Affinity+: Semi-Structured Brainstorming on Large Displays

Conference · Sat Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1089068

Burtner, Edwin R.; May, Richard A.; Scarberry, Randall E.; LaMothe, Ryan R.; Endert, Alexander

Affinity diagraming is a powerful method for encouraging and capturing lateral thinking in a group environment. The Affinity+ Concept was designed to improve the collaborative brainstorm process through the use of large display surfaces in conjunction with mobile devices like smart phones and tablets. The system works by capturing the ideas digitally and allowing users to sort and group them on a large touch screen manually. Additionally, Affinity+ incorporates theme detection, topic clustering, and other processing algorithms that help bring structured analytic techniques to the process without requiring explicit leadership roles and other overhead typically involved in these activities.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1089068
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-93014
• Resource Relation: Conference: POWERWALL International Workshop on Interactive, Ultra-High-Resolution Displays, part of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 27-May 2, 2013, Paris, France
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

large display
natural user interface
ubiquitous computing
brainstorming