Building adaptive user interface using cloud computing

Abstract

Recent advances in cloud computing and ubiquitous computing have changed the computing paradigm rapidly. Cloud computing is the computing that relies on a large pool of systems interconnected in private or public networks to deliver computing resources like services and data. Nowadays, there is no need of having local servers or personal devices to handle applications and data. Access to these resources for everyone and anywhere has become a necessity. Moreover, the evolution of ubiquitous computing combined with cloud computing implies the development of personalized services and applications considering the user preferences in order to provide an appropriate user interface anywhere anytime. However, the user interfaces so far are not conforming to the needs of people and especially those with disabilities or elderly. The paper introduces an accessible tool for declaring and managing user preferences that participate in personalization implementation in cloud computing environment. The proposed tool focuses mostly on elderly and people with disabilities and helps the users to build preference sets in order to improve access efficiency.