The standard definition for “physicalizations” is “a physical artifact whose geometry or
material properties encode data”. While this working definition provides the fundamental …

NetFlow data is routinely captured at the border of many enterprise networks. Although not
as rich as full packet-capture data, NetFlow provides a compact record of the interactions …

We present an extensible platform that integrates state of the art computer vision techniques
with mobile communications to deliver a portable visual assistance tool. Live input video …

The design of general-purpose wearable computers demands particular care for how
human perception, cognition, and action work and work together. The authors propose a …

The Internet of Things or IoT describes the network of physical terminals, the “objects” that
integrate sensors, software, and other technologies to connect to different terminals and …

Designers of mobile context-aware systems are struggling with the problem of conceptually
incorporating the real world into the system design. We present a body-centric modeling …

Smart environments worthy of the name need to capture, interpret, and support human
activities that take place within their realms. Most existing efforts tend to focus on either real …

Spatial relationships or proxemics play an important role in how humans interact with other
people and objects in an environment, yet spatial relationships are not thoroughly exploited …

Ambient intelligence refers to the vision of computationally augmented everyday
environments that are sensitive, adaptive and responsive to humans and intelligently …

This paper describes our efforts in modeling and tracking a human agent's situation based
on their possibilities to perceive and act upon objects (both physical and virtual) within smart …