Prior research into embodied interface agents has found that users like them and find them engaging. In this paper, we argue that embodiment can serve an even stronger function if...
Justine Cassell, Timothy W. Bickmore, Hannes H&oum...
In the context of understanding the particular use made of nomad Internet and mobile computing in its interactional dimension, this article examines the detail of a first-time con...
Video conferencing attempts to convey subtle cues of face-to-face interaction (F2F), but it is generally believed to be less effective than F2F. We argue that careful design based...
Mapping biology into computation has both a domain specific aspect – biological theory – and a methodological aspect – model development. Computational modelers have implici...
Janet Wiles, Nicholas Geard, James Watson, Kai Wil...
The paper presents a complete framework for spatial indexing support in a distributed setting. We consider a shared-nothing environment where a set of servers provides independent...