Fifteen years after the publication of Weiser’s seminal paper in Scientific American, ubiquitous computing is a large, thriving field of academic research and commercial innovation. The proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous C- puting reflect the strength, diversity and vigor of the research program that Weiser initiated. We hope that you will find much in the papers contained herein to stimulate new and exciting work as we reach forward toward ubiquitous computing together. The location of the conference, in Orange County, California, was particularly - posite given recent directions in the field. A Pacific Rim location linked the conf- ence to last year’s venue in Tokyo, Japan, and provided an appropriate space to reflect on the different implementations and visions of ubiquitous computing in d- ferent parts of the world. Two significant elements of local industry – the software industry and the entertainment industry – reflect concerns heavily represented in - cent research in ubiquitous computing, with mobile and ubiquitous gaming, for - stance, an obvious link. The unique metropolitan setting of the Los Angeles region provided a useful setting in which to develop research agendas in urban computing. Finally, while there are no papers in the proceedings on surfing-based Ubicomp, the cultural focus on healthy lifestyles in Southern California relates to concerns with aging and health as important application areas for ubiquitous computing technologies and solutions.
Author(s): Ryan Aipperspach, Tye Rattenbury, Allison Woodruff (auth.), Paul Dourish, Adrian Friday (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4206 : Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 528
Tags: Computer Communication Networks; Software Engineering; Operating Systems; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Computers and Society
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A Quantitative Method for Revealing and Comparing Places in the Home....Pages 1-18
Principles of Smart Home Control....Pages 19-34
Historical Analysis: Using the Past to Design the Future....Pages 35-51
Extending Authoring Tools for Location-Aware Applications with an Infrastructure Visualization Layer....Pages 52-68
Automated Generation of Basic Custom Sensor-Based Embedded Computing Systems Guided by End-User Optimization Criteria....Pages 69-86
An Experimental Comparison of Physical Mobile Interaction Techniques: Touching, Pointing and Scanning....Pages 87-104
An Exploratory Study of How Older Women Use Mobile Phones....Pages 105-122
Farther Than You May Think: An Empirical Investigation of the Proximity of Users to Their Mobile Phones....Pages 123-140
No More SMS from Jesus: Ubicomp, Religion and Techno-spiritual Practices....Pages 141-158
Scribe4Me: Evaluating a Mobile Sound Transcription Tool for the Deaf....Pages 159-176
SenseCam: A Retrospective Memory Aid....Pages 177-193
Development of a Privacy Addendum for Open Source Licenses: Value Sensitive Design in Industry....Pages 194-211
Mobility Detection Using Everyday GSM Traces....Pages 212-224
Practical Metropolitan-Scale Positioning for GSM Phones....Pages 225-242
Predestination: Inferring Destinations from Partial Trajectories....Pages 243-260
Fish’n’Steps: Encouraging Physical Activity with an Interactive Computer Game....Pages 261-278
Hitchers: Designing for Cellular Positioning....Pages 279-296
Embedding Behavior Modification Strategies into a Consumer Electronic Device: A Case Study....Pages 297-314
Instrumenting the City: Developing Methods for Observing and Understanding the Digital Cityscape....Pages 315-332
Voting with Your Feet: An Investigative Study of the Relationship Between Place Visit Behavior and Preference....Pages 333-350
Lo-Fi Matchmaking: A Study of Social Pairing for Backpackers....Pages 351-368
Experiences from Real-World Deployment of Context-Aware Technologies in a Hospital Environment....Pages 369-386
Doing Community: Co-construction of Meaning and Use with Interactive Information Kiosks....Pages 387-403
Moving on from Weiser’s Vision of Calm Computing: Engaging UbiComp Experiences....Pages 404-421
Ferret: RFID Localization for Pervasive Multimedia....Pages 422-440
PowerLine Positioning: A Practical Sub-Room-Level Indoor Location System for Domestic Use....Pages 441-458
UbiREAL: Realistic Smartspace Simulator for Systematic Testing....Pages 459-476
Instant Matchmaking: Simple and Secure Integrated Ubiquitous Computing Environments....Pages 477-494
A Wirelessly-Powered Platform for Sensing and Computation....Pages 495-506
Automated Application-Specific Tuning of Parameterized Sensor-Based Embedded System Building Blocks....Pages 507-524
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