Pervasive Computing: 6th International Conference, Pervasive 2008, Sydney, Australia, May 19-22, 2008 Proceedings

by Indulska, Jadwiga; Patterson, Donald J.; Rodden, Tom; Ott, Max

• ISBN13: 9783540795759
• ISBN10: 3540795758
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing, PERVASIVE 2008, held in Sydney, Australia, in May 2008.The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in topical sections on sensing and activity recognition, applications for mobile devices, location in pervasive systems, platforms for pervasive computing, lessons learned from displays, games and health applications, as well as privacy and security.

Table of Contents

Sensing and Activity Recognition
Detecting Human Movement by Differential Air Pressure Sensing in HVAC System Ductwork: An Exploration in Infrastructure Mediated Sensing	p. 1
Robust Recognition of Reading Activity in Transit Using Wearable Electrooculography	p. 19
Pressing the Flesh: Sensing Multiple Touch and Finger Pressure on Arbitrary Surfaces	p. 38
Applications for Mobile Devices
MakeIt: Integrate User Interaction Times in the Design Process of Mobile Applications	p. 56
Cooperative Techniques Supporting Sensor-Based People-Centric Inferencing	p. 75
Microsearch: When Search Engines Meet Small Devices	p. 93
Location in Pervasive Systems
Identifying Meaningful Places: The Non-parametric Way	p. 111
An Integrated Platform for the Management of Mobile Location-Aware Information Systems	p. 128
Calibree: Calibration-Free Localization Using Relative Distance Estimations	p. 146
Location Conflict Resolution with an Ontology	p. 162
Platforms for Pervasive Computing
Evaluation and Analysis of a Common Model for Ubiquitous Systems Interoperability	p. 180
A Context-Aware System that Changes Sensor Combinations Considering Energy Consumption	p. 197
Providing an Integrated User Experience of Networked Media, Devices, and Services through End-User Composition	p. 213
Lessons Learned from Displays, Games and Health Applications
Overcoming Assumptions and Uncovering Practices: When Does the Public Really Look at Public Displays?	p. 228
Gaming Tourism: Lessons from Evaluating REXplorer, a Pervasive Game for Tourists	p. 244
Opportunities for Pervasive Computing in Chronic Cancer Care	p. 262
Privacy and Security
AnonySense: Opportunistic and Privacy-Preserving Context Collection	p. 280
Privacy Protection for RFID with Hidden Subset Identifiers	p. 298
Author Index	p. 315
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