Agent software is a rapidly develo** area of research. However, the overuse of the word
“agent” has tended to mask the fact that, in reality, there is a truly heterogeneous body of …

An abundant amount of information is created and delivered over electronic media. Users
risk becoming overwhelmed by the flow of information, and they lack adequate tools to help …

The proliferation of computing into the physical world promises more than the ubiquitous
availability of computing infrastructure; it suggest new paradigms of interaction inspired by …

Cognitive enhancement takes many and diverse forms. Various methods of cognitive
enhancement have implications for the near future. At the same time, these technologies …

We report on a diary study of the activities of information workers aimed at characterizing
how people interleave multiple tasks amidst interruptions. The week-long study revealed the …

Upon publication almost 15 years ago, the first edition almost instantly became a trusted
reference, setting the stage for the coming decade, in which the explosion in research and …

Receive a plurality of data management policies from a user. Store in a memory the data
management policies in associa tion with a context and an identifier of the user. Receive …

Wearable computing moves computation from the desktop to the user. We are forming a
community of networked, wearable-computer users to explore, over a long period, the …

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Privacy is the most often-cited criticism of ubiquitous computing, and may be the greatest
barrier to its long-term success. However, developers currently have little support in …