Ubicomp 2007: Ubiquitous Computing: 9th International Conference, Ubicomp 2007, Innsbruck, Austria, September 16-19, 2007, Proceedings

by Krumm, John; Abowd, Gregory D.; Seneviratne, Aruna; Strang, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9783540748526
• ISBN10: 3540748520
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-09
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2007. It covers all current issues in ubiquitous, pervasive and handheld computing systems and their applications, including tools and techniques for designing, implementing, and evaluating ubiquitous computing systems; mobile, wireless, and ad hoc networking infrastructures for ubiquitous computing; privacy, security, and trust in ubiquitous and pervasive systems.

Table of Contents

A Statistical Reasoning System for Medication Prompting	p. 1
Tracking Free-Weight Exercises	p. 19
Playful Tray: Adopting Ubicomp and Persuasive Techniques into Play-Based Occupational Therapy for Reducing Poor Eating Behavior in Young Children	p. 38
Privacy Enhancing Technologies for RFID in Retail- An Empirical Investigation	p. 56
Ninja: Non Identity Based, Privacy Preserving Authentication for Ubiquitous Environments	p. 73
Field Deployment of IMBuddy: A Study of Privacy Control and Feedback Mechanisms for Contextual IM	p. 91
Yours, Mine and Ours? Sharing and Use of Technology in Domestic Environments	p. 109
How Smart Homes Learn: The Evolution of the Networked Home and Household	p. 127
"My Roomba Is Rambo": Intimate Home Appliances	p. 145
Symbolic Object Localization Through Active Sampling of Acceleration and Sound Signatures	p. 163
An Exploration of Location Error Estimation	p. 181
Security by Spatial Reference: Using Relative Positioning to Authenticate Devices for Spontaneous Interaction	p. 199
Users and Batteries: Interactions and Adaptive Energy Management in Mobile Systems	p. 217
An Empirical Study of the Potential for Context-Aware Power Management	p. 235
Amigo: Proximity-Based Authentication of Mobile Devices	p. 253
At the Flick of a Switch: Detecting and Classifying Unique Electrical Events on the Residential Power Line	p. 271
An 'Object-Use Fingerprint': The Use of Electronic Sensors for Human Identification	p. 289
Key Generation Based on Acceleration Data of Shaking Processes	p. 304
"Merolyn the Phone": A Study of Bluetooth Naming Practices	p. 318
Why It's Worth the Hassle: The Value of In-Situ Studies When Designing Ubicomp	p. 336
Locating Family Values: A Field Trial of the Whereabouts Clock	p. 354
Safeguarding Location Privacy in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks	p. 372
Haggle: Seamless Networking for Mobile Applications	p. 391
Exploiting Social Interactions in Mobile Systems	p. 409
Rapidly Exploring Application Design Through Speed Dating	p. 429
Addressing Mobile Phone Diversity in Ubicomp Experience Development	p. 447
Sensor Networks or Smart Artifacts? An Exploration of Organizational Issues of an Industrial Health and Safety Monitoring System	p. 465
A Long-Term Evaluation of Sensing Modalities for Activity Recognition	p. 483
Cooperative Augmentation of Smart Objects with Projector-Camera Systems	p. 501
Author Index	p. 519
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