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Ubicomp 2002 Adjunct Proceedings ADJUNCTPROCEEDINGS PETERLJUNGSTRANDANDLARSERIKHOLMQUIST(EDS.) FOURTHINTERNATIONALCONFERENCE ONUBIQUITOUSCOMPUTING SEPTEMBER29-OCTOBER1,2002 DRAKENCINEMAANDCONFERENCECENTER GÖTEBORG,SWEDEN PREFACE This volume is the adjunct proceedings of the UbiComp 2002 international conference on ubiquitous computing, collecting extended abstracts for posters, doctoral consortium, and video submissions. At this point in time, we already know that this year’s conference will be by far the biggest UbiComp yet, and the number of submissions in the different categories reflected this. Posters are a vital part of an academic conference, since they provide an opening for late- breaking and controversial work. They also provide an opportunity for researchers to discuss and test new ideas in an informal setting. We accepted a total of 27 posters for UbiComp 2002, spanning every imaginable area of UbiComp research and development, from telematics to user studies, from protocols for music sharing to ubiquitous computing in education. The poster abstracts are the first and by far the most substantial part of this volume. Doctoral students are important for the continued growth and development of the UbiComp research field. This year, we arranged the first UbiComp Doctoral Consortium, chaired by Anind Dey of Intel Research Berkley. The abstracts submitted by the doctoral consortium students comprise the second part of the adjunct proceedings. The video program was an innovative new part of this year’s conference, where we invited researchers and practitioners to submit videos that represented UbiComp research, new and old. We received a very high number of submissions and the video jury spent many hours viewing and commenting the videos. While the video program is mostly a "live" event, in the form of a screening of all selected videos at the UbiComp conference, several authors also chose to supply written abstracts. These comprise the final part of this volume. Göteborg, Sweden, September 2002 Peter Ljungstrand, Posters and Video program chair Lars Erik Holmquist, General Chair © Copyright for the extended abstracts is held by the respective author(s), as noted on each paper. This volume is published by the Viktoria Institute, Göteborg, Sweden, September 2002. Cover design by Sus Lundgren, PLAY Studio, Interactive Institute. Printed by TeknologTryck, Elektroteknologsektionen Chalmers, Göteborg. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXTENDED ABSTRACTS FROM THE UBICOMP 2002 POSTER PROGRAM A Paper-Based Ubiquitous Computing Healthcare Environment………………………..……………………….…..… 3 Magnus Bång, Erik Berglund, Anders Larsson Analysis of Optimized Micro-Generator Architectures for Self-Powered Ubiquitous Computers……………….….…. 5 Paul Mitcheson, T. C. Green, E. M. Yeatman, A. S. Holmes BM3G: Innovative Business Models for 3G Mobile Applications and Services……………………………….………. 7 Avi Wasser, Maya Lincoln Context, CC/PP, and P3P……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Patrik Osbakk, Nick Ryan Controlling Your Environment Through Sketching…………………………………………………………………….. 11 Edward Lank, Richard Augustine, Shi Chen, Heather Kane, Sandy Ngo, Joy Tutt Directed Information Harvesting………………………………………………………………………………………... 13 Geoff Lyon, John Grundbäck, Cyril Brignone, Salil Pradhan Fingermouse: A Wearable Hand Tracking System……………………………………………………………………... 15 Patrick de la Hamette, P. Lukowicz, G. Tröster, T. Svoboda FLAME: An Open Application Framework for Location-Aware Systems……………………………………………... 17 George Coulouris, Hani Naguib, Kam Sanmugalingam Game Engines for Use in Context Aware Research…………………………………………………………………….. 19 Perry McDowell, Andrzej Kapolka, Michael Capps, Mike Zyda Intelligent Ubiquitous Computing to Support Alzheimer's Patients: Enabling the Cognitively Disabled……………… 21 Don Patterson, Oren Etzioni, Dieter Fox, Henry Kautz iStuff: A Scalable Architecture for Lightweight, Wireless Devices for Ubicomp User Interfaces…………………….. 23 Meredith Ringel, Joshua Tyler, Maureen Stone, Rafael Ballagas, Jan Borchers Miniaturised Modular Wireless Sensor Networks……………………………………………………………………… 25 John Barton, Kieran Delaney, Cian O´Mathuna, Joe Paradiso Mobile Bristol: A New Sense of Place…………………………………………………………………………………. 27 Constance Fleuriot, Owain Jones, Morris Williams, Keri Facer, Josephine Reid, Richard Hull Optimized Maintenance and Inspection of Distributed Processes Based on Local Tracking and Messaging…….……. 29 M. Polaschegg, M. Schmid, Ch. Steger, R. Weiss Parsimony & Transparency in Ubiquitous Interface Design ………………………………………………….……..… 31 Christopher Wren, Carson Reynolds Principles of Context Inferences…………………………………………………………………………………….….. 33 Eleftheria Katsiri Plan-Aware Behavioral Modeling………………………………………………………………………………….…... 35 Matthew Lease SiSSy - Smart-Its child Supervision System……………………………………………………………………….…… 37 Henrik Jernström SoundPryer: Joint Music Listening on the Road………………………………………………………………….……. 39 Fredrik Axelsson, Mattias Östergren SpeakerPhone: a platform for dynamic human-navigable soundscapes…………………………………………….….. 41 Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Stefan Agamanolis Teaching a practical Ubicomp course with Smart-Its………………………………………………………………..…. 43 Michael Beigl, Philip Robinson, Tobias Zimmer, Christian Decker 1 The Personality Analyzer……………………………………………………………………………………………… 45 Carola Gustavsson, Alireza Haghighi, Christina Wisser The Sentient Car: Context-Aware Automotive Telematics……………………………………………………………. 47 Pablo Vidales, Frank Stajano Thin Silicon in a Novel 3-D format for implementation in Distributed Autonomous Micro Modules………………... 49 Teresa Cussen, Bivragh Majeed, Kieran Delaney, Cian O’Mathuna Toward A Better User Experience in Tele-education - Recent Advance in Smart Classroom Project………………… 51 Weikai Xie, Yuanchun Shi and Guanyou Xu Transmission Frequency Optimization for Ultra-low Power Short Range Wireless Communications………………… 53 David Yates, A. S. Holmes, A. J Burdett WebSign II: A Mobile Client for Location based Services…………………………………………………………….. 55 Geoff Lyon, Mehrban Jam, Cyril Brignone, Salil Pradhan EXTENDED ABSTRACTS FROM THE UBICOMP 2002 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM A Framework for Intelligent Instrumented Environments ………………………………………………………….….. 57 Christoph Stahl Amplification of Reality: Computation as Material for Design ………………………………………………….…….. 59 Jennica Falk Designing Pervasive Computing Technology - In a Nomadic Work Perspective ………………………………..……. 61 Jannie Friis Kristensen Digital Communication through Touch ………………………………………………………………………….…….. 63 Kurt Partridge Facilitating the Capture & Access of Everyday Activities …………………………………………………………….. 65 Khai Truong Ubiquitous Computing: Transparency in Context-Aware Mobile Computing ………………………………………… 67 Louise Barkhuus Using Autonomous Agents to Maintain a User Presence in Ubiquitous Collaborative Environments …………….….. 69 Marcela Rodríguez Using Internet Services to Manage Massive Evolving Information for Ubiquitous Computing Systems ……….….…. 71 (PUH.ÕFÕPDQ EXTENDED ABSTRACTS FROM THE UBICOMP 2002 VIDEO PROGRAM iClub, An Interactive Dance Club……………………………………………………………………………….…..….. 73 Joshua Samberg, Armando Fox, Maureen Stone Private and Public Spaces – Video Mediated Communication in a Home Environment………………………….…… 75 Yngve Sundblad, Staffan Junestrand, Sören Lenman, Björn Thuresson, Konrad Tollmar Roomware – The Second Generation………………………………………………………………………………..….. 77 Norbert Streitz, Thorsten Prante, Christian Müller-Tomfelde, Peter Tandler, Carsten Magerkurth The Inspiration Watch: An Augmented Shopping Device............................................................................................... 79 Rachel Murphy, Abigail Sellen UbiControl: Providing New and Easy Ways to Interact with Various Consumer Devices……………………….……. 81 Matthias Ringwald List of reviewers……………..………………………………………………………………………………………….. 83 Author index…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 84 2 A Paper-Based Ubiquitous Computing Healthcare Environment -AGNUS"¥NG %RIK"ERGLUNDAND!NDERS,ARSSON Department of Computer and Information Science Linköping University S-581 83 Linköping, SWE [email protected] ABSTRACT The specific aim of this paper is to illustrate how we can Clinicians use material objects such as paper documents, develop paper-based systems that bridge the physical and folders, and sticker notes to support cognitive and virtual worlds to support work practices. collaborative tasks. In this paper, we draw design implications WORKPLACE STUDY & REQUIREMENTS from a medical workplace study and present a prototype for a We studied how clinicians worked with material objects in a paper-based ubiquitous computing case management system. middle-sized Swedish hospital [4]. Administrative work was LINDA2 and its digital pens provide a tangible paper interface paper-based. For example, PATIENT FOLDERS were created for that allows clinicians to use traditional paper forms as input each patient that contained forms used to accumulate devices. We discuss the pros and cons of paper-based input information such as which drugs that had been administered to and report on two distributed user-interface approaches that the patient. To coordinate collaborative activities in the are used to overcome problems of feedback in the paper healthcare team, clinicians arranged spatially patient folders interface. on a desk. A folder’s position on the desk signified a patient’s Keywords clinical status and her rank in the workflow. Ubiquitous computing, collaborative work, distributed The arrangement of objects in space supported several cognition, paper interfaces, healthcare
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