1 / 10

PIM Research

Explore the world of Personal Information Management (PIM), from defining PIM to research areas and open questions. Discover how to keep, organize, and share information effectively while maintaining privacy. Dive into understanding tools, training, and privacy concerns in PIM. Uncover the impact of PIM on behavior and ownership of personal information in the digital age.

thompsonsherry
Download Presentation

PIM Research

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. PIM Research Jaime Teevan MIT, CSAIL

  2. Temperance Silence Order Resolution Frugality Industry Sincerity Justice Moderation Cleanliness Tranquility Chastity Humility

  3. Temperance Silence Order Resolution Frugality Industry Sincerity Justice Moderation Cleanliness Tranquility Chastity Humility ? ? “Order .. with regard to places for things, papers, etc., I found extreamly [sic] difficult to acquire.” ? ? ?

  4. Personal Information Management • Define PIM • Active research areas • Interesting open questions Jones, W. Personal Information Management. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). Jones, W. and Teevan, J. (Eds.). Readings in Personal Information Management. University of Washington Press.

  5. Personal Information Management • Information • E.g., the date of an exam • Information item • A packaging of information • E.g., handout, URL of the course Web page • Information form • Defined by the tools • E.g., paper, email, PDF, Word document

  6. Personal Information Management • Information a person keeps • Notes taken in class • Information directed to a person • Handouts given in class • Information experienced by a person • Class Web page visited by the student • Information about a person kept by others • Course registration status with registrar

  7. Personal Information Management • Information management • Keeping and organizing • Sharing and maintaining privacy • Evaluating strategies • Information use • Understanding • Finding and re-finding

  8. Research Directions • Understanding PIM • Solutions for PIM • Tools • Training • PIM and the individual • PIM and other people • Privacy • Sharing

  9. Open Questions • What are the right tools for PIM? • Can tools make PIM invisible? • How do tools affect behavior? • Can we teach effective PIM? • Who owns one’s personal information?

  10. “Do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.” - Benjamin Franklin Jaime Teevan, teevan@mit.edu

More Related