp 477-506. Elsevier, 2004. Paper available online (for purchase): http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0953543804000438.
• Zimmermann, G.; Vanderheiden, G.; Gandy, M.; Laskowski, S.; Ma, M.; Trewin, S.; and Walker, M. (2004, Apr). Universal Remote Console Standard - Toward Natural User Interaction in Ambient Intelligence. Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI2004 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Vienna, Austria, 1608-1609. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2004-CHI-URC-Natural-User-Interaction-Ambient-Intelligence/.
• LaPlant, B.; Trewin, S.; Zimmermann, G.; and Vanderheiden, G. (2003, Nov). The Alternative Interface Access Protocol: A Universal Access Bus for Pervasive Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan-Mar 2004. Article available online (for purchase): http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MPRV.2004.1269134.
• Trewin, S.T., Zimmerman, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2003, Nov). Abstract User Interface Representations: How Well do they Support Universal Access? Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Universal Usability (pp. 77-84). New York: Association for Computing Machinery.
• Vanderheiden, G.; Zimmermann, G.; and Trewin, S. (2003, Jun). A Standard for Controlling Ubiquitous Computing and Environmental Resources from Any Personal Device. HCI International 2003, June 22-27, 2003; Crete, Greece. In: Stephanidis. C. & Jacko. J. (eds.); Human-Computer Interaction - Theory and Practice (Part 2), Volume 2. ISBN 0-8058-4931-9. Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Inc., 2003.
• Zimmermann, G.; Beard, M.; LaPlant, B; Laskowski, S.; Nixon, T.; Sitnik, E.; Trewin, S.; and Vanderheiden, G. (2003, Apr). Toward a Unified Universal Remote Console Standard. CHI 2003 Extended Abstracts, pp. 874f. April 5-10, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. ACM 1-58113-630-7/03/0004. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2003-CHI-Unified-Remote-Console-Standard/.
• Zimmermann, G.; Vanderheiden, G.; and Gilman, A. (2003). Universal Remote Console - Prototyping for the Alternate Interface Access Standard. In: Carbonell, N. and Stephanidis, C. (eds.); Universal Access: Theoretical perspectives, practice and experience - 7th ERCIM Workshop on User Interface for All. Revised Papers, Oct 24-25, 2002 (pp. 524-31). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Copyright Springer-Verlag.
  Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/ui4all2002/index.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2002, Sep). Technical Requirements for a Delivery Context Independent User Interface Model. Position Paper for the W3C Workshop on Device Independent Authoring Techniques, Sep. 25-26, 2002, SAP University, St. Leon-Rot, Germany. Paper available online: http://www.w3.org/2002/07/DIAT/posn/trace.html.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2002, Jun). Internet-Based Personal Services on Demand. In: Winters, J.; Robinson, C.; Simpson, R.; Vanderheiden, G. Emerging and Accessible Telecommunications, Information and Healthcare Technologies, pp. 62-70. Arlington, VA: RESNA Press. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2001RESNAIEEESvcsOnDemand/index.htm.
• Vanderheiden, G., & Zimmermann, G. (2002, Jun). State of the Science: Access to Information Technologies. In: Winters, J.; Robinson, C.; Simpson, R.; Vanderheiden, G. Emerging and Accessible Telecommunications, Information and Healthcare Technologies,pp. 152-184. Arlington, VA: RESNA Press. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2002SOS-Report-IT/index.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2002, May). Universal Remote Console Prototyping of an Emerging XML Based Alternate User Interface Access Standard. Poster at the World Wide Web Conference 2002 (WWW 2002), May 7-11, 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Poster available online: http://www2002.org/CDROM/poster/163/.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2002, Apr). Prototype Implementations for a Universal Remote Console Specification. CHI 2002 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 20-25, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2002, Mar). Universal Remote Console - Prototyping The Alternate Interface Access Standard. CSUN's 17th Annual International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, March 18-23, 2002, Los Angeles, CA. Paper available online: http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2002/proceedings/141.htm.
• Zimmermann, G. & Vanderheiden, G. (2001, Jul). Modality Translation And Assistance Services: A Challenge For Artificial Intelligence. Journal of the Austrian Society of Artificial Intelligence (OeGAI), 20(2), 26-27. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/2001ModTransAI/.
• Zimmermann, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2001, Jun). Modality Translation Services on Demand - Making the World More Accessible for All. In Simpson, R. (Ed.), Proceedings of the RESNA 2001 Annual Conference (pp. 100-102). Reno, Nevada: RESNA Press. Paper available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/modality_translation_on_demand/modality_translation.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., & Vanderheiden, G. (2001, Mar). Translation on Demand Anytime and Anywhere.CSUN's Sixteenth Annual International Conference, Los Angeles, California, March 19-24, 2001. Paper available online: http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/2001/proceedings/0184zimmerman.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2001, Feb). Modality Translation on the Grid - Real-time, on-demand access to information across modalities. Poster session presented at the EOT-NPACI All-Hands Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 25-28, 2001. Poster available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/modality_translation_poster2001/index.htm.
• Zimmermann, G., Vanderheiden, G., & Gilman, A. (2000, Nov). Modality Translation on the Grid. Poster session presented at the High Performance Networking and Computing Conference (SC2000), Dallas, Texas, Nov. 4-10, 2000. Poster available online: http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/modality_translation_poster2001/index.htm.
• Zimmermann, G. (1999). GONVI - Ein Constraint-basiertes System für nicht-visuelle Interaktion mit Dokumenten und grafischen Objekten. (Ph.D. Thesis on "GONVI - A Constraint-Based System for Non-Visual Interaction with Documents and Graphical Objects".) Berlin: Logos Verlag. ISBN 3-89722-174-8.
• Zimmermann, G. (1998, Sep). GONVI - Non-Visual Access to Documents and GUIs with a Constraint-Based Approach. In Edwards, A. D. N., Arató, A., & Zagler, W. L. (Eds.), Computers and Assistive Technology ICCHP '98 (pp. 379-386). Vienna: Austrian Computer Society (OCG), 1998. Paper available online: http://www.accesstechnologiesgroup.com/pubs/Zimmermann1998/
• Nitsche-Ruhland, D., & Zimmermann, G. (1995). CritiGUI - Knowledge-Based Support for the User Interface Design Process in Smalltalk. In Blumenthal, B., Gornostaev, J., & Unger, C. (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction, 5th International Conference, EWHCI '95, Moscow, Russia, July 3-7, 1995, Selected Papers (pp. 179-188). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1015 Springer 1995, ISBN 3-540-60614-9.
• Nitsche-Ruhland, D., & Zimmermann, G. (1995). CRITI-GUI - Lernen im Dialog mit einem Kritiker. In Huber-Wäschle, F., Schauer, H., & Widmayer, P. (Eds.), GISI 95, Herausforderungen eines globalen Informationsverbundes für die Informatik, 25. GI-Jahrestagung und 13. Schweizer Informatikertag, Zürich, 18.-20. September 1995 (pp. 314-321). Springer, 1995, Informatik Aktuell, ISBN 3-540-60213-5.

Published Standards

• ANSI/INCITS 389-2005. Information technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents: Universal Remote Console. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 55 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226605.
• ANSI/INCITS 390-2005. Information technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents: User Interface Socket Description. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 34 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226625.
• ANSI/INCITS 391-2005. Information technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents – Presentation Template. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 27 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226725.
• ANSI/INCITS 392-2005. Information Technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents: Target Description. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 27 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226645.
• ANSI/INCITS 393-2005. Information technology - Protocol to Facilitate Operation of Information and Electronic Products through Remote and Alternative Interfaces and Intelligent Agents: Resource Description. InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 12-Aug-2005, 60 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1226665.
• ANSI/CEA-2018. Task Model Description (CE TASK 1.0). Consumer Electronics Association, Nov. 2007. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.ce.org/cea-2018 (CEA) or http://webstore.ansi.org/ (ANSI).
• ISO/IEC 24752-1:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 1: Framework. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 56 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42309.
• ISO/IEC 24752-2:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 2: User Interface Socket Description. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 51 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42310.
• ISO/IEC 24752-3:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 3: Presentation Template. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 18 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42311.
• ISO/IEC 24752-4:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 4: Target Description. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 14 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42312.
• ISO/IEC 24752-5:2008. Information Technology - User Interfaces - Universal Remote Console - Part 5: Resource Description. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 2008-02-06, 49 pages. Standard available online (for purchase): http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=42313.

Selected Presentations

• ARIA - Ein Standard für barrierefreie Web 2.0 Anwendungen. Invited presentation at Arbeitskreis Interaktive Systeme, Stuttgart, Nov. 27, 2007.
• Universal Remote Console - User Interface Platform For The Future. Invited presentation at DFKI-Labor Bremen, Nov. 23, 2007.
• The European i2home Project - Intuitive Interaction for Everyone with Home Appliances based on Industry Standards. Invited presentation at Net-atHome 2007, Nov. 13-14, 2007, Nice, France. Organized by Homega Research, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.
• Universal Remote Console - User Interface Platform For The Future. Invited presentation at the workshop EU4 "MonAmi, Mainstream Solutions for Ambient Assisted Living Systems?" AmI-07: European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, Nov. 7-10, 2007, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Barrierefreies Design in der IT - Was geht mich das an? Invited presentation at the World Usability Day in Stuttgart, Germany, organized by German Chapter Usability Professionals Association. Nov. 8, 2007.
• ARIA - Ein Standard für barrierefreie Web 2.0 Anwendungen. Invited tutorial (half-day) at the Konferenz Mensch & Computer 2007; Sep. 2-5, 2007; Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany.
• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) - Ein neuer Standard des W3C zur Barrierefreiheit von Web 2.0 Anwendungen. Invited presentation at 6. Kongress Barrierefreies E-Government - Entwicklungen um Web 2.0, Jun. 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Pluggable User Interfaces and Universal Controllers. Invited presentation at the State of the Science Conference, presented by the RERC on Universal Interface & IT Access, Feb. 28 - Mar. 1, 2007, National Institute for Standard Technologies (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland.
• Web 2.0 und Barrierefreiheit. Invited presentation at the World Usability Day in Stuttgart, Germany, organized by German Chapter Usability Professionals Association. Nov. 14, 2006.
• Barrierefrei auf der Überholspur - Die neuen Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. Invited presentation at Webkongress Erlangen 2006 - Barrierefreiheit. Sep. 28-29, 2006, Erlangen, Germany.
• I Want Products that Obey - How to Make User Interfaces Ready for Ambient Intelligence. Invited presentation at the DRT4ALL first international congress, Nov. 10-12, 2005, Madrid, Spain.
• Warum ist barrierefreies Design heute wichtig? Presentation at the World Usability Day in Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 3, 2005.
• Der Business-Case für barrierefreies Design. Invited presentation at the IBM Informatics Academy, Oct. 26-28, 2005, Herrenberg, Germany. Presentation available as DVD at Auditex Verlag GmbH, Dresden.
• V2 - An Emerging Universal Remote Console Standard. Invited presentation at Free Software Foundation Accessibility Workshop, Jan. 25-28, 2005, at the Honolulu Community College in the Kapalama Multimedia Conference Center.
• Barrierefreies Design ohne Barrieren: Accessibility im Produkt-Entwicklungsprozess. Invited presentation at AK Interaktive Systeme Stuttgart. Nov. 2, 2004, Stuttgart, Germany.
• V2: A New Universal Remote Console Standard. Invited presentation at the Dialogue Promoting Coexistence and Security in the Information Society, Sep. 9-11, 2004, Barcelona, Spain.
• "I Want Products That Obey" - The Emerging Universal Remote Console Standard. Presentation to representatives of Japanese industry. June 1, 2004; Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.
• Besser früher als später - der Business Case für Universal Design. NT-Forum, T-Systems. Feb. 11, 2004; Leinfelden, Germany.
• Presentation on The Alternative Interface Access Protocol. Panel discussion at the 19th Annual International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities (CSUN 2004), March 15-20, 2004, Los Angeles, California.
• Universal Access to Devices and Services – Innovations and Challenges in User Interface Design. Presentation at the seminar on e-Accessibility: new Devices, new Technologies and new Challenges in the Information Society. Nov. 23-27, 2003, International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern, Germany..
• Smart Metadata For Appliances - How the Evolving AIAP Standard Uses Metadata to Access Appliances and Services. Invited presentation at the 2003 Dublin Core Conference, Sep. 28 - Oct. 2, 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• Translation, Modality Transformation and Assistance Services - Research and Infrastructure Development. Presentation at the Teleconference on Making Collaboration Technologies Accessible for Persons with Disabilities, April 28, 2003. Position paper available online: http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2003/03/Zimmermann.htm; presentation available online: http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2003/04-GZ/Presentation/. .
• When Virtual Assistive Technology Becomes Universal Design. Invited presentation at the Pervasive Computing 2002 Conference, Oct. 1-2, 2002, National Institute for Standard Technologies (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland.
• Towards a Consolidated Interoperability Model (CIM) - Some Thoughts for Consideration. Presentation to the Interoperability project group of the Accessibility Forum, June 3, 2002, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC..
• Network Based Personal Services on Demand - A Vision and Its Implications on Telecommunications in the Future. Invited presentation at the State of the Science conference of the Telecom RERC, Oct. 29-30, 2001, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.
• Remote Console Prototyping Implementations - An Informal Status Report. Presentation at the NCITS V2 technical committee meeting, July 30-31, 2001, Madison, Wisconsin..
• Universal Design / Disability Access For Advanced Computational Infrastructure. Presentation at EOT day of the EOT-NPACI All-Hands Meeting 2001, Feb. 25-28, 2001, San Diego, California..
• Alternative Interface Access Protocols (AIAP) - Controlling Next Generation Technologies by Alternative User Interfaces. Presentation at AccessGrid Retreat 2001, Jan. 30, 2001, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. Presentation available online: http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/fl/accessgrid/ag-retreat-2001/proceedings-retreat/zimmermann-alternativeinterfaceaccessprotocolsaiap.pdf.
• Modality Translation on the Grid. Presentation at AccessGrid Retreat 2001, Jan. 30, 2001, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. Presentation available online: http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/fl/accessgrid/ag-retreat-2001/proceedings-retreat/zimmerman-modalitytranslationonthegrid.pdf.

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