Video conferencing allows distance-separated family members to interact somewhat akin to being together at the same place and time. Yet most video conferencing systems are designe...
Tejinder K. Judge, Carman Neustaedter, Steve Harri...
Context awareness is one of the important fields in ubiquitous computing. Smart Home, a specific instance of ubiquitous computing, provides every family with opportunities to enjo...
Tam Van Nguyen, Wontaek Lim, Huy Anh Nguyen, Deokj...
A growing social problem in the U.S., and elsewhere, is enabling older adults to continue living independently, as opposed to moving to an institutional care setting. One key part...
Abstract We have explored the challenges of designing domestic services to help family and friends determine mutually agreeable times to call. In our first study, we identified a...
Kristine S. Nagel, Ja-Young Sung, Gregory D. Abowd
Abstract. Our goal in this paper is to clearly delineate how households currently manage communication and coordination information; this will provide practitioners and designers w...