Ebook: UbiComp 2002: Ubiquitous Computing: 4th International Conference Göteborg, Sweden, September 29 – October 1, 2002 Proceedings

Ubiquitous computing is coming of age. In the few short years of the lifetime of this conference, we have seen major changes in our emerging research community. When the conference started in 1999, as Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing, the field was still in its formative stage. In 2002, we see the Ubicomp conference (the name was shortened last year) emerging as an established player attracting research submissions of very high quality from all over the world. Virtually all major research centers and universities now have research programs broadly in the field of ubiquitous computing. Whether we choose to call it ubiquitous, pervasive, invisible, disappearing, embodied, or some other variant of computing, it is clear that Mark Weiser’s original vision has only become more and more relevant since the term was coined over 10 years ago. But, most important in our context, the interest in the field can be gauged from the rising number of full paper submissions to the conference: from about 70 in both 1999 and 2000, to 90 in 2001, to this year's record breaking 136! Counting technical notes, workshops, poster and video submissions, there were over 250 original works submitted to this year’s conference. This is an impressive effort by the research community, and we are grateful to everyone who took time to submit their work – without this, the conference would simply not exist.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2002, held in G?teborg, Sweden in September/October 2002.
The 15 revised full papers and 14 technical notes presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 195 submissions. The book offers topical sections on mobile and context-aware systems, user studies and design, perceptual interfaces and responsive environments, sharing and accessing information - public and private, location, and sensors and applications.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2002, held in G?teborg, Sweden in September/October 2002.
The 15 revised full papers and 14 technical notes presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 195 submissions. The book offers topical sections on mobile and context-aware systems, user studies and design, perceptual interfaces and responsive environments, sharing and accessing information - public and private, location, and sensors and applications.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Context-Aware Computing: A Test Case....Pages 1-15
ComicDiary: Representing Individual Experiences in a Comics Style....Pages 16-32
Rememberer: A Tool for Capturing Museum Visits....Pages 33-47
Issues in Personalizing Shared Ubiquitous Devices....Pages 48-55
User Study Techniques in the Design and Evaluation of a Ubicomp Environment....Pages 56-72
Change Blind Information Display for Ubiquitous Computing Environments....Pages 73-90
Supporting Human Activities — Exploring Activity-Centered Computing....Pages 91-106
Perceptual Components for Context Aware Computing....Pages 107-116
Face-Responsive Interfaces: From Direct Manipulation to Perceptive Presence....Pages 117-134
Vision-Based Face Tracking System for Large Displays....Pages 135-151
The FindIT Flashlight: Responsive Tagging Based on Optically Triggered Microprocessor Wakeup....Pages 152-159
‘ForSe FIElds’ - Force Sensors for Interactive Environments....Pages 160-167
Approximate Information Flows: Socially-Based Modeling of Privacy in Ubiquitous Computing....Pages 168-175
The Personal Server: Changing the Way We Think about Ubiquitous Computing....Pages 176-193
Pin&Play: Networking Objects through Pins....Pages 194-209
Social Aspects of Using Large Public Interactive Displays for Collaboration....Pages 210-218
A Privacy Awareness System for Ubiquitous Computing Environments....Pages 219-228
A Hybrid Location Model with a Computable Location Identifier for Ubiquitous Computing....Pages 229-236
A Novel Broadband Ultrasonic Location System....Pages 237-245
Location of Mobile Devices Using Networked Surfaces....Pages 246-263
SmartMoveX on a Graph - An Inexpensive Active Badge Tracker....Pages 264-280
A Generic Location Event Simulator....Pages 281-298
PlantCare: An Investigation in Practical Ubiquitous Systems....Pages 299-307
Context Acquisition Based on Load Sensing....Pages 308-315
Proactive Instructions for Furniture Assembly....Pages 316-332
WearNET: A Distributed Multi-sensor System for Context Aware Wearables....Pages 333-350
Using Low-Cost Sensing to Support Nutritional Awareness....Pages 351-360
Back Matter....Pages 361-370
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